CHECK OUT: NEWS AND TIPS : CREATURE COMFORTS.Byline: - Daily News Staff and Wire Services Start the year off right with ``Breakfast in Bed'' (Harper Collins; $19.95), a book devoted to a culinary creature comfort creature comfort n. Something, such as food and warmth, that contributes to physical comfort. Often used in the plural. . Author Jesse Ziff Cool supplies 90 recipes (including ricotta ri·cot·ta n. 1. A soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese. 2. A similar soft cheese made in the United States. and cottage-cheese pancakes; tomato, avocado avocado (ä`vəkä`do, ăv`–), tropical American broad-leaved evergreen tree of the genus Persea of the family Lauraceae (laurel family). and basil omelette over grilled bread; and cinnamon-pecan crumb cake Noun 1. crumb cake - cake or coffeecake topped with a mixture of sugar and butter and flour cake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat with warm applesauce). With each recipe, Cool includes information on what can be done the night before to expedite the morning feast. It's people, not food Some 52 percent of 500 women polled in a nationwide telephone survey on home entertaining said the key to a successful party is having the right combination of guests, while only 33 percent said it's great food and drinks. More than half said they sometimes ask their guests to bring food, and about three-quarters cook ahead and reheat Re`heat´ v. t. 1. To heat again. 2. To revive; to cheer; to cherish. Verb 1. reheat - heat again; "Please reheat the food from last night" things when guests arrive. Asked to describe their personality as a party giver, 58 percent said ``relaxed,'' 8 percent said ``perfectionist'' and 5 percent confessed to ``frenzied fren·zied adj. Affected with or marked by frenzy; frantic: a frenzied rush for the exits. fren .'' The survey, commissioned by Lenox China and Crystal, also found that 91 percent of the women described their entertaining style as casual. New on the shelf Jell-O recently introduced its 24th flavor - Sparkling Wild Berry. It's available regular or sugar-free in 4- or 8-serving size packages with suggested retail of 60 cents or $1.05 per package. For recipes, check out www.kraftfoods.com on the Internet. Share favorite quick-and-easy recipes Most everyone has a favorite recipe. Whether it's for an appetizer, entree, soup, salad, drink or dessert, we're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. one of your very favorite quick-and-easy recipes. It can be something you remember from childhood days, something you've been making for years or a recipe you just stumbled onto recently. We want quick recipes that can be whipped together effortlessly and get you in and out of the kitchen fast. It can be plain or fancy fare. We'll choose the best submissions to use in the Feb. 4 Food section. Tell us how you developed or found the recipe and why and how long it's been your favorite. Type or print your recipe legibly leg·i·ble adj. 1. Possible to read or decipher: legible handwriting. 2. Plainly discernible; apparent: legible weaknesses in character and disposition. on an 8 1/2-by-11-inch sheet of paper, including your name, address and a daytime phone number. Include accurate measurements and package and can sizes. Send recipes no later than Jan. 23 to Favorite Recipes, Daily News Food Department, P.O. Box 4200, Woodland Hills, Calif. 91365. You can also fax them to Favorite Recipes, Daily News Food Department at (818) 713-0058. Food travels the world Food has always been a world traveler. ``The Gourmet Atlas: The History, Origin and Migration of Foods of the World'' by Susie Ward, Claire Clifton and Jenny Stacey (Macmillan; $39.95) shows how bananas, to take one peripatetic example, traveled around the world for centuries. An accompanying time line in this new book illustrates their origin in India and then their dispersal dis·per·sal n. The act or process of dispersing or the condition of being dispersed; distribution. Noun 1. dispersal , beginning in the year 650, across the oceans. They took root in tropical regions and reached northern cities such as London and Boston in 1700. By 1900, they were being shipped worldwide. This fascinating book emphasizes the exchange of foods among countries throughout history. Facts, legends, maps, charts, illustrations and pictures fill the colorful pages. There are recipes, too, for such dishes as Swiss potato cakes Potato cakes may refer to different preparations of potatoes. In the U.S., the term commonly refers to a patty of hashed potatoes, a kind of hash brown. These are available pre-made and frozen in supermarkets and are sold by Arby's restaurants. , Greek taramosalata, Mexican quesadillas, Russian barley-wheat bread and old-fashioned American oatmeal cookies. Some recipes are accompanied by mouth-watering mouth·wa·ter·ing or mouth-wa·ter·ing adj. Appealing to the sense of taste; appetizing: the mouthwatering aroma of a baking pie. Adj. 1. pictures. The chapters cover just about every category of food: spices, seafood, tea, grains, fruits, vegetables and meat, with descriptions of various types in each group. The format is lively, suggesting a contemporary magazine more than the Encyclopedia Britannica. Cheese that charms The smooth, rich flavor of Snofrisk cheese from Norway appealed to tasters. A blend of goat's milk and cow's cream, this spreadable cheese complements crackers and bread or can be used as the base for a dip or in other dishes. Each 4.4-ounce package is around $3.50 at select supermarkets or Trader Joe's Trader Joe's is a privately held chain of specialty grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia, California. As of September 2007, Trader Joe's has a total of 284 stores.[1] . Try it Super Bowl Sunday. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1--Color) no caption (Book cover - Breakfast in Bed) (2--Color) no caption (Jell-O Sparkling Wild Berry) (3--Color) no caption (Book cover - THE GOURMET ATLAS) |
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