MANILA, Philippines - Use limes to evoke coolness in your arrangements. Line a glass vase with leaves and insert lime slices in between the glass and the leaves. Insert soaked floral foam or just fill with water and place a bunch of blooms or branches or blades of grass.

Use limes to give a refreshing scent to a finger bowl. As a host, it is always gracious to provide your guests with a finger bowl when serving dishes where the use of fingers is required.

Fill a bowl with warm water, squeeze some lime juice and add some slivers of lime as a décor. To add texture you can place cut flowers as accents. The lime will be a good antiseptic and the scent will surely leave your fingers feeling refreshed and clean.

Recipe for Mojito

1 oz fresh lime juice

1 tbsp superfine sugar

6-8 fresh mint leaves

2 oz light rum

3-4 oz chilled club soda

Fresh mint sprig

Traditional method: In the bottom of a highball glass, muddle together the lime juice, sugar, and mint leaves until the sugar is dissolved. Add the rum. Fill the glass with ice and top with club soda. Garnish with the mint sprig.

Shaken method: Shake the lime juice, sugar, mint leaves, and rum vigorously with ice. Without straining, pour the entire contents of the shaker into a highball glass and top with club soda. Garnish with the mint sprig.