GOOD TASTES.SAVEUR 100 Saveur magazine has released its eighth annual celebration of food and drink in the January/February issue, making for lots of fun and fascinating food-related reading. The 100 favorite selections (the numbers aren't rankings, just an organizational device, notes editor in chief Coleman Andrews) include restaurants, food, drink, people, places and things People, Places and Things is an unpublished collection of short stories by US author Stephen King, written in 1960 together with his friend Chris Chesley and published using their own press. . Ten from California are among those featured, including Camargue Caramels from L.A.'s Boule boule Deliberative council in the city-states of ancient Greece. It existed in almost all constitutional city-states, especially from the late 6th century BC. In Athens the boule was created as an aristocratic body by Solon in 594 BC; later, under Cleisthenes, 500 members patisserie pa·tis·se·rie n. A bakery specializing in French pastry. [French pâtisserie, from Old French pastiserie, from pasticier, to make pastry, from *pastitz, , Du-Par's coffee shops (with a recipe for Steak Pot Pie A pot pie is a type of baked savory pie with a bottom and top completely surrounded in flakey crusts and baked in its own pie tin. This is in contrast to the Australian meat pie and many British regional variants on pie recipes, which may have a top of flakey pastry, but whose ), Fallen Fruit (a free fruit source Web site) and California Dessert Wines. The magazine also picked eight new restaurants in Las Vegas, Costco birthday cake (the magazine folks favor the moist white with buttercream 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. ), Spicy Thai Kettle Chips, Crispy Buffalo Wontons (at the Ruby Tuesday chain), Kakawa Cocoa Beans (roasted whole beans coated with layers of white, milk and dark chocolate and rolled in cocoa powder from Austin, Texas), IKEA IKEA Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd (Swedish home furnishings retailer founder's initials and location) Swedish food markets and more. The Saveur 100 ends with a look at storm-ravaged New Orleans and the hope that the centuries-old culinary traditions will live on. Specifics and buying information on each item can be found in the pantry or resource section in the back of magazine. Pick up a copy ($5) at newsstands. - Natalie Haughton ELVIS BIRTHDAY CAKE CHALLENGE: Watch five top cake decorators from around the country (including Elin Katz from Rosebud Cakes in Beverly Hills) compete for $10,000 in a cake challenge on the Food Network at 10 p.m. Sunday. The mission of each competitor is to create the most incredible birthday cake - a work of art - to honor Elvis Presley in just six hours. - N.H. FREE POTATO LEAFLET The Mr. Potato Head Mr. Potato Head is a popular children's doll, consisting of a plastic model of a potato. Originally, the potato is blank; however, it can be decorated with numerous attachable plastic parts to make a face, including a mustache, hat, nose and other features. History Mr. icon (the original character was created in 1952) has pepped up his step with a healthy new look - a pair of fun shoes, a baseball cap, a portable mp3 player and a water bottle. Now he's inspiring meal planners in a color recipe brochure - Healthy Mr. Potato Head Potato Power! - from the United States Potato Board. One medium potato (5.3 ounces) has 100 calories, no fat, 26 grams of carbs, and is an excellent source of potassium and rich in vitamin C vitamin C or ascorbic acid Water-soluble organic compound important in animal metabolism. Most animals produce it in their bodies, but humans, other primates, and guinea pigs need it in the diet to prevent scurvy. . The leaflet also includes details on ordering a limited-edition Healthy Mr. Potato Head with a potato purchase. For a free copy of the leaflet, send a self-addressed, stamped business-size envelope to: Healthy Mr. Potato Head Recipes, 5105 E. 41st Ave., Denver, CO 80216. For more recipes and information, go to www.healthypotato.com. - N.H. CONTEST ALERT: Dust off those cherished family recipes and enter them in the Smucker's Family Traditions Recipe and Essay Contest for a chance to win a weekend for four in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Submit an original family recipe that has been passed down for at least two generations and contains at least a cup of Smucker's jams, jellies or preserves, along with an essay of 100 words or less telling the story or memories connected with the recipe. Enter in one of four categories - breakfast foods, appetizers, entrees or desserts. Deadline for entries is Feb. 18. To enter, visit www.smuckers.com or mail entry to Smucker's Timeless Traditions Recipe Contest, c/o Cohn & Wolfe, 292 Madison Avenue, Floor 8, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10017. Only one entry per person is permitted. - N.H. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) no caption (Saveur magazine) (2) no caption (``Healthy Mr. Potato Head Potato Power!'') |
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