A LA CARTE : AND THE SEASON BEGINS ...Byline: Larry Lipson With three weeks until Christmas Day, shopping is in full swing, carols are resounding re·sound v. re·sound·ed, re·sound·ing, re·sounds v.intr. 1. To be filled with sound; reverberate: The schoolyard resounded with the laughter of children. 2. , and decorations are up and glittering. Nowhere is the holiday spirit more in evidence than in local restaurants, many of which have special events and holiday food and drink offerings to help us enjoy this festive season. Here are a few of those restaurants: Admiral Risty Address: 31250 Palos Verdes Drive W., Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Pal·os Ver·des A city of southern California on a channel of the Pacific Ocean west of Long Beach. Population: 42,100. . Phone: (310) 377-0050. Cuisine: American. Comments: This landmark South Bay restaurant annually schedules holiday events for its devotees. Happenings: The Jim Gamble Puppets perform ``A Visit to Santa's Workshop'' for children at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 13. Tickets are free. Los Cancioneros Master Chorale chorale (kōrăl`, –räl`), any of the traditional hymns of the German Protestant Church. The form was developed after the Reformation to replace the plainsong of the earlier service and as a means of congregational participation in sings carols for diners starting at 7 p.m. Dec. 16 and 18 and for brunchers at noon Dec. 21. Antonio's Address: 7470 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles. Phone: (213) 655-0480. Cuisine: Mexican. Comments: For more than four decades, this has been the margarita-and-mole rendezvous for the Hollywood crowd. Happenings: Traditional festive Mexican desserts such as tamales dulces (sweet corn tamales with cinnamon and honey) and bunuelos (sugared, cinnamon and honey-flavored snowflake-shaped cookies) are being served throughout this month. Dive Address: 10250 Santa Monica Blvd., Century City. Phone: (310) 788-3483. Cuisine: Submarine sandwiches. Comments: Movie moguls Spielberg and Katzenberg are co-owners of this submarine-themed ``eatertainment'' spot. Happenings: Customers who donate a toy between now and Dec. 22 will receive a 10 percent meal check discount. And for those donors who are Frequent Divers (the restaurant's frequent diner program members), there's a chance of winning a $150 mall shopping spree. Gilliland's Address: 2424 Main St., Santa Monica. Phone: (310) 392-3901. Cuisine: Irish-international bistro. Comments: This is the first eatery and flagship cafe of Santa Monica monarch of munch Geri Gilliland, who plans to open her fourth local restaurant, the Washington Street Bar & Grill, on the former Black Whale site later this month. Happenings: A holiday high tea featuring Elizabethan pound cake, orange-cranberry scones with Devonshire cream, chocolate caramel shortbread, gingerbread gingerbread In architecture and design, elaborately detailed embellishment, either lavish or superfluous. Though the term is occasionally applied to such highly detailed and decorative styles as the Rococo, it usually refers to the hand-carved and -sawn wood ornamentation of , sausage rolls and tea sandwiches, plus carols sung by the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Choral Group, will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Dec. 20. Jake & Annie's Address: 2700 Main St., Santa Monica. Phone: (310) 452-1734. Cuisine: American. Comments: Regional American favorites are cooked proficiently in a pleasant Main Street USA environment. Happenings: A children's tea party from 3 to 5 p.m. Dec. 13 will have peanut butter and jelly finger sandwiches, mini hamburgers, cupcakes, butterfly buns and cookies (gingerbread, jewel and shortbread). Christmas-tree ornament gifts will be presented by Santa Claus. Cost: $12 per child, $16 per adult. (Adults get full sherry tea.) JiRaffe Address: 502 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Phone: (310) 917-6671. Cuisine: Californian-European. Comments: The Penn & Teller of the culinary world, chefs Raphael Lunetta and Josiah Citrin own and cook magically at this remarkable gastronomic gas·tro·nom·ic also gas·tro·nom·i·cal adj. Of or relating to gastronomy. gas  tro·nom gem. Happenings: Look for festive Scottish roasted pheasant, wood pigeon, stuffed partridge and roasted grouse grouse, common name for a game bird of the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere. There are about 18 species. Grouse are henlike terrestrial birds, protectively plumaged in shades of red, brown, and gray. along with winter specialties like New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. cockles cockles saponariaofficinalis. , monkfish monkfish Any of 10–12 species (genus Squatina, family Squatinidae) of sharks having a flattened head and body, with winglike pectoral and pelvic fins that make them resemble rays. The tail bears two dorsal fins, and behind each eye is a prominent spiracle. with potato and pancetta pan·cet·ta n. Italian bacon that has been cured in salt and spices and then air-dried. [Italian, diminutive of pancia, belly, from Latin pantex, pantic-.] and a fresh domestic cheese platter. Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel Address: 1700 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. Phone: (310) 458-6700. Cuisine: American. Comments: There's always a lot going on here - and even more this time of year. Happenings: Breakfast buffet with Santa and storytellers in the Ocean Cafe from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Dec. 13 and 20. Children's choirs will sing carols in the lobby at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, 12, 18 and 19, and Santa tells Rudolph and Frosty stories in the lobby at 6:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and Dec. 15-17, 22 and 23. Free cider, with hot chocolate and cookies for kids. |
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