NEW & NOTEWORTHY.COOKBOOK: For anyone who loves New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded cuisine, ``Commander's Kitchen,'' by Ti Adelaide Martin and Jamie Shannon (Broadway Books; $35), the restaurant's first new cookbook in 15 years, is a must. It's brimming with more than 150 contemporary recipes from Commander's Palace Commander's Palace is a restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. It was built in 1880. It is located in the Garden District of Uptown New Orleans (1403 Washington Ave, New Orleans, 70130), and is owned by the Brennan family. Restaurant kitchen along with snapshots of the culture of the restaurant and the Big Easy. Martin is daughter of Brennan family matriarch and Commander's co-owner Ella Brennan and Shannon is the restaurant's executive chef. Now you can turn out dishes like Jumbo Lump Crabcakes with Sweet Corn Jalapeno, Beignets With Mississippi Blueberry blueberry, plant of the large genus Vaccinium, widely distributed shrubs (occasionally small trees) of the family Ericaceae (heath family), usually found on acid soil. They are often confused with the related huckleberry. Sauce, Eggs Sardou, Chicken Etouffee é·touf·fée n. pl. é·touf·fées A spicy Cajun stew of vegetables and seafood, especially crayfish. [Louisiana French, from French (à l')étouffée, stewed and Bread Pudding Bread pudding is a dessert popular in British cuisine and that of the Southern U.S., as well as Belgian and French cuisine. The French refer to it by the English name "pudding" without the word "bread" and the Belgians call it Bodding. Souffle souffle /souf·fle/ (soo´f'l) a soft, blowing auscultatory sound. cardiac souffle any cardiac or vascular murmur of a blowing quality. With Whiskey Sauce in your own kitchen. As with many cookbooks where chefs have had a hand in the recipes, some are easier to execute than others. Many sound delicious - and would be great for holiday entertaining. Keep the book in mind for holiday giving. And just in case you can't get to New Orleans, Commander's Palace just opened a new restaurant in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . - Natalie Haughton Holiday ice cream: Festivus - brown sugar ice cream loaded with gingerbread gingerbread In architecture and design, elaborately detailed embellishment, either lavish or superfluous. Though the term is occasionally applied to such highly detailed and decorative styles as the Rococo, it usually refers to the hand-carved and -sawn wood ornamentation of cookies and a ginger caramel swirl - is the newest limited-edition holiday flavor from Ben & Jerry's ice cream in stores now. The name came from a ``Seinfeld'' episode celebrating Festivus, an annual holiday created by George Costanza's father. But you don't have to like ``Seinfeld'' to enjoy the ice cream, which was given a thumbs-up by tasters. Available through December, suggested retail price is $3.19 per pint. - N.H. Flour power: Gold Medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize flour is updating its packaging with a new resealable plastic bag - just in time for the holiday baking season. It's the company's first packaging change since 1915, when it traded in cloth sacks for paper bags. The bag is offered with bleached all-purpose flour, and its wider opening will make it easier to scoop out flour with large measuring cups. Suggested retail for a 4.25-pound bag, available at supermarkets, is $1.60. - Chicago Tribune FREEBIE free·bie also free·bee n. Slang An article or service given free: "such freebies as subway and bus maps" New York. With holiday baking upon us, Smucker's has created a tempting, colorful booklet - Classic Cookie Collection - filled with more than a dozen recipes like Buttery Black Raspberry Bars, Strawberry Pinwheels, Spiced Apricot Pastries and more. All use jams, jellies or preserves. For a free copy, send a self-addressed No. 10 envelope with 66 cents postage to: The J.M. Smucker Co., attention: Classic Cookie Recipe Collection, P.O. Box 280, Orrville, Ohio 44667. - N.H. Contest: Want to stroll the canned-goods aisle of the grocery store and see your very own picture smiling back at you from the side of a soup can? For the first time, Campbell Soup Co. is going to make that happen for the winner of its 20-Minute Recipe Challenge, who will also win $20,000. The contest challenges America's home cooks to create Campbell's next ``M'm! M'm! Good!'' classic recipe. Entrants must submit a recipe that can be prepared and cooked in less than 20 minutes - from a side dish to a dinner - with any Campbell's condensed con·dense v. con·densed, con·dens·ing, con·dens·es v.tr. 1. To reduce the volume or compass of. 2. To make more concise; abridge or shorten. 3. Physics a. soup. Entries must be postmarked by Jan. 15. For an official entry form and details, call (800) 331-7687, or check out www.campbellsoup.com. - Wire Services DINING OUT Ready to spring some bucks for your kid's holiday season enjoyment? Then consider taking him/her to the posh Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel, 1401 S. Oak Knoll Ave., Pasadena, for one or more of these upcoming events: Breakfast With Santa, Teddy Bear Tea, Nutcracker Tea. The Santa breakfast is scheduled in the hotel's Terrace private dining room the next three Saturdays, Dec. 2, 9 and 16 at 9 a.m. and includes a hot and cold buffet, holiday stories plus a keepsake photo with Santa. Cost is $25 per child, $30 per adult. Children get the opportunity to bring their teddy bears to tea around the fireplace from noon to 2 p.m. for the Teddy Bear Tea Saturday or Dec. 23. They'll hear classic holiday tales, sip a cup of ``tea'' (really hot chocolate), nibble Half a byte (four bits). (data) nibble - /nib'l/ (US "nybble", by analogy with "bite" -> "byte") Half a byte. Since a byte is nearly always eight bits, a nibble is nearly always four bits (and can therefore be represented by one hex digit). on mini-finger sandwiches and assorted cookies. Cost is $48 per person, but teddy bears are ``comped.'' For the Nutcracker Tea in the Lobby Lounge, one time only Dec. 7, the Ballet Petite's performance runs from 3 to 6 p.m. Cost is $48 per person. Reservations are needed for all three events: (626) 568-3900. - Larry Lipson CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) no caption (``Commander's Kitchen'') (2) no caption (Ben & Jerry's ice cream Festivus) (3) no caption (Gold Medal flour) (4) no caption (Smucker's Classic Cookie Collection) |
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