NEW & NOTEWORTHY.COOKBOOK: Now there's a cookbook for butterscotch but·ter·scotch n. 1. A syrup, sauce, candy, or flavoring made by melting butter and brown sugar together. 2. A golden or tawny brown. fans. ``The Butterscotch Lover's Cookbook,'' by Diana Dalsass (Buttercup buttercup or crowfoot, common name for the Ranunculaceae, a family of chiefly annual or perennial herbs of cool regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Press; $17.95), is filled with 60 tempting recipes for creations like Butterscotch Pudding, Buttercotch Fudge, Butterscotch Biscotti Biscotti (plural of Italian biscotto, roughly meaning "twice baked") are crisp Italian cookies often containing nuts or flavored with anise. Traditionally, biscotti are made by baking cookie dough in two long slabs, cutting these into slices, and reheating them to dry , Butterscotch-Pecan Torte, Butter Nut Brittle, Mock Pralines, Butterscotch Shortbread and much more. Several color photos are sprinkled throughout the pages. ``Surprisingly, butterscotch is made of only two primary ingredients - butter and brown sugar,'' writes Dalsass, author of five other cookbooks. ``But butterscotch is a rather amazing food that tastes far more wonderful than the sum of its parts.'' To impart an intense butterscotch flavor into some desserts, Dalsass has added finely ground butterscotch candy. But you can't grind the candy in advance of preparing the recipe as it quickly absorbs moisture from the air, she cautions, adding that it's best to immediately mix it with a dry ingredient (such as flour) in the recipe. Mail-order sources for the best butterscotch candies, cookies, baked goods, snacks and sauces are also included. One even offers butterscotch curd curd the proteinaceous part of milk precipitated by rennin. Usually contains some fat when whole milk is used. . - Natalie Haughton KITCHEN TOUR: The Pasadena Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) is the oldest and largest professional association for interior designers. Through education, knowledge sharing, advocacy, community building and outreach, the Society strives to advance the interior design profession and, in the presents its 15th annual Kitchen and Interiors Tour, Oct. 20 and 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Five homes (in Pasadena, Glendale and San Marino San Marino, city, United States San Marino (săn mərē`nō), residential city (1990 pop. 12,959), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1913. Of interest is the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. ) will be featured on the self-guided tour A self-guided tour is where one navigates a route themselves as opposed to an escorted tours where a tour guide person directs the route, times, information, and places toured. Many self-guided tours come with suggestions, maps, instructions, directions, and items to see or do. . They will range from a traditional home with Spanish influence and a Pasadena Craftsman to a contemporary single story and a beautifully aged shingle-style traditional property. Highlight of the tour will be the renovated Wrigley Mansion, headquarters of the Tournament of Roses. Tickets are $20, if purchased in advance, or $25 the days of the tour. To order tickets or find locations to purchase them, call (800) 237-2634. - N.H. DINING OUT Peyman Afshar, who opened Leila's in Oak Park in June 1999, successfully bringing a distinctively creative menu to outer suburbia, is readying his second restaurant, Purple Basil, for its debut in Calabasas. He plans to open Tuesday, describing the new restaurant's food as ``Amer-Asian.'' Look for such items as Peking Duck Tacos ($10) and Shrimp & Carmelized Walnut Salad ($10) for lunch and Sweet Sake-seared Yellowfin Tuna ($15) and Hoisin Braised braise tr.v. braised, brais·ing, brais·es To cook (meat or vegetables) by browning in fat, then simmering in a small quantity of liquid in a covered container. Short Ribs ($18) for dinner. Lunch prices will run $5 to $14 and dinner items $5 to $23. The restaurant will be strongly wine-themed, featuring a beginning list of 150 labels, reasonably priced with a double-wholesale-minus-$1 formula. This means that if Afshar pays $10 for a bottle it will be ticketed at $19. Part of the restaurant's decor is called ``Wine Story,'' a collection of eight hand-carved wood panels. Purple Basil, occupying the site previously held by a men's clothing store named Gary's in the Calabasas Commons complex, is under the clock tower, next to Hallmark. It has a beer and wine license, will charge a corkage cork·age n. A charge exacted at a restaurant for every bottle of liquor served that was not bought on the premises. corkage Noun a charge made at a restaurant for serving wine bought elsewhere fee of $15 and will be open daily from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. The address is 4719 Commons Way, Calabasas. Information and reservations: (818) 222-9801. - Larry Lipson CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) no caption (``The Butterscotch Lover's Cookbook'') (2) no caption (kitchen) |
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