COOK'S CORNER A HANGOVER-FREE NEW YEAR'S.Byline: Natalie Haughton Food Editor New Year's Eve can be festive even if your glass doesn't have a bit of the bubbly or any other alcohol. Martini and high-ball glasses can be used to serve festive-looking mocktails (nonalcohol cocktail) to ring in 2002. And when they are concocted by a host of professional bartenders, they can be tasty and creative. Twelve Universal CityWalk Universal CityWalk is a part of Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Japan originating from Universal's first park, Universal Studios Hollywood. restaurant and nightclub bartenders gathered at Cafe Tu Tu Tango recently and whipped up their creative concoctions for a Battle of the Bartenders. It was judged by representatives from law enforcement, the entertainment industry and media (this writer among them). A drink called Hard Rock Cafe Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of casual dining restaurants. It was founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton, and their first Hard Rock Cafe opened near Hyde Park Corner in London, in a former Rolls Royce car dealerships showroom close to Hyde Park, where in 1979 they began to Hollywood's Patriot, created by Christopher Sanford, took two of the three top honors - for both presentation and creativity. Designed with a patriotic color scheme of blue, white and red layers, it was a tasty drink with three separate icy, slushy slush·y adj. slush·i·er, slush·i·est 1. Consisting of, covered with, or full of slush. 2. Resembling slush, as in consistency. 3. Revoltingly sentimental; maudlin. See Synonyms at sentimental. mixtures, flavored with ingredients like banana slices, pina colada pi·ña co·la·da n. A mixed drink made of rum, coconut cream, and unsweetened pineapple juice. [Spanish, strained pineapple : piña, pineapple + colada, strained. mix, strawberries and splashes of energy drink. Garnished with whipped cream, a cherry and paper flag, it really wowed the judges. ``The idea is American - and the drink kicks butt because of the energy drink in it,'' noted Sanford, who's been a bartender at Hard Rock Cafe (Nashville and Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. before Hollywood) for seven years and who tested a couple of different versions a week before the contest. The award for the best-tasting drink went to Jillian's Hi Life Lanes for Oreo Decadence Decadence Buddenbrooks portrays the downfall of a materialistic society. [Ger. Lit.: Buddenbrooks] cherry orchard focal point of the declining Ranevsky estate. [Russ. , a creation that was prepared by bartender Blake Davis. It tasted like a delicious dessert (or decadent milkshake) in a glass. How can you go wrong with Oreo cookies blended together with chocolate syrup and vanilla ice Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1968), better known as Vanilla Ice, is a Grammy Award nominated, American Music Award winning American rapper and actor known mostly for the 1990 single "Ice Ice Baby. cream? Topped with whipped cream and more crumbled Oreo cookies, it was a dazzler. Unlike the Hard Rock recipe, Oreo Decadence has been on Jillian's menu for six months. If you want to taste some of the drink creations, head to the CityWalk restaurants and clubs that participated in the contest on New Year's Eve. Or blend them up in your own kitchen. Besides the two winning recipes, we've included a couple of other interesting and delicious mocktails sampled. You'll find all of the participants' recipes online at www.iinc.org. The contest was sponsored by Universal CityWalk, the Insurance Information Network of California and RADD RADD Recording Artists, Actors and Athletes Against Drunk Driving RADD Rapid Application Development and Deployment RADD Recording Artists Against Drunk Driving RADD Rockers Against Drunk Driving RADD Rapid Data Development (Recording Artists, Actors and Athletes Against Drunk Driving). HARD ROCK CAFE HOLLYWOOD'S PATRIOT (Created by bartender Christopher Sanford) BOTTOM LAYER: 1/3 cup ice 4 banana slices (1/4- to 1/2-inch thick) 2 