GOOD TASTES.COOKBOOK: Rachael Ray Rachael Domenica Ray (born August 25, 1968 in Glens Falls, New York[1][2]) is an Emmy-award winning television personality and author, who currently hosts the syndicated talk/lifestyle program Rachael Ray and two Food Network series, , Food Network host, just keeps on cranking out cookbooks - and all are designed with today's busy cook in mind. Her latest, ``Rachael Ray's 30-Minute Get Real Meals,'' (Clarkson Potter/Publishers; $18.95 paperback) serves up 150 innovative, unfussy un·fuss·y adj. 1. Not particular about or concerned with details. 2. Not cluttered or complicated, as with extraneous matters or details. recipes for home cooks to put on the table in 30 minutes or less. Ray believes in everything in moderation. She offers lots of lower-carb alternatives like Thai and Mexican lettuce wraps, small servings of pasta with mostly vegetables and proteins, Haricots Frites (oil-coated stir-fried green beans green beans Noun, pl long narrow green beans that are cooked and eaten as a vegetable with sesame seeds that you eat with your fingers like fries), burgers without buns and much more. For dessert, Ray includes yummy sounding creations like Very Berry Crumble, Cocoa-Nutty Haystacks Haystacks can be:
- Natalie Haughton BEN & JERRY'S FREE CONE DAY: Mark your calendar and head to a Ben & Jerry's scoop shop Tuesday from noon to 8 p.m. for a free cone or cup of your favorite flavor. The company's 27th annual Free Cone Day is a great time to try one of Ben & Jerry's four new Mood Magic flavors designed to match your daily moods. They include Chocolate Therapy, a combination of chocolate ice cream with chocolate cookies and swirls of chocolate pudding; In a Crunch, a base of peanut butter ice cream with chocolate-covered peanuts and a fudge swirl; The Last Straw, a blend of strawberry ice cream with a fudge truffle truffle (trŭf`əl) [Fr.], subterranean edible fungus that forms a mutually beneficial (symbiotic) relationship with the roots of certain trees and plants. The part of the fungus used as food is the ascoma, the fruiting body of the fungus. swirl and strawberry-fudge chunks; and Appley Ever After, made with brown sugar ice cream with a cinnamon-swirl and apples. The Chocolate Therapy flavor is also available in pints in supermarkets for the suggested retail of $3.79 per pint. In a Crunch in pints will join the supermarket lineup in July. You'll find Ben & Jerry's shops in Sherman Oaks, Burbank, Northridge Fashion Center Northridge Fashion Center is a large shopping mall located in Northridge, California. It opened in 1971. It was severely damaged during the Northridge Earthquake in 1994, but renovated extensively in 1995 and 1998. , etc. To locate the store nearest you, go online to www.benjerry.com. - N.H. RETRO CANDY COLLECTION: For the nostalgic candy buff, here's a great gift idea. Big Tips, a 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 company, has packaged a collection of 15 regional American candy bars together in its Big Tips Candy Collection. Depending on your age, the candy takes you down memory lane. Among the sweets included are Idaho Spud, Goo Goo Cluster, Mallow mallow, common name for members of the Malvaceae, a family of herbs and shrubs distributed over most of the world and especially abundant in the American tropics. Tropical species sometimes grow as small trees. Cup, Big Cherry, Peanut Butter Mountain, Old Faithful, Rocky Road, Nut Goodie good·ie n. Variant of goody1. , Sky Bar, Clark and U-No. Some of the bars didn't taste as good as we remembered them from our childhood days - and the low-quality chocolate (where used) left a lot to be desired. But hey, these are retro, not upscale, bars - and most consumers won't care - it's the conversation value here that counts. High-school friends and business partners Beth Kimmerle and Will Noonan came up with the idea after rediscovering the candy bars while researching Kimmerle's book, ``Candy: The Sweet History.'' A new book, ``Chocolate: The Sweet History,'' is being released this month. A 1-pound, 9.45-ounce box of the retro bars is $19.95 and can be ordered online at www.bigtipscandy.com. - N.H. MISSION COLLEGE FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL: Sample a wide selection of foods, wines and beers at the Springfest Food & Wine Festival, 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Los Angeles Mission College Los Angeles Mission College is a two-year community college located in Sylmar, California neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, United States. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District. . Students from the college's culinary arts department will be preparing the international menu fare with various food stations - including Middle Eastern, Chinese, Greek, Polynesian, South American, French and Italian. Proceeds from the event benefit the Mission College scholarship program. Tickets are $50 per person. For reservations or information, contact Vilma Bernal at (818) 833-3410. The event is at the Campus Center of Mission College, 13356 Eldridge Ave., Sylmar. - N.H. CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1 -- color) no caption (book: ``Rachael Ray's 30-Minute Get Real Meals'') (2 -- color) no caption (Big Tips Candy Collection) (3 -- color) no caption (man handing a girl an ice cream cone An ice cream cone or cornet is a cone-shaped pastry, usually made of a wafer similar in texture to a waffle, in which ice cream is served, allowing it to be eaten without a bowl or spoon. ) (4 -- color) no caption (Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Therapy) (5 -- color) no caption (grapes) |
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