GOOD TASTES.VANILLA TEAS AND COFFEE: With vanilla-flavored products chic and trendy these days, R.C. Bigelow Inc., the makers of Bigelow Tea, has introduced a new line of five black teas flavored with vanilla - including French Vanilla, Vanilla Caramel, Vanilla Hazelnut, Vanilla Almond and Cherry Vanilla Cherry Vanilla (born Kathy Dorritie) is an actress, author, publicist, singer-songwriter and early 1970's Glam rock star. She has worked as David Bowie’s publicist and previously also performed in Andy Warhol's stage show “Pork“. . The teas contain five calories per cup and can be served hot or cold. Available in packages of 20 tea bags each; suggested retail price is $2.79 to $2.99 per box. Look for them at supermarkets. Maxwell House Maxwell House is a brand of coffee manufactured by a like-named division of Kraft Foods. It is named in honor of the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. For many years until the late 1980s it was the largest-selling coffee in the U.S. and is currently (ca. has introduced Maxwell House Vanilla and Hazelnut flavored ground coffees, each in 11.5-ounce brown and blue cans. Suggested retail price is $3.59 per can. - Natalie Haughton FREEBIE free·bie also free·bee n. Slang An article or service given free: "such freebies as subway and bus maps" New York. LEAFLET With January being Oatmeal Month, resolve to eat and use more oats oats, cereal plants of the genus Avena of the family Gramineae (grass family). Most species are annuals of moist temperate regions. The early history of oats is obscure, but domestication is considered to be recent compared to that of the other in your cooking. A source of both soluble and insoluble fiber insoluble fiber, n one of three types of fiber, this group includes cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignins. Insoluble fiber creates a full feeling and helps to ease constipation. , oats have also been shown to lower blood cholesterol levels. Quaker Foods & Beverages, maker of Quaker Oats, is offering a free black-and-white brochure, Awesome Oats! Easy, Delicious Recipes for Celebrating Oatmeal Month, with six recipes such as Apple Berry Crisp and Banana Pecan pecan: see hickory. pecan Nut and tree (Carya illinoinensis) of the walnut family, native to temperate North America. Occasionally reaching a height of about 160 ft (50 m), the tree has deeply furrowed bark and feather-shaped leaves. Oatmeal Bread. To order, send your name and address to Awesome Oats, P.O. Box 487, Chicago, IL 60690-0487. Or e-mail oatoffer(at)aol.com. Allow three to five weeks for delivery. - N.H. DINING OUT: Almost unobtrusively, in the far corner of busy Warner Plaza on the northeast corner of the intersection at Topanga Canyon and Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. , Big Al's Homestyle Barbecue quietly opened on Jan. 19. It's east of Ralphs and Vons markets. An airy, no-frills place featuring blond wood tables and chairs, Big Al's has a limited menu, producing the expected beef ribs, baby-backs, tri-tip and barbecued chicken, each offered on two-item combo plates ($13.99). Tri-tip is also available as an entree (8 ounces $8.99, 12 ounces $11.99) or as a sandwich ($6.49). Beef rib entrees can be ordered as a rib duo ($8.99) or rib quartet ($12.99). As a main course, baby-back ribs are served as a half-rack ($9.99) or full rack ($13.99). And half a barbecued chicken also comes as a separate entree ($7.99). Six side dishes (barbecued beans, fries, cole slaw slaw n. Chiefly Southern U.S. Coleslaw. Noun 1. slaw - basically shredded cabbage coleslaw salad - food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of , potato salad, corn- on-the-cob, veggie medley) are $1.49 each, but any two can be chosen at no extra cost as part of an entree order. Children under 12 have half a dozen mini-meal choices for $2.99. There are four desserts (apple pie, chocolate fudge cake, glazed lemon cake, hot fudge brownie) at $2.49 and $3.49. Big Al's, 21799 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills, is open from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Information: (818) 227-5600. - Larry Lipson CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) no caption (vanilla-flavored Bigelow Tea) (2) no caption (Leaflet: ``Awesome Oats!'') |
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