GOOD TASTES.NEW SNACK MIXES: Fisher Nuts has introduced Fusions snack mixes. The seven flavors include Martini Mix, Asian Spice, Cheddar Crunch, Trail Blazer, Sweet Harvest, Country Honey and Tropical Twist. The Martini Mix is the most novel, as it includes dried green olives, the first we had seen in a packaged snack mix. They tasted a tad weird (we prefer fresh olives) but unique combined with cashews, walnuts, almonds and peanuts. The mixes, depending on flavor, are available in 4- to 36-ounce resealable bags and range in price from $3.50 to $8 each. Look for them at Longs Drugs Longs Drugs (NYSE: LDG) is a pharmacy chain store located in the West Coast of the United States. It was founded in 1938 by brothers Thomas and Joseph Long (son-in-law of Marion Barton Skaggs, co-founder of Safeway Inc.), with their first store in Oakland, California. . -- Natalie Haughton LAS ISLAS ISLAS Institute for Study of the Liberal Arts and Sciences CHOCOLATE BAR: Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker Scharffen Berger Chocolate is Berkeley, California-based chocolate maker, founded in 1996 by champagne maker John Scharffenberger and physician Robert Steinberg. The company is a manufacturer of chocolate -- as opposed to the far more common chocolatiers, who make their has introduced the Limited Series Las Islas or islands bar (the seventh in the series), a blend of cacao cacao (kəkä`ō, –kā`–), tropical tree (Theobroma cacao) of the family Sterculiaceae (sterculia family), native to South America, where it was first domesticated and was highly prized by the Aztecs. beans from three Caribbean islands, including Trinidad, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (dəmĭn`ĭkən), republic (2005 est. pop. 8,950,000), 18,700 sq mi (48,442 sq km), West Indies, on the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. . It's dark -- 72 percent cacao -- and has citrus, especially orange, overtones with a nice smooth finish. We enjoyed the excellent flavor, even though a 3-ounce bar at $6 is a bit pricey. Look for the bar at Whole Foods Markets -- and also online at www.scharffenberger.com. -- N.H. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) no caption (Fisher Nuts' Fusions snack mixes) (2 -- color) no caption (Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker's Limited Series Las Islas) |
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