NEW & NOTEWORTHY.COOKBOOK: Now Mr. Food fans can find his tastiest, easiest creations in ``The Best of Mr. Food - Quick and Easy Recipes,'' (Oxmoor House; $24.95). The 175 recipes are designed to fit into the busy lifestyles of today's cooks and in sync with his philosophy that emphasizes delicious convenience. Among the recipes are Chicken-Almond Stir-Fry, White Chili, Mediterranean Chicken Breasts, Green Bean, Walnut and Feta Salad, Praline French Toast, Cream Cheese Danish and Snappy Turtle Cheesecake. Recipes run the gamut from appetizers to desserts - and everything in between - with offerings for every night as well as entertaining fare. - Natalie Haughton CONTEST FOR KIDS: Southern California kids who like to cook are invited to enter the Albertson's/Pillsbury Kids' Bake-Off Contest. Twenty-five youngsters will be randomly chosen to cook their creations in mini-kitchens at the Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. on April 21. Children ages 9 to 13 are eligible to participate. Entry forms and contest rules are available at participating Albertson's stores, by calling (949) 851-6313 or by e-mailing tmcemail(at)aol.com. The grand prize winner from the Los Angeles contest will join more than 30 winners from other local contests around the country in Orlando in June to cook and compete in the national finals. where the winner will receive a $25,000 grand prize and a matching $25,000 prize to be contributed to a charity of the child's choice. First prize is $10,000 cash and three third-place winners will each get $5,000. Children ages 9 to 13 are eligible to participate. Recipes must use at least one eligible Pillsbury, Green Giant, Old El Paso Old El Paso is a brand applied to a range of Mexican-style foods, including dinner kits, tacos and tortillas, sauces, condiments, rice and refried beans. Old El Paso products are marketed in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, the Republic of , Hungry Jack or Progresso product and at least three other ingredients and must be able to prepare their recipe from start to finish in one hour. Deadline to enter is April 5. Recipes will be judged on taste, appearance, preparation and creativity. - N.H. NEW: Glad OvenWare ov·en·ware n. Heat-resistant dishes, as of glass or pottery, used for baking and serving food. Noun 1. ovenware - heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served now offers two sizes of bakeware that is oven-, microwave-, freezer- and dishwasher-safe. Even better, the black pans, which are made of heat-resistant plastic, can be reused several times. Offered in two sizes, the 9x12-inch pans (with snap-on lids) come in packages of two, and the 8x8-inch pans and lids are available in packages of three. Each set is $3.99. The pans are ideal for potluck toting or using for freezing and baking. Even better, if you don't feel like dealing with messy clean-up, you can just toss them. We found them particularly appealing as they can go in either the microwave or conventional oven, they're nonbreakable and lightweight. Look for them in the paper goods aisle of supermarkets. - N.H. FREEBIE: If you rely on those cleaned bagged lettuce combinations or salad kits of shredded carrots, spinach, coleslaw and the like available in supermarket produce sections, you might find ``Fast, Flavorful and Fresh,'' a brochure of salads from Fresh Express, a help. It emphasizes combinations that can be turned out in five minutes or less. The gourmet-style creations are a cinch cinch a saddle girth on an American stock saddle. Tightens with a knot on a ring instead of with straps and buckles. to prepare and include ideas like Potato Nicoise Salad, Sugared Slaw With Sesame Seeds, Field Greens with Peppered Turkey, Sun-dried Tomatoes and Artichoke Hearts, and BLT 1. BLT - /B-L-T/, /bl*t/ or (rarely) /belt/ Synonym for blit. This is the original form of blit and the ancestor of bitblt. It refers to any large bit-field copy or move operation (one resource-intensive memory-shuffling operation done on pre-paged versions of ITS, WAITS and Club Salad. For a free copy, call (800) 242-5472 or visit the company Web site at www.freshexpress.com. - N.H. MARDI GRAS PARTY: Celebrate Mardi Gras at Granita gra·ni·ta n. A granular dessert ice with a sugar-syrup base, usually flavored with fruit purée, coffee, or wine. [Italian, from feminine past participle of granire, to make grainy, granulate restaurant in Malibu on Tuesday with live music (T-Lou and his L.A. Zydeco zydeco (zī`dĭkō'), American musical form originating among the African-American Creoles of Louisiana. Drawing on elements of traditional Cajun music as well as jazz, country and western, and blues, it is characterized by French lyrics, Band), dancing and a special menu to include chef Jennifer Naylor's interpretation of classic New Orleans specialties including seafood gumbo with andouille an·dou·ille n. A spicy smoked sausage made with pork and garlic, used especially in Cajun cooking. [French, from Old French andoille, from Medieval Latin *inductilia, sausage, soft shell po-boys, Cajun jambalaya jam·ba·lay·a n. A Creole dish consisting of rice that has been cooked with shrimp, oysters, ham, or chicken and seasoned with spices and herbs. [Louisiana French, from Provençal jambalaia. and big easy beignets. Reservations are offered from 6 p.m. and continue throughout the evening. Cost is $55 per person excluding beverages, taxes and gratuity Money, also known as a tip, given to one who provides services and added to the cost of the service provided, generally as a reward for the service provided and as a supplement to the service provider's income. . Call (310) 456-9025 for reservations. Naylor will also be teaching a seasonal cooking class at 11 a.m. Thursday at Granita to include grilled artichokes with warm spinach salad, Tuscan ribollita with shelling beans and pesto, 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. veal shortribs, and chocolate, 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. and banana cream pies. Cost is $75 per person for class, luncheon and wine tasting. Events will be at the restaurant at 23725 W. Malibu Road, Malibu. - N.H. DINING OUT: The original Spago, scheduled to close March 31, looks back on its 19 years in business overlooking the Sunset Strip at 1114 Horn Ave., West Hollywood, with a series of ex-Spago chefs' reunion celebration dinners. Former Spago chefs Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani, now chef-owners of Terra in St. Helena, Calif., are guests tonight and Thursday. On Sunday, chefs Annie Gingrass, now owner of Desiree in San Francisco, and Joseph Manzare, now owner of the Globe in San Francisco and Mucca in Glen Ellen, will be cooking. On March 6 and 7, two chefs who went from Spago stoves to fame as chefs at Chinois on Main - Mako mako (mä`kō), heavy-bodied, fast-swimming shark, genus Isurus, highly prized as a game fish. Also known as the sharp-nosed mackerel shark, it is a member of the mackerel shark family, which also includes the great white shark and the Tanaka, who now owns Mako in Beverly Hills, and Kazuto Matsusaka, currently the chef at Above in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. - join current Spago Hollywood chef Gina DeCew in preparing an array of special dishes. And on March 13 and 14, from Spago in Chicago comes chef-partner Francois Kwaku-Dongo to join with Spago, Las Vegas, pastry chef Mary Bergin. Spago Hollywood manager Michael Dargin is co-hosting these dinner events with co-founder/owners chef Wolfgang Puck and designer Barbara Lazaroff, Puck's wife. Price is $55 per person. Specially selected Chalone chalone /chal·one/ (kal´on) a group of tissue-specific water-soluble substances that are produced within a tissue and that inhibit mitosis of cells of that tissue and whose action is reversible. wines, other beverages, taxes and tips are extra. For reservations and information, call (310) 652-3706. - Larry Lipson CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) no caption (``The Best of Mr. Food - Quick and Easy Recipes'') (2) no caption (Glad OvenWare) (3) no caption (Albertson's/Pillsbury Kids' Bake-Off Contest) (4) no caption (``Fast, Flavorful and Fresh'') |
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