GOOD TASTES.NEW: Just what we need is more sauces, right? Best Foods thinks so and recently introduced three flavors of dipping sauces - Rockin' Ranch, Totally BBQ BBQ barbecue and Honey Mustard Madness. Designed for dipping chicken nuggets, vegetables, french fries, pretzels and the like, they seem like overkill. How much do people really need dipping sauces? There are plenty of other items already available to use for dipping or spreads - like lots of flavored barbecue sauces, salad dressings, flavored mayonnaises, flavored mustards, doctored-up sour cream and more. Give them a whirl if you're curious, but I'd stick with other options when you need a dipping sauce. Suggested retail is $2.89 per 14-ounce squeeze, upside-down bottle. - Natalie Haughton FREEBIE free·bie also free·bee n. Slang An article or service given free: "such freebies as subway and bus maps" New York. LEAFLET: Old-fashioned blueberry blueberry, plant of the large genus Vaccinium, widely distributed shrubs (occasionally small trees) of the family Ericaceae (heath family), usually found on acid soil. They are often confused with the related huckleberry. creations have been streamlined for today's busy cooks in a new leaflet, ``Blueberry Classics: Shortcuts to Old-Fashioned Flavor,'' from the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council. Among the seven classics included are Blueberry Cobbler, Quick Blueberry-Peach Crisp, Blueberry Cobbler and Homemade Blueberry Jam. For a free copy, send a self-addressed, business-size No. 10 envelope to Blueberry Classics, USHBC, P.O. Box 1036, Folsom, CA 95630. -N.H. DINING OUT All the popular Mexican restaurant dishes plus a few extras are available at Cilantro in Agoura Hills. Cilantro, which has a full bar and patio and, consequently, does a big margarita business, even has a feature cocktail called the ``margatini.'' In addition to the expected array of tacos, burritos, enchiladas, fajitas fajitas Noun, pl a Mexican dish of soft tortillas wrapped around fried strips of meat or vegetables [Mexican Spanish] and combination plates, the Cilantro kitchen makes puerco pipian ($11.95) with pork pieces in a red pumpkin seed sauce with dried chiles, garlic and cumin, and chicken Nalgas ($11.95) with chicken breast pieces mixed with onions and potatoes in a spicy tomato, garlic and jalapeno sauce. In another chicken specialty, baked breast of chicken roulade rou·lade n. 1. Music An embellishment consisting of a rapid run of several notes sung to one syllable. 2. A slice of meat rolled around a filling and cooked. ($12.95) is cornmeal corn·meal also corn meal n. Meal made from corn, used in a wide variety of foods. Also called Indian meal. Noun 1. crusted, stuffed with strips of peppers (red and yellow bell and pasilla) and cheese, then delivered in a roasted tomato and dried chile sauce. It is accompanied by rice and fresh vegetables. Salmon is available Plancha-style (with shrimp and mushrooms, $16.95) or Veracruzana-style ($14.95) and red snapper appears in ceviche ce·vi·che or se·vi·che n. Raw fish marinated in lime or lemon juice with olive oil and spices and served as an appetizer. [American Spanish, from Spanish cebiche, fish stew, from ($7.95) and as a Veracruzana option ($14.95). Both refried and black beans are here for the asking Adv. 1. for the asking - on the occasion of a request; "advice was free for the asking" on request , and there's an old-fashioned tamale pie ($9.95) on the menu. Cilantro at 5617 Kanan Road, Agoura Hills, is open daily from 11:30 a.m. for lunch, dinner, snacks and drinks. It closes at 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 8 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Reservations (Sunday through Thursday only) and information: (818) 874-1420. - Larry Lipson CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) no caption (Best Foods - Dippin' Sauce) (2) no caption (``Blueberry Classics'') |
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