GOOD TASTES.NEW NO-STICK FLOUR SPRAY FOR BAKING Just in time for the holidays, Crisco has debuted a new No-Stick Flour Spray for baking. It combines classic Crisco Oil with Pillsbury flour. Convenient and easy to use, it eliminates the need to grease and flour baking pans, reducing preparation time. Simply spray on baking pans and into corners where applicable. Use it on cookie sheets, muffin tins, brownie pans, etc. It can also be used on baking utensils, rolling pins and rolling surfaces - and even your hands to prevent sticking when kneading kneading, n a massage technique in which the whole hand is moved in a circular pattern while the fingers and thumbs squeeze the tissues beneath. dough or shaping cookies. Unlike some of its counterparts, it's made with an alcohol-free formula to eliminate unpleasant odors. Look for it in the baking section of supermarkets in 5-ounce spray cans with a suggested retail price of $2.40 each. - Natalie Haughton SCARE UP CRAFTY COOKING KITS For Halloween fun for kids, the creators of Crayola Crafty Cooking Kits are offering two holiday-themed kits - Cute 'N' Creepy Mini Cake Party and Happy Halloween Popcorn Treats. The cake kit makes five mini cakes and includes the batter mix, frosting frosting the slight graying of the haircoat around the face, particularly muzzle, in dogs with aging and as a regular feature of some breeds such as the Belgian shepherd dog. mix and icing pens. All you have to add is water, oil and egg. Of course, you have to bake and decorate them. The popcorn kit includes directions and ingredients (microwave popcorn, marshmallow marshmallow /marsh·mal·low/ (mahrsh´mel?o) (-mal?o) a perennial Eurasian herb, Althaea officinalis, , vanilla icing pens, popcorn coloring and candy eyes) for making Halloween popcorn treats in the shape of pumpkins, ghosts, etc. The kits are great for encouraging a project with children and the family (parents or grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl ). Look for the kits, with a suggested price of $4 to $5 each, at Ralphs (baking aisle) and other grocery stores or online at www.craftycookingkits.com. - N.H. SPECIAL HALLOWEEN DESSERTS AT LUNA PARK Luna Park is originally the name of the second major amusement park at Coney Island, named for the spaceship in the Buffalo, New York World's Fair ride "A Trip to the Moon". For Halloween, Luna Park, a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. restaurant, is offering a Decorate-Your-Own Pumpkin-Shaped Cookies dessert selection Oct. 28-31. Diners who order it can decorate a cookie with as much orange and green frosting, colored sprinkles and candies as desired. Those who arrive in costume will receive a complimentary Make-Your-Own Caramel Apple Dessert. Bite-size apples on sticks come with a ramekin ram·e·kin also ram·e·quin n. 1. A cheese preparation made with eggs and bread crumbs or unsweetened puff pastry, baked and served in individual dishes. 2. A small dish used for baking and serving. of melted caramel sauce for dipping and a dish of toasted nuts for rolling (one per table). The restaurant is located at 672 S. La Brea La Brea (lə brā`ə), area, S Calif., formerly in Rancho La Brea. The La Brea asphalt pits, which yielded prehistoric animal and plant remains, are in Hancock Park, Los Angeles. Ave. - N.H. HALLOWEEN PEEPS Peeps fans who want to decorate and personalize orange pumpkins for Halloween, pick up a package of the new Marshmallow Peeps Decorating Kit for Halloween. It comes with a four-count tray of orange Peeps marshmallow pumpkins, a tube of black Cake Mate decorating gel and a couple of decorating ideas on the back of the package. Suggested retail price is $1.99 per 3-ounce package. Look for the kits at drugstores and mass merchandising stores. For more Halloween fun, visit www.marshmallowpeeps.com. - N.H. ORGANIC SOUPS Muir Glen, known for its organic tomatoes, has expanded into organic soups with five varieties debuting recently - Hearty Tomato, Garden Vegetable, Savory Lentil lentil, leguminous Old World annual plant (Lens culinaris) with whitish or pale blue flowers. Its pods contain two greenish-brown or dark-colored seeds, also called lentils, which when fully ripe are ground into meal or used in soups and stews. , Clsasic Minestrone and Homestyle Split Pea split pea Noun a pea dried and split and used in soups or as a vegetable . Each 19-ounce pop-top can makes two servings, with the Hearty Tomato and Savory Lentil containing 130 calories each and the Garden Vegetable 80 calories per serving. Tasters liked the Garden Vegetable and Hearty Tomato best out of the three flavors sampled - with pieces of vegetables in them. The Savory Lentil was not very appealing color- and flavor-wise. Suggested retail is $2.69 per can. Look for them at selected supermarkets and natural food stores. - N. H. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) no caption (No Stick Flour Spray) (2) no caption (Crayola Crafty Cooking Kits) (3) no caption (Marshmallow Peeps Decorating Kit for Halloween) (4) no caption (Muir Glen organic soups) |
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