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Panettone and stollen, a pair of European dandies
Special to The TimesDURING the Christmas season, we bake. We bake rich, show-offy treats for big parties and once-a-year gatherings. But we also bake for the quiet moments, the times that will become treasured memories. And there's nothing better to offer with that early...Tags: Christmas, Cranberries, Holidays, Lemons, Panettone
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Complex, nuanced: This is soda pop
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterRich, creamy root beers, spicy-hot ginger ales, pithy citrus drinks with real tang, complex, herb-scented colas -- they're all out there, along with surprising one-of-a-kind fizzies in flavors as diverse as spruce, Key lime and espresso. This is the new...Tags: Whole Foods Market, Ice Cream, Jack Black, Nutmeg, Globalization
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This farmer has a zest for experimentation
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMEYER LEMONS are so readily available now you can even find them in grocery stores. But back in the day (say, 20 years ago) they were as scarce -- and as sought after -- as Persian mulberries. If you wanted some, you practically had to either have a...Tags: Oranges, Livestock Farming, Homes, Natural Resources, Death
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A dry-sodas taste test
Taste-testing dry sodas We TASTED more than three dozen sodas to find the driest, most aperitif-worthy substitutes. We tasted only chilled sodas from glass bottles (to avoid the metallic taste of cans) and sipped them in Champagne flutes. Sodas were...Tags: Whole Foods Market, Bars and Clubs, Cranberries, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking
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2006 Vietti Roero Arneis
Arneis, a finicky indigenous white grape, had almost disappeared from Piedmont when Alfredo Currado of Cantina Vietti began to experiment with the grape in the late '60s. The crisp whites he eventually began to produce intrigued other winemakers in the...Tags: Seafood, Foods and Beverages, Cheese, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Recipe: Spring Citrus Salad
Note: Adapted from a recipe by Rose Polito of Polito Farms
Serves: 4
4 cups greens, such as a mixture of red leaf lettuce and baby arugula
1/2 red onion, very thinly sliced
3 Oroblancos or grapefruits, sectioned with juices saved
1 avocado, diced
1/...Tags: Salads, Onions, Foods and Beverages, Salt, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Recipe: Jalisco Flower
Total time: 2 minutes
Servings: Makes 1 cocktail
Note: From Vincenzo Marianella
1/2 ounce good-quality reposado tequila, preferably 4 Copas
3/4 ounce St-Germain elderflower liqueur
1 ounce ruby grapefruit juice
2 to 2 1/2 ounces Champagne or... -
Recipe: Citrus in Sherry Simple Syrup
Note: Serve with a poundcake. Adapted from a recipe by Troy MacLarty of the Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena
Serves: 4
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons Spanish dry sherry
1 tablespoon grapefruit juice
1 grapefruit or... -
[Chef Change] Modest master of the nuance
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAt the unprepossessing Mori Sushi in West Los Angeles, the waiter sets down a broad oval plate stippled in the browns and golds of autumn leaves, its texture rough as burlap. On it are four rows of nigiri-zushi, four pieces each, one for each of us. The...Tags: Patina, Sushi and Sashimi, Shrimp, Greenwich Village, Foods and Beverages
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Fireworks on the grill
Special to The TimesWith characteristic brio, Ludovic Lefebvre is explaining why he prefers grilling with wood, instead of the far more convenient gas method. "With gas, you press a button and it starts. Gas has no flavor! It's not exciting! It's not romantic! It's not love!...Tags: Neck, Yellow Squash, Belgian Endive, Butter, Ice Cream
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Taste of a thousand lemons
Times Staff WriterOn a wiltingly hot late summer evening, when all the plants are fainting and there's not a breath of wind, you pour a tiny glass of limoncello straight from the freezer. It's colder than ice, and it explodes in your mouth with all the freshness and...Tags: Alcoholic Beverages, Limes, Foods and Beverages, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Sssssolutions that are so repelling
Special to The TimesHere's a nut-brain idea: Stop killing things. Toss aside those reflexive and lowly habits, and start using nonlethal techniques to keep pests out of your garden. Too nutty? Most organic gardening concerns itself with nontoxic (to humans and pets, at...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Cat (animal), Gardening, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure
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