CHECK OUT NEWS AND TIPS.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services Chocolate cherry bread Play Cupid and give chocolate cherry bread this year for something a bit offbeat off·beat n. Music An unaccented beat in a measure. adj. Slang Not conforming to an ordinary type or pattern; unconventional: offbeat humor. for Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. . The delicious round-shaped sourloaf made with dried sour cherries and Valhrona chocolate is available at Corner Bakery in Calabasas for $4.50. Buona Forchetta Homemade Breads is offering a heart-shaped rosemary foccacia for $3.99 on Monday only at their bakery in Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. and at selected Gelson's, Ralphs, Whole Foods and Bristol Farms Bristol Farms is a grocery store chain that markets itself as being "upscale", with thirteen stores located mainly in the Southern California market. Formerly a subsidiary of Albertsons, Bristol Farms is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Supervalu, Inc. stores. Colossal cookies Love, Marcy cookies are appropriately named. Tasters loved them. These mail-order treats, handmade by New Yorker Marcy Sansolo, taste delicious. Flavors include chocolate chip Chocolate chips are small chunks of chocolate. They are often sold in a round, flat-bottomed teardrop shape (similar to a Hershey's Kiss). They are available in numerous sizes, from large to miniature, but are usually around 1 cm in diameter. , oatmeal raisin, peanut butter and chocolate meringue. A variety of packages and baskets are sold. A box of three dozen costs $36; a tin of 24 costs $25. For a brochure, or to order cookies, call (877) 446-2729. Shipping is extra. Cookbook pick Whip up a romantic dinner for your sweetheart this weekend from ``50 Ways to Feed Your Lover'' by Janeen A. Sarlin and Jennifer Rosenfeld Saltiel (William Morrow
Some of the seductive-sounding recipes from the 50 menus include Asparagus and Lemon Pasta with Beluga Caviar Noun 1. beluga caviar - roe of beluga sturgeon usually from Russia; highly valued Acipenser huso, beluga, hausen, white sturgeon - valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas , Maine Lobster Salad, Chocolate Rapture and Pan-Seared Salmon With Black Truffle truffle (trŭf`əl) [Fr.], subterranean edible fungus that forms a mutually beneficial (symbiotic) relationship with the roots of certain trees and plants. The part of the fungus used as food is the ascoma, the fruiting body of the fungus. and Baby Artichokes. Gourmet berries Another tasty edible Valentine's Day gift idea is a dozen chocolate-dipped strawberries. Shari's Berries offers them in a gold gift box ($38.95), in long-stemmed strawberry bouquets or red velvet heart-shaped boxes ($64.95). Shipping and handling is an additional $10 per order. To order, call (877) 237-7437, or visit the Web site at www.berries.com. Shari's Berries has been in business 10 years in the Sacramento area and recently opened a store at 12265 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, (818) 762-4797, where you can select a gift and deliver it yourself. Chocolate trivia Americans are expected to exchange more than 35 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate this Valentine's Day, according to American Boxed Chocolate Manufacturers. A recent survey revealed that 27 percent of the women chose Harrison Ford as the celebrity they would most like to receive chocolates from this Valentine's Day, followed by Sean Connery (19 percent), Brad Pitt (15 percent) and Ricky Martin (9 percent). Almost a quarter of the men surveyed wish boxed chocolates would be delivered to their doorstep by Shania Twain, followed by Michelle Pfeiffer, Jennifer Lopez and Pamela Anderson Lee. Favorite chocolate fillings include caramel, nuts and cherries. Men (58 percent) are more likely than women (19 percent) to purchase chocolates as a romantic gift to a sweetheart. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- 4 color) no caption (food items) |
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