GOOD TASTES.TRAY CHIC: Here's a novel idea for a holiday gift - a wine bottle that has been recycled and transformed into a gourmet cheese serving tray. Trays, available in either green or amber, come with a spreader spreader, n See condenser. and cheese pin and are packed in a cello bag secured with a gold metallic stretch cord. Available for $22.95 plus $5 for shipping and handling, the tray can be ordered by calling (877) 748-9693. - Natalie Haughton DINING OUT The latest upscale restaurant to debut on La Cienega Boulevard's restaurant row is Bliss, a contemporary American eating place that claims to be bringing to Los Angeles ``New York styling and Chicago-like dining.'' Fresh from the hot Sunset Strip steakery Balboa comes chef Gabriel Morales with a menu of 10 entrees priced from $20 (fire-roasted eggplant Parmesan) to $39 (veal porterhouse), nine starters from $7 to $24 and half a dozen ``middle courses'' of mostly salads from $10 to $16. Look for steak and chop plates ($28 to $34), lamb osso buco ($27), duck breast ($26) and halibut halibut: see flatfish. halibut Any of various flatfishes, especially the Atlantic and Pacific halibuts (genus Hippoglossus, family Pleuronectidae), both of which have eyes and colour on the right side. ($24) offerings. Desserts ($10 each) by pastry chef Jessica Lassner include a pineapple brulee tart with coconut custard and a warm brownie 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. cake with a white chocolate mocha Mocha (mō`kə), town (1990 est. pop. 2,000), S Yemen, a port on the Red Sea. It was noted for the export of the coffee to which it gave its name but declined as a trading port in the late 19th cent. with the rise of Hodeida and Aden. glaze and vanilla gelato ge·la·to n. pl. ge·la·ti An Italian ice cream or ice. [Italian, from past participle of gelare, to freeze; see gelatin.] . The Bliss staff is nattily nat·ty adj. nat·ti·er, nat·ti·est Neat, trim, and smart; dapper. [Perhaps variant of obsolete netty, from net, elegant, from Middle English, from Old French; see attired in Hugo Boss outfits. The fairly extensive beginning wine list is deep with expensive bottles, 79 of them $50 or higher, 36 of those in triple figures. Lowest-priced wine is a $26 '99 sauvignon blanc from Santa Barbara Winery. Wines by the glass run $9 and up, with a glass of '93 Dom Perignon available for $29. Bliss, 650 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, is open for dinner only, serving food from 6 p.m. to midnight and cocktails to 2 a.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Reservations: (310) 659-0999. - Larry Lipson CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (wine bottle tray) |
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