GOOD TASTES.DELICIOUS READING In ``Take Big Bites: Adventures Around the World and Across the Table'' (Putnam; $24.95), by Linda Ellerbee Linda Ellerbee (born Linda Jane Smith in Bryan, Texas, U.S., August 15, 1944) is a journalist who is most known for several jobs at NBC News, including Washington (DC) correspondent, and reporter and co-anchor of NBC News Overnight, , the author and television journalist (who owns Lucky Duck Productions with her partner, Rolfe Tessem and has produced ``Nick News'' for 14 years) takes readers on her personal travel and food adventures across decades and continents - from her childhood home in Houston to England, Vietnam, Italy, Greece, France and beyond - with humor and heartwarming heart·warm·ing or heart-warm·ing adj. 1. Causing gladness and pleasure. 2. Eliciting sympathy and tender feelings: a heartwarming tale. Adj. 1. tales. And she tops them off with a sprinkling of recipes - ranging from Mama's Rescued Fudge Pie to Linda's Real Texas Chili and Phenix's Tzatziki tzatziki Noun a Greek dip made from yogurt, chopped cucumber, and mint [Modern Greek] . The book is a fast, witty and fun read, especially if you're a fan of Ellerbee's irreverent style. - Natalie Haughton STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL A Strawberry Festival is an event and celebration in many towns in North America. In most instances, areas around these towns are, or have been, deeply involved in the production and marketing of strawberries, and the festivals are usually held in late spring around the time of the With strawberry season in full swing, it's time for the 22nd annual California Strawberry Festival in Oxnard at Strawberry Meadows of College Park, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. include live entertainment, food contests, food booths selling strawberry food creations and 300 booths offering arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. items. Admission is $12 for adults, $8 for seniors (63 and up) and $5 for children (5 to 12). Parking at the site is free. For more information, call (888) 288-9242 or go online to www.strawberry-fest.org. - N.H. STAMP OUT HUNGER Campbell Soup Co. and the National Association of Letter Carriers The National Association of Letter Carriers (or NALC) is a labor union for employees of the United States Postal Service who serve as letter carriers (informally, "mail carriers", "mailmen", or "postmen", although many are now in fact female). are joining forces Saturday for a one-day food drive to collect food for the needy and stamp out hunger. Leave a bag containing boxes or cans of nonperishable foods next to your mail box (before your mail delivery time) for letter carriers to pick up and deliver to local food banks and pantries. - N.H. GOOD VALUE PINOT GRIGIO San Antonio Winery's Maddalena Vineyard Pinot Grigio 2003, made in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or from grapes grown in Monterey County, is filled with the flavors of pears, melon and green apples. It is the Wine Spectator's (May 15) top-rated, best-value California white wine. A good accompaniment to European cheese, broiled broil 1 v. broiled, broil·ing, broils v.tr. 1. To cook by direct radiant heat, as over a grill or under an electric element. 2. To expose to great heat. v. seafood or poultry dishes, it can be purchased at the winery or elsewhere for $11 a bottle. - N.H. LICUADO CLARIFICATION Regarding the story we ran last week in the food section on the popular blended fruit drinks known as licuados, Jason Miranda-Levi, former head of the Romance Languages Department at Columbia University, e-mailed us to note that ``licuados is a loose adaptation of the English word 'liquid,' and in reality is Spanglish for 'liquefy.' ... The correct word should be 'batidos,' the plural for 'batido,' which means 'blended,' from the verb 'batir,' which means to blend.'' He laments the use of so many combined Spanish/English words used in this country. Few people would understand the meaning of the word licuado in Spain, Puerto Rico, Argentina, etc., he adds. In our travels around the Valley and Los Angeles, the drinks were referred to as licuados wherever they were served. - N.H. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- color) no caption (book: ``Take Big Bites: Adventures Around the World and Across the Table'') (2 -- color) no caption (strawberries) (3 -- color) no caption (mailman and mailwoman holding bags full of food) (4 -- color) no caption (Maddalena Vineyard Pinot Grigio) |
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