GOOD TASTES.POPCORN MINIS: If you always cook up a bag of microwave popcorn - and can't (or shouldn't) eat it all, now you can buy smaller packets, ideal for a single serving. Jolly Time has introduced Microwave Pop Corn Corn, or maize, of peculiar excellence for popping; especially, a kind the grains of which are small and compact Popped corn; corn which has been popped. See also: Pop Pop Single Serving Minis in three flavors - Healthy Pop 94 Percent Fat Free Butter Flavor Microwave Pop Corn; Healthy Pop 94 Percent Fat Free Kettle Corn Kettle corn is a sweet-and-salty variety of popcorn that adds granulated sugar, salt, and oil. In the 1700s, kettle corn was introduced to colonial palates in the United States. Microwave Pop Corn; and Blast o' Butter Ultimate Theatre Style Butter Microwave Pop Corn. Each box contains four single-serve bags - and pops to about 4 to 5 cups of popped popcorn. Look for boxes of the single-serve bags at supermarkets. Suggested retail price is $2.69 per box of four bags. - Natalie Haughton CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR WINE COMPETITION The California Exposition and State Fair The California Exposition and State Fair is the annual state fair for the State of California. The annual event is commonly known as the California State Fair and the current site is commonly known as Cal Expo. is now accepting entries for the 2004 Commercial Wine Competition. Limited to California wines, the competition was first held in 1855. Entry forms, fees, wine labels and the wine may be submitted May 10-28 to Expo Center, Building 6, on the grounds of Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd., Sacramento. The judging is June 18-20 and winners will be announced July 15 at the California Grape & Gourmet (advance tickets are $50 and available online at www.bigfun.org). For information on the competition, contact Pooch Pucilowski, chief wine judge at (916) 961-6150. - N.H. DINING OUT Happy hours differ somewhat from bar to bar. But at a recently opened sushi bar and Japanese cafe called Tomo Sushi in Burbank, happy hours mean a nonalcoholic non·al·co·hol·ic adj. A beverage usually containing less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume. special sushi menu where all items are priced at $2.75. Tomo's happy hours are between 5 and 7:30 p.m. daily. The $2.75 list contains a dozen hand roll items, seven cut rolls and a dozen regular sushi snacks that include such favorites as albacore albacore: see tuna. albacore Large oceanic tuna (Thunnus alalunga) that is noted for its fine flesh. The streamlined bodies of these voracious predators are adapted to fast and continuous swimming. , sea eel (anago), fresh water eel (unagi) and baby tuna. Tomo also has a full Japanese menu of popular dinner entrees served with miso soup, salad and steamed rice. Sukiyaki su·ki·ya·ki n. A Japanese dish of sliced meat, bean curd, and vegetables seasoned and fried together. [Japanese : suki, strip (from suku, to be thin) + yaku, ($10.50) can be had here along with several teriyaki ter·i·ya·ki n. A Japanese dish of grilled or broiled slices of marinated meat or shellfish. [Japanese : teri, glaze + yaki, to broil.] Noun 1. dishes and tempura Tempura - Language based on temporal logic. "Executing Temporal Logic Programs", B. Moszkowski, Camb U Press 1986. plates. Prices on these run from $6.50 to $10.50. There are also eight combination dinner specials ranging from a vegetable tempura and chicken teriyaki pairing ($9.95) to a sashimi and beef teriyaki duo ($12.95). Tomo's kitchen also offers half a dozen soups ($1.50 to $7.50), five rice bowls ($1.50 to $8.50) and numerous appetizers, salads and sushi combinations. Open daily except Monday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. (Friday and Saturday until 11 p.m.), Tomo has a number of lunch specials ranging from $4.50 to $8. It is located at 144 N. San Fernando Blvd., Burbank. Information: (818) 729-0808. - Larry Lipson CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) no caption (Jolly Time's Microwave Pop Corn Single Serving Minis) |
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