GOOD TASTES.HERSHEY'S SUGAR-FREE: Hershey Foods, for the first time in its 109-year history, has introduced four sugar-free candies. Among them are Hershey's Sugar Free Chocolate Candy; Hershey's Sugar Free Chocolate Candy With Almonds; Hershey's Sugar Free Dark Chocolate Candy and Reese's Sugar Free Peanut Butter Cup Miniatures. For diabetics and those on restricted carbohydrate diets, these sugar-free products offer an alternative to regular chocolate. Although they contain the sugar substitute, lactitol (which is slowly metabolized and generally causes only a small rise in blood sugar levels), they have only about 19 percent fewer calories than their regular counterparts. Five pieces of any of the four varieties contain from 170 to 180 calories, 12 to 14 grams fat, 23 to 24 grams carbohydrates and 0 grams sugar. The best-tasting one of the four was the peanut butter cup - you could hardly taste any difference from the original. Although the other three were passable pass·a·ble adj. 1. That can be passed, traversed, or crossed; navigable: a passable road. 2. Acceptable for general circulation: passable currency. 3. , unless you have a health reason to consume them, don't. The package notes that excess consumption may have a laxative laxative, drug or other substance used to stimulate the action of the intestines in eliminating waste from the body. The term laxative usually refers to a mild-acting substance; substances of increasingly drastic action are known as cathartics, purgatives, effect. Available in 3.3-ounce bags, suggested retail is $1.99 each (more pricey than regular Hershey's candies). For more information, call (800) 468-1714 or visit www.hersheyssugarfree.com. - Natalie Haughton FREE SCOOP NIGHT: Mark your calendar. For the fourth year, Baskin- Robbins is hosting Free Scoop Night April 30 from 6 to 10 p.m. For every free scoop served, Baskin-Robbins will make a donation to First Book, a national nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. providing free, new books to underprivileged children. Go to www.baskinrobbins.com for participating stores in your area. - N.H. VANILLA IS IN: As part of the company's ``Vanilla: It's Anything but Plain'' promotion now through May 25, the Coffee Bean coffee bean see sesbania. & Tea Leaf stores are offering a new hot vanilla drink - Double Vanilla Tea Latte (made with vanilla tea, vanilla powder and steamed milk). A 12-ounce drink is $2.80; 16-ounce size is $3.30. The company will also be offering 2-ounce single-serving size packets of French Deluxe vanilla mix (95 cents each) so you can whip up a 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. Blended, Hot Vanilla or Cafe Vanilla at home. In addition, with the purchase of a 20-ounce container of vanilla mix ($7.50), customers will get a regular-size (16-ounce) free vanilla drink. - N.H. FREEBIE free·bie also free·bee n. Slang An article or service given free: "such freebies as subway and bus maps" New York. LEAFLET: A new brochure, Say Yes to Soy!, addresses issues such as soy and health, the amount of soy to eat and how to start adding soy to your diet. It also includes a primer on an array of soy products available, along with a couple of recipes, lots of suggestions for adding soy to existing recipes, and a list of Web sites and books on soy. For a free copy, send a self-addressed stamped No. 10 envelope to Christa Beeler, Marketing Assistant, Soyfoods Council, 4536 N.W. 114th St., Urbandale, Iowa Urbandale is a city in Polk and Dallas counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 29,072; a special census taken by the city in 2005 counted 35,904 residents.[1] It is part of the Des Moines metropolitan area. 50322. Or go to www.thesoyfoodscouncil.com and click on the icon ``say yes to soy.'' - N.H. DINING OUT: Fresh white asparagus, imported from Europe, is now in season and appearing on select restaurant tables locally. Available for several more weeks, it comes 10 different ways at the Matterhorn Chef in Valley Glen, where chef-owner Ueli Huegli serves it cold or hot as an appetizer and hot in entree form. As starters ($17 each), the tart spears can be ordered cold with a virgin olive oil olive oil, pale yellow to greenish oil obtained from the pulp of olives by separating the liquids from solids. Olive oil was used in the ancient world for lighting, in the preparation of food, and as an anointing oil for both ritual and cosmetic purposes. vinaigrette or with a light basil mayonnaise. The warmer versions are with hollandaise or drawn butter drawn butter n. Butter that is melted or clarified, often seasoned and used as a sauce. [drawn, past participle of draw, to bring to a proper consistency (obsolete). , cheese and noisette noi·sette n. A small round piece of meat, especially loin or fillet of lamb, veal, or pork. adj. Made or flavored with hazelnuts. butter, chopped egg and Parmesan or fried egg and black pepper. A trio of $23.50 entrees present the asparagus with a choice of veal scaloppine sca·lop·pi·ne also sca·lop·pi·ni n. Small, thinly sliced pieces of meat, especially veal, dredged in flour, sautéed, and served in a sauce. [Italian, pl. , wiener schnitzel or baked salmon. With broiled broil 1 v. broiled, broil·ing, broils v.tr. 1. To cook by direct radiant heat, as over a grill or under an electric element. 2. To expose to great heat. v. lobster tail the tab is $32.50. Chef Hans Rockenwagner also makes a fuss over white asparagus at his eponymous Santa Monica restaurant, partly because it's grown in his home town of Schliengen in Germany, from where he imports it. Also available several ways, it's most popular at Rockenwagner simply steamed and plated with steamed potatoes, a house-produced mayonnaise and sherry vinaigrette ($32). Matterhorn Chef: 13726 Oxnard St., Valley Glen, (818) 781-4330. Rockenwagner: 2435 Main St., Santa Monica, (310) 399-6504. - Larry Lipson CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) no caption (Hershey's sugar-free candies) (2) no caption (Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf French Deluxe Vanilla mix) (3) no caption (Baskin-Robbins Free Scoop Night) (4) no caption (Leaflet: Say Yes to Soy!) |
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