HOT TIPS : EAT, DRINK AND BE FESTIVE.Fiesta Ware, that brightly colored, art deco-designed tableware that first appeared on Grandma's table in 1936, is making a comeback. This generation of the rainbow-colored, concentric-ringed dinnerware includes all the accessories that Grandma would have loved to have, but which weren't even a gleam in a designer's eye more than 60 years ago. Through licensing agreements with more than a dozen companies, Fiesta Ware maker Homer Laughlin China Co. now offers kitchen and dining room doodads that range from retro toasters and ice crushers to drawer pulls, spice racks and thermal gravy servers. Right from the start, a major attraction of Fiesta Ware - in addition to its sturdiness and its sleek design - was its mix-and-matchability. Instead of buying a set of all-the-same-color dishes, housewives could mix a chartreuse chartreuse (shärtr  z`), liqueur made exclusively by Carthusians at their monastery, La Grande Chartreuse, France, until their expulsion in 1903. dinner plate, a pink salad plate, a blue cup and a yellow saucer for a table full of color and surprise. The dinnerware was reintroduced in 1982 in colors of black, white, apricot, rose and cobalt blue. The new accessories are also available in persimmon persimmon: see ebony. persimmon Either of two trees of the genus Diospyros in the ebony family, and their globular, edible fruits. The native American persimmon (D. , periwinkle periwinkle, in zoology periwinkle, any of a group of marine gastropod mollusks having conical, spiral shells. Periwinkles feed on algae and seaweed. , turquoise, rose, sea mist green and pearl gray. In the Southland, new Fiesta Ware accessories - plus dinnerware - are available at Macy's and Robinsons-May. For a free color catalog of accessories, call (800) 452-4462. - Carol Bidwell SMOOTH sailing You ol' 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. , you! When summer heat makes a hot meal seem too heavy to even contemplate, a smoothie - that smooooooth mixture of fruits and other flavors, all whirred up in the blender - sounds mighty appealing. ``The Smoothies Deck'' (Chronicle Books; $12.95), a playing card-sized collection of 50 smoothie recipes, aims to make whipping up a smoothie a ... well, smoother ... operation. The deck of cards is protected by a sturdy, wipeable covering, so they're right at home in the kitchen or bar. Most contain fruit; a few include sherbet sher·bet n. 1. also sher·bert A frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice, sugar, and water, and also containing milk, egg white, or gelatin. 2. Chiefly British A beverage made of sweetened diluted fruit juice. , ice cream or even liquor or wine. Nearly all have a mouthwatering mouth·wa·ter·ing or mouth-wa·ter·ing adj. Appealing to the sense of taste; appetizing: the mouthwatering aroma of a baking pie. photo on the front, with the recipe on the back. You could even make a party game of drawing a card and making whichever mixture is on the card. Some sound mighty tasty. And once you have the ingredients all lined up, the drinks are also pretty easy to make - just put in a blender (or, for some, a food processor) and blend until smooth. - Carol Bidwell Cruisin' with the playground set You won't see it on the 101 or cruising through Malibu Canyon, but the new Jeep Aftershock af·ter·shock n. 1. A quake of lesser magnitude, usually one of a series, following a large earthquake in the same area. 2. is a hot off-road driving experience for young drivers. Really young. Like ages 3 to 5. Jeep's newest sidewalk cruiser has sporty canopy with a cargo net, a front brush guard, a vibrating vibrating, v using quivering hand motions made across the client's body for therapeutic purposes. engine, a Baja windshield and other realistic details, but it's pre-school-sized and is powered by a 12-volt rechargeable battery. Manufactured by Fisher-Price, it's $299.99. For a foot-powered model, there's the Jeep Junior designed for ages 1 to 3 to scoot scoot v. scoot·ed, scoot·ing, scoots v.intr. To go suddenly and speedily; hurry. v.tr. Upper Southern U.S. around the yard or playroom. For a little more power - up to 1 mph - parents can add six D-size batteries. Available at toy ``showrooms'' everywhere, it has a sticker price of $49.99. - Barbara De Witt CAPTION(S): 6 Photos Photo: (1--Color) no caption (New Fiesta Ware) (2--5--Color) no caption (Smoothies) (6--Color) no caption (Jeep Aftershock) |
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