Mammoth Ribs

Frozen barbecue doesn’t have much of a reputation, but Claim Jumper’s line is remarkably good. The chicken tenderloin and buffalo wings aren’t bad, and the ribs are sensational: tender and moist in a luscious barbecue sauce.

At supermarkets.

The Great Washed

The “washed” look is in for dishware, and this simple, attractive line is reasonably priced; the dinner plate is $9.99.

“Baja” pitcher, bowls and plates at Pallets of Plates, South Pasadena.

FINDS/Jacques Can Draw

Jacques Pepin: cook, teacher--designer? Yes, Pepin has done some whimsical food illustrations that adorn a line of kitchen textiles from napkins and place mats to oven mitts. There are four patterns: fish alternating with heads of garlic, green peas on the vine, onions and spring vegetables (carrots, radishes and leeks).

Jacques Pepin’s French Village collection potholder, $6; tea towel, $12; apron, $28. At Home Economics, Long Beach; Let’s Get Cooking, Westlake Village; Stroud’s, Irvine; and Jordano’s, Santa Barbara.