tablespoons adrenaline rush (an energy drink such as Sobe OR Red Bull brand) 1 dash blue food coloring MIDDLE LAYER: 1/3 cup ice 2 tablespoons pina colada mix 2 tablespoons adrenaline rush TOP LAYER: 1/3 cup ice 4 banana slices (1/4- to 1/2-inch thick) 2 fresh strawberries and a dash grenadine grenadine: see pomegranate. syrup OR use strawberry puree pu·rée or pu·ree tr.v. pu·réed or pu·reed, pu·rée·ing or pu·ree·ing, pu·rées or pu·rees To rub through a strainer or process (food) in a blender. n. 2 tablespoons adrenaline rush 1 dash red food coloring For Bottom Layer, blend all ingredients until slushy and thick. Slowly pour into a tall (16-ounce) glass - hold it at an angle while pouring and slowly and carefully turn glass as you pour the mixture. Blend all Middle Layer ingredients until slushy and carefully pour over bottom layer, holding glass at an angle and slowly turning. Blend all Top Layer ingredients until slushy and carefully add to glass using the same technique. Top with whipped cream, cherry, straw and a paper flag garnish. Makes 1 serving. NOTE: Angling and turning the glass while pouring keeps the trio of mixtures from blending together. JILLIAN'S OREO DECADENCE (Created by Jillian's Hi Life Lanes and prepared for contest by bartender Blake Davis) 2 tablespoons crumbled Oreo cookies 1 scoop vanilla ice cream 1/4 cup Hershey's chocolate syrup 1/4 cup milk 1/4 cup ice cubes Blend all ingredients until mixture is a milk-shake consistency. Serve in a pint glass A pint glass is a drinking vessel holding an imperial pint (568 ml/19.2 US fl oz) of liquid that is usually used for beer or cider. Common shapes The common shapes of pint glass are: KARL STRAUSS' SANTA'S LITTLE HELPER Santa's Little Helper (voiced by Frank Welker or Dan Castellaneta) is the Simpson family's pet dog. He is a charming but untrained Greyhound. History In his first appearance in Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire, Homer was relying on a Christmas bonus to buy presents, but (Created by bartender Andrea Lopez) Splash of grenadine (about 1 teaspoon) Splash EACH of Coke and Sprite (about 1 teaspoon EACH) 3 ounces lemonade 2 tablespoons lime juice 1 scoop raspberry sorbet 1 scoop vanilla bean ice cream 1 cup ice Blend all ingredients until smooth and thick. Pour into a pint glass. Top with whipped cream, then drizzle cream with additional grenadine. Garnish with a cherry. Makes 1 serving. RUMBA ROOM'S COLADA CANE (Created by bartender Juan Herrera) Ice cubes 3 ounces pina colada mix 3 ounces pineapple juice 8 mini candy canes 2 tablespoons grenadine In a blender filled half full with ice cubes, combine pina colada mix, pineapple juice and 4 mini candy canes. Blend until thick. Fill bottom of a tall glass with grenadine. Pour in blended mixture. Crush up 2 mini candy canes and sprinkle over top. Garnish with remaining 2 mini candy canes. Makes 1 serving. Can you help? If you have recipes that can help these readers, please send them along to us at the address below to share in a future column. I'm 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. a recipe - Jimmy Stewart's Lamb Stew - printed in the food section a long time ago. Help! - Edda Price North Hills My mother's dumplings (for chicken with dumplings) had a tart taste and I think she might have used buttermilk buttermilk residual fluid after removal of fat from milk in butter manufacture; a protein-rich supplement fed to pigs. , but I don't really know. I haven't thought of them in years, but now I'm yearning to re-create these dumplings. Does anyone have such a recipe? - Roger Adams Roger Adams (January 2, 1889 – July 6, 1971) was an American organic chemist. He is best-known for the eponymous Adams' catalyst, but also greatly influenced graduate education in America, taught over 250 Ph.D. students and postgraduate students, and served the U.S. Sherman Oaks CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Christopher Sanford whips up a batch of Patriots, his award-winning, non-alcoholic drink. |
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