GOOD TASTES.FOR KIDS: The holidays are the perfect season to spend some time with your kids in the kitchen. The number of food-making products on the market has been growing steadily the past few years. Two of our favorites this year are the Disney Smoothie smooth·ie also smooth·y n. pl. smooth·ies Slang 1. A person regarded as being assured and artfully ingratiating in manner. 2. A smooth-tongued person. Maker and Popcorn Popper An early Unix POP server, which was written at the University of California at Berkeley. ($39.99 each). Both are available at Target stores. Bright red and charmingly designed for the kitchen, both perform as good if not better than the adult versions. And both machines have great safety features for little helpers. The Popcorn Popper lets kids - with adult supervision - watch as kernels pop and fill the container, which conveniently turns into a bowl for snacking on the freshly made treat. We put it through the paces, and each time the machine popped almost every kernel - and the kids enjoyed the show with glee. It's nice to learn that popcorn doesn't originate in Verb 1. originate in - come from stem - grow out of, have roots in, originate in; "The increase in the national debt stems from the last war" a bag. Mixing their favorite fruits and other ingredients into delicious drinks with the Smoothie Maker was a surefire way to get our kids to drink many of the recommended daily five. Kid-friendly controls made it easy and safe to make smoothies (with an adult for supervision and taste-testing, of course). Each time, the mixing was superb. No lumps in our smoothies. - JoAnn E.B. Yerem PRESIDENTIAL PASTRIES: Collin Street Bakery The Collin Street Bakery is a bakery in Corsicana, Texas most famous for its DeLuxe Fruitcakes, which it ships to more than 150 nations annually. Early history The bakery was founded in 1896 by August Wiederman, an immigrant from Wiesbaden, Germany. , a Texas-based business founded in 1896, is, for many, synonymous with synonymous with adjective equivalent to, the same as, identical to, similar to, identified with, equal to, tantamount to, interchangeable with, one and the same as its well-known DeLuxe fruitcake fruit·cake n. 1. A heavy spiced cake containing nuts and candied or dried fruits. 2. Slang A crazy or an eccentric person: "a fruitcake under the delusion that he was Saint Nicholas" . Now the bakery has expanded its horizons and is offering a line of gourmet presidential pastries (favorite desserts of five presidents and first families) created by former White House executive pastry chef Roland Mesnier. The first three in the presidential series (they're not inexpensive) are now available and include White House Banana Celebration Cake ($33.95), White House Passion Fruit Pound Cake ($34.95) and White House Pumpkin Friendship Cake ($39.95). Prices include shipping. To order and for more information, go to the company Web site at www.collinstreetbakery.com, or call (800) 949-1594. - Natalie Haughton DINING OUT: Tim and Liza Goodell, the talented husband-and-wife team from Orange County (Aubergine (jargon) aubergine - A secret term used to refer to computers in the presence of computerphobic third parties. , Troquet, Red Pearl Kitchen, etc.) recently opened Meson meson (mē`zŏn) [Gr.,=middle (i.e., middleweight)], class of elementary particles whose masses are generally between those of the lepton class of lighter particles and those of the baryon class of heavier particles. G, a Mediterranean-inspired restaurant in the former Citrus-turned-Alex space at 6703 Melrose Ave., Hollywood. Open for lunch weekdays and dinner nightly, it specializes in small plates, which are currently trendy. For information or reservations, call (323) 525-1415. - N.H. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) WHITE HOUSE PASSION FRUIT POUND CAKE (2) no caption (Disney Popcorn Popper) (3) no caption (Disney Smoothie Maker) |
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