DINING BEAT : APPETITE FOR A GIFT?Byline: Larry Lipson As owner Jeff Williams encourages every year, two of his Glendale restaurants, Clancy's Crab Broiler and JAX Bar and Grill, will be passing out free gift certificates to all Christmas Eve diners. The certificates are made out in the same amount as what is spent on food purchases. They will be offered at Clancy's, 219 N. Central Ave., from 4 to 10 p.m. and at JAX, 339 N. Brand Blvd., from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. For information and reservations, call Clancy's at (818) 242-2722 at JAX at (818) 500-1604. Compliments to Clauson Chef Gary Clauson of the Hotel Bel-Air has been honored by Gourmet magazine as its first visiting chef in a promotional program beginning next year. Clauson will cook at the Halcyon, the RIHGA Royal Hotel's restaurant in New York on Jan. 15 and 16, as part of a yearlong monthly series titled ``Gourmet Magazine's Great American Chefs at Halcyon.'' His five-course meal, priced at $85, will consist of prosciutto-wrapped swordfish piperade, abalone abalone (ăbəlō`nē), popular name in the United States for a univalve gastropod mollusk of the genus Haliotis, members of which are also called ear shells, or sea ears, as their shape resembles the human ear. and foie gras foie gras (fwä grä) [Fr.,=fat liver], livers of artificially fattened geese. Ducks and chickens are also sometimes used in the making of foie gras. The birds, kept in close coops to prevent exercise, are systematically fed to the limit of their capacity. Under this treatment the livers are brought to weigh 2 or 3 lb (1.0–1. with a late-harvest Riesling-ginger sauce, roasted Sonoma lamb chop with couscous and an artichoke ratatouille, an endive endive: see chicory. and watercress watercress, hardy perennial European herb (Nasturtium officinale) of the family Cruciferae (mustard family), widely naturalized in North America, found in or around water. Often cultivated commercially for the small, pungent leaflets, it is used as a peppery salad green or garnish. Other plants of the genus are sometimes called watercress and are used similarly. Watercress was formerly used as a domestic remedy and against scurvy. salad and a chocolate mousse gazebo or a date-Armagnac Armagnac (ärmänyäk`), region and former county, SW France, in Gascony, roughly coextensive with Gers dept. Auch is the chief town. Armagnac is famous for the brandy bearing the same name. The counts of Armagnac originated in the 10th cent. as vassals of the dukes of Gascony. souffle cardiac souffle any cardiac or vascular murmur of a blowing quality. funic souffle , funicular souffle hissing souffle synchronous with fetal heart sounds, probably from the umbilical cord. mammary souffle a functional cardiac murmur with a blowing sound, heard over the breasts in late pregnancy and during lactation. . Tamales Tamale (təmä`lē), town (1984 pop. 136,828), capital of the Northern Region, N Ghana. It is a road junction and agricultural trade and education center. for the holidays Christmas tamales in three flavors are available this year at Chevy's in Encino and Burbank, priced at $7.95 a half-dozen and $13.95 a dozen. Holiday tamales, both sweet and savory, are also being sold at El Cholo and the Sonora Cafe, both in Los Angeles, for $2.75 each. Catch La Cachette The top-scoring buffet for a Super Bowl Sunday restaurant party could be the one at La Cachette in West Los Angeles. Chef-owner Jean Francois Meteigner is evidently a football fan, so he's preparing a buffet of his own house-cured salmon, premises-produced potato chips, Provencal tarts, Caesar salad, sausages with sauerkraut, barbecued chicken, Cajun-style sea bass, mashed potatoes and both apple and pecan pies. The tab is $35. And there'll be plenty of beers and wines available. The party kicks off at 2:30 p.m. Reservations: (310) 470-4992. |
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