GOOD TASTES.NEW: Just in time for making light and casual spring and summer drinks and desserts, Torani has expanded its sugar-free syrup line with four new flavors New Flavors - An object-oriented Lisp from Symbolics, the successor to Flavors, it led to CLOS. ["Reference Guide to Symbolics-Lisp", Symbolics, March 1985]. . Sugar Free Mango, Sugar Free Peach, Sugar Free French Vanilla and Sugar Free Coffee. Made with Splenda, each 2-tablespoon (1-ounce) serving contains no calories, no fat, no carbohydrates (except 1 gram for mango) and 5 milligrams sodium. Use the syrups to dress up sparkling water, dessert sauces, sweets like cheesecake, cookies or creme brulees, iced tea, iced coffees and all sorts of other hot and cold beverages. Look for 350- and 750-milliliter bottles priced from $3.99 to $7.99 each at Cost Plus World Market, Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons. For recipe inspirations, visit www.torani.com or call (800) 775-1925 for a free brochure. - Natalie Haughton CONTEST ALERT: It's really down to the wire, but if you get crackin', you can send off your entry today (the postmark, e-mail or online deadline) for the French's GourMayo Flavored Light Mayonnaise Celebrity Sandwich Contest. Create your own signature sandwich and name it after a celebrity (real or fictional). Be sure the ingredients reflect the personality of the namesake and include Sun Dried Tomato, Wasabi Horseradish horseradish Hardy perennial plant (Armoracia lapathifolia) of the mustard family, native to Mediterranean lands and grown throughout the temperate zones. Its hotly pungent, fleshy root is used as a condiment and is traditionally considered medicinal. or Chipotle chi·pot·le n. A ripe jalapeño pepper that has been dried and smoked for use in cooking. [American Spanish, from Nahuatl xipotli.] Noun 1. Chili flavors of GourMayo in it. Mail your recipe to French's GourMayo Celebrity Sandwich Contest, c/o BHGPR, 546 Valley Road, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043, e-mail to pr(at)bhgpr.com or enter online at www.bhgpr.com. The creator of the best sandwich will win a round-trip air fare and hotel accommodations for two to 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. . - N.H. DINING OUT Jimmy Murphy, the suave restaurateur res·tau·ra·teur also res·tau·ran·teur n. The manager or owner of a restaurant. [French, from restaurer, to restore; see restaurant. whose Irish charm propelled his Jimmy's into a fashionable Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. rendezvous for celebrities and politicians for two decades, has resurfaced with a new West L.A. restaurant called Jimmy's Tavern. On the site previously occupied by Piero Selvaggio's Primi, the new Jimmy's place is said to be smaller and less imposing than Murphy's Century City-area haunt. A younger Murphy, son Sean, shares hosting duties with his dad. And chef David Fouts, whose credits include several top local kitchens, is cooking his Asian-influenced, contemporary American food. The a la carte menu, with prices running from $7.50 to $17 for starters, $14 to $29.50 for pastas and entrees and $7.50 for desserts, highlights such dishes as seared sear 1 v. seared, sear·ing, sears v.tr. 1. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of with or as if with a hot instrument. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. Kobe beef ($16), an Irish salmon crepe crepe (krāp), thin fabric of crinkled texture, woven originally in silk but now available in all major fibers. There are two kinds of crepe. ($12), a lamb trio with a tomato tart and new potatoes ($27), grouper grouper, common name for a large carnivorous member of the family Serranidae (sea bass family), abundant in tropical and subtropical seas and highly valued as food fish. with assorted cabbages in a jalapeno-tomato sauce ($24) and potatoes three ways ($5 each way). Desserts include warm pineapple upside-down cake, a chocolate creme brulee and a chilled lemon pudding cake. Jimmy's Tavern at 10543 W. Pico Blvd., West L.A., with a full bar, is open for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays and for dinner from 5:30 to 11 p.m. nightly except Sunday. Information and reservations: (310) 446-8808. - Larry Lipson CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) no caption (Torani sugar-free syrup line) (2) no caption (Sandwich) |
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