GOOD TASTES.DESIGNER PEANUT BUTTERS: Over the years, we've sampled several flavored peanut butters, but mostly they weren't great - and not something we'd buy. Now, New York-based Peanut Butter & Co. (which Lee Zalben Lee Zalben, nicknamed the Peanut Butter Guy, (born 1973, in Philadelphia) is a cookbook author and the founder of Peanut Butter & Co., a sandwich shop in Greenwich Village, New York City. Founded in 1998, the shop serves nothing but peanut butter sandwiches. began as a sandwich shop in 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 City's Greenwich Village Greenwich Village (grĕn`ĭch), residential district of lower Manhattan, New York City, extending S from 14th St. to Houston St. and W from Washington Square to the Hudson River. in 1998, serving gourmet peanut butter sandwiches, shakes, desserts, etc.) has introduced a line of six gourmet peanut butters that taste terrific. Flavors include the usual smooth and crunchy, but most intriguing and delicious are Cinnamon Raisin Swirl (smooth peanut butter blended with cinnamon and raisins), The Heat Is On (peanut butter blended with fiery spices, no sugar added), Dark Chocolate Dreams (peanut butter blended with rich dark chocolate) and White Chocolate white chocolate n. Cocoa butter combined with milk and a sweetener, often flavored with vanilla. Noun 1. white chocolate Wonderful (peanut butter blended with sweet white chocolate). Tasters gave thumbs-up to the delicious Cinnamon Raisin Swirl and Dark Chocolate Dreams and would definitely buy. Both were enjoyed straight from the jar. The Heat Is On is hot and spicy straight from the jar, so take it easy. It can be thinned down and used as a dipping sauce for grilled chicken or turkey kabobs, in a peanut butter salad dressing or over noodles noo·dle 1 n. A narrow, ribbonlike strip of dried dough, usually made of flour, eggs, and water. [German Nudel. - or on a sandwich with a bit of pineapple or peach jam. Made from American-grown peanuts, the products are cholesterol- and trans-fat free (and contain no hydrogenated oils). Available in 16-ounce jars, suggested retail price is $3.99 (smooth and crunchy) to $4.99 (flavors). Look for the line at Bristol Farms Bristol Farms is a grocery store chain that markets itself as being "upscale", with thirteen stores located mainly in the Southern California market. Formerly a subsidiary of Albertsons, Bristol Farms is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Supervalu, Inc. , or order online at www.ilovepeanutbutter.com or by calling (866) 456-8372. More new flavors are being cooked up, so look for them in the future. - Natalie Haughton NEW MEGA BURGER: Bucking the trend of those opposed to super-size foods or huge portions, Carl's Jr. has just introduced the 1-pound Double Six Dollar Burger to its line of Six Dollar Burgers. It features two (1/2- pound) charbroiled, 100 percent Angus beef patties topped with three slices of American cheese, bread-and-butter pickles, red onions, lettuce, tomatoes, ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise on a toasted, seeded bun. This mega-burger, with a suggested retail of $5.49, is designed to appeal to young, hungry guys. No doubt it could easily be split to serve two - or even three, who are opting for normal-size portions. But do we really need a burger filled with a pound of beef? Only sales will tell. - N.H. MORE FRAPPUCCINO FLAVORS: If you love Starbucks' Frappuccinos, there are five new recently introduced flavors to consider. Among them are Java Chip, Double Chocolate Chip, Strawberries & Creme, Caffe Vanilla and Vanilla Bean. They sound cool and tempting and are available at all Starbucks stores. Prices range from $2.65 to $3.95 depending on size (tall, grande or venti) and flavor. In a recent U.S. survey sponsored by Starbucks, 41 percent of consumers selected chocolate as their favorite classic flavor, followed by strawberry at 29 percent and vanilla at 28 percent. -N.H. DINING OUT It has an Italian name, but it calls its food ``universal cuisine.'' Il Paradiso Ristorante, which took over the site of Toto di Notte in Encino, carries on with an Italian emphasis by baking pizzas, cooking lamb and veal osso buco, offering a number of pastas, and presenting antipasti Antipasti can refer to:
adj. Sliced, sautéed, and served in a sauce containing lemon, butter, and spices. Used of meat or fish. [Italian, feminine of piccato, larded, past participle of piccarsi and milanese. But its ``universal'' kitchen also comes up with quail stuffed with couscous cous·cous n. 1. A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina. 2. A North African dish consisting of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew. , sturgeon sturgeon, primitive fish of the northern regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. Unlike evolutionarily advanced fishes, it has a fine-grained hide, with very reduced scalation, a mostly cartilaginous skeleton, upturned tail fins, and a mouth set well back on the with pomegranate pomegranate (pŏm`grănĭt, pŏm`ə–), handsome deciduous and somewhat thorny large shrub or small tree (Punica granatum sauce, blintzes, octopus salad, eel salad, pork chops with blackberry emulsion, ribeye and filet mignon steaks and beef stroganoff. Il Paradiso's prices run from low ($6.99 for two-course lunches and two-course $9.95 early bird dinners served with a glass of wine) to a $30 foie gras appetizer and entrees that range from $13 to $26. But with pizzas and pastas at $9 to $11 and salads and sandwiches in the same price category, it would appear that the menu has something for every pocket. Il Paradiso at 15627 Ventura Blvd., Encino, has a full bar, serves lunch and dinner daily, and charges no corkage cork·age n. A charge exacted at a restaurant for every bottle of liquor served that was not bought on the premises. corkage Noun a charge made at a restaurant for serving wine bought elsewhere fee to those who bring in their own wine. Information and reservations: (818) 981-9293. - Larry Lipson CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) no caption (new products from Peanut Butter & Co.) (2) no caption (Carl's Jr. Double Six Dollar Burger) (3) no caption (Starbucks' Frappuccinos) |
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