Smooth summer cocktail with tequila, port, Avena, and ginger beer on ice.

Ivrea is a small city near Turin in Italy. Every year during their Carnevale they have a unique festival that involves throwing oranges at other people. While it may sound like a zany way to get your orange juice there is a historical reason for the citrus mayhem.

Wherever you can eat you can invariably drink, and vice versa. Drinking is done at a leisurely pace whether it's before food (apéritif), after (digestif), or during a meal, and cafés is where everyone has a drink.

This easy to make meal is cock full of flavor. It cooks within an hour and like most one-pot meals is even better made a day ahead of eating so the flavors can develop overnight.

Tequila Sunrise is one of those drinks that can knock you out quickly. This combination of tequila and orange juice packs a real punch.