GOOD TASTES.COOKBOOK: Who doesn't enjoy a warm, comforting coffee cake? You'll find plenty of inspirations among the more than 50 in "Coffee Cakes, Simple Sweet and Savory" by Lou Seibert Pappas (Chronicle Books; $18.95). Among them are quick as well as yeast recipes and ideas perfect for breakfast, brunch, picnics, parties and desserts. Sticky Caramel Pinwheel Cake, Strawberry Coffee Cake, Chocolate-Almond Souffle souffle /souf·fle/ (soo´f'l) a soft, blowing auscultatory sound. cardiac souffle any cardiac or vascular murmur of a blowing quality. Cake, Pecan pecan: see hickory. pecan Nut and tree (Carya illinoinensis) of the walnut family, native to temperate North America. Occasionally reaching a height of about 160 ft (50 m), the tree has deeply furrowed bark and feather-shaped leaves. Streusel streu·sel n. A crumblike topping for coffee cakes and rich breads, consisting of flour, sugar, butter, cinnamon, and sometimes chopped nutmeats. Coffee Cake and Gruyere Cheese Gru´yere` cheese´ 1. A kind of cheese made at -- Natalie Haughton AMERICAN IDOL American Idol is an annual American televised singing competition, which began its first season on June 11, 2002. Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the British reality program Pop Idol. INSPIRATIONS: Dreyer's just debuted five limited-edition Slow Churned American Idol ice cream flavors (in stores now in 1.75-quart size cartons with suggested retail of $5.99 each) and is urging consumers to cast votes for their favorite flavor now through Aug. 31 at www.slowchurned.com. Choose from Choc 'N' Roll Caramel, Hollywood Cheesecake, Soulful Sundae Cone, Triple Talent and Take the Cake. The winning flavor will become a permanent part of the Slow Churned ice cream line. Each fan who casts a vote at the site through April 27 will be entered in a sweepstakes for a chance to win prizes, including a big-screen plasma TV A flat panel TV that uses the plasma display technology. See flat panel TV, plasma display and LCD vs. plasma. , an "American Idol" ice cream party for up to 75 guests or a grand prize trip to the "American Idol" finale, May 22-24. -- N.H. WINE BLOG WINNERS: Wine blogs are hot. Some 2,800 wine lovers voted for their favorite wine blogs in seven categories (narrowed down to four in each category from 100 different blogs by a panel of wine experts), in a competition (the first of its kind) conducted by Fermentation, a wine blog (at www.fermentation.typepad.com) started by Tom Wark of Sonoma. Best Overall Wine Blog for 2007 was awarded to Dr. Vino's Wine Blog (www.drvino.blogspot.com), the creation of Tyler Colman, a wine educator and writer. The site also won an award for best-written blog. Other winners in the 2007 American Wine American wine production in the United States wine has existed for over 300 years. Today wine production exist in all fifty states, with California leading the way in wine production followed by Washington State, Oregon and New York.[1]. Blog Awards include: Best wine-reviewing blog: Vinography -- www.vinography.com Best wine blog graphics: The Good Grape -- www.goodgrape.com Best wine podcast or videoblog: Wine Library TV -- tv.winelibrary.com Best winery blog: Pinot Blogger -- www.pinotblogger.com Best single-subject wine blog: The Wine Collector Wine Collector 200 is a wine collection and management package from IntelliScanner Corporation. Wine Collector was released in December of 2004. Wine Collector uses the UPC barcode found on wine bottles to look up information on wines from an Internet-enabled database -- www.vinfolio.com/thewinecollector -- N.H. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) no caption (Dreyer's Slow Churned Ice Cream) (3 -- color) no caption (book: "Coffee Cakes, Simple Sweet and Savory") (4 -- color) no caption (grapes) |
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