GOOD TASTES.CALLING ALL SALSAS Salsas is a Portuguese parish in the district of Bragança. The population in 2001 is 424, its density is 16.5/km² and the area is 25.76 km². : Do you have a dynamite uncooked, easy salsa recipe that you rely on - tomato, mango, pineapple, tomatillo, avocado-corn, olive, etc.? Send it to us - and we'll select a variety to share in a future food section. Tell us about yourself (in a few lines), where you got the recipe, why you like it, how you serve it and how long you've been making it. Send recipes to Salsa, Daily News Food Department, P.O. Box 4200, Woodland Hills, CA 91365, or e-mail (text only, no attachments) to natalie.haughton(at)dailynews.com. Deadline to send recipes is Aug. 31. - Natalie Haughton FREE CHEESEMAKER GUIDE: If you're traveling around California and want to experience and visit various cheesemakers, the California Milk Advisory Board's newly expanded Real California Cheese Country guide should come in handy Verb 1. come in handy - be useful for a certain purpose be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" . It highlights 31 cheesemakers open to the public for tastings, tours, or who sell directly to the public or by mail order. In Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , you can visit Karoun Dairies in Los Angeles (323) 666-6222, Winchester Cheese Co. in Winchester (909) 926-4239, and more. For a free copy, send a self-addressed, stamped No. 10 envelope requesting Brochure No. 24153 to Real California Cheese Country Brochure, California Milk Advisory Board, 3800 Cornucopia cornucopia (kôr'ny  kō`pēə), in Greek mythology, magnificent horn that filled itself with whatever meat or drink its owner requested. Way, Suite D, Modesto, CA 95358. An interactive version is available online at www.realcaliforniacheese.com. - N.H. DINING OUT The new Gingergrass in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles sets the tone of its ``fresh Vietnamese cuisine'' with its house salad ($7.95) of tofu tofu Soft, bland, custardlike food product made from soybeans. Believed to date from China's Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 220), tofu is today an important source of protein in the cuisines of East and Southeast Asia. soaked in a marinade of sesame oil flavored with ginger, scallions and cilantro and placed atop a mix of lettuce, jicama ji·ca·ma n. A crisp, sweet turnip-shaped root vegetable (Pachyrhizus erosus) used raw in salads and as crudités or cooked in stews. Also called Mexican turnip, yam bean. , red peppers and shiitake mushrooms tossed in a tamarind tamarind (tăm`ərĭnd), tropical ornamental evergreen tree (Tamarindus indica) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to Africa and probably to Asia, but now widely grown in the tropics. dressing. A variety of specialty roll appetizers ($3.95 to $5.50) are stuffed with chicken, pork or different vegetable combinations, and the traditional Vietnamese sugar cane shrimp as a starter here is pounded, seasoned and wrapped around a sugar cane skewer and char-broiled ($4.95). The pho soup-noodle bowls of Vietnam can be had here with beef or chicken ($6.50 each) or seafood (fish and shrimp, $6.75), and there are noodle (or rice) bowls with chicken, beef or pork ($6.25 to $7.25). A short entree list of reasonably priced plates served with rice and slaw slaw n. Chiefly Southern U.S. Coleslaw. Noun 1. slaw - basically shredded cabbage coleslaw salad - food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of offers grilled pork chops or crispy tofu ($9.75 each), a spicy marinated flank steak dish called ``shaking beef'' ($11.95) and steamed fish seasoned with ginger, lemongrass lemongrass, n Latin name: Cymbopogon citratus; part used: leaves; uses: antitussive, antirheumatic, antiseptic, anxiolytic, antibacterial, antifungal, insomnia, vomiting, high blood pressure, fever; precautions: none known. , chiles and scallions cooked in a banana leaf ($12.95). The Gingergrass kitchen also caramelizes shrimp and pairs it with baby bok choy ($10.95) and grills a chicken breast marinated with lemongrass and chiles ($10.75). Trios of sandwiches ($6.25 and $7.25), lunch plates ($7.95 each) and desserts ($3.95 and $4.75) round out the menu. Gingergrass, at 2396 Glendale Blvd., has no alcohol presently, is open for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and for dinner from 5 to 10 p.m. nightly except Monday, until 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information, call (323) 644-1600. - Larry Lipson CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (``Real California Cheese Country'') |
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