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the latest at lunch? What's the dish during dinner? Here's where
you'll find out what's new in the food world, from new temptations
in the market to new cookbooks in your bookstore's cuisine section.
Check in frequently for updates. After all, news is like food —
you want to get it when it's fresh!
Look
for a new claim on packaging of products containing
soy. The Food and Drug Administration has passed
new regulations that allow food manufacturers to
promote soy as being helpful in reducing the risk
of heart disease. Soy comes in a variety of ways:
firm and soft blocks of the bean curd; soy drinks;
and a variety of other prepared foods.
While
the heat of summer still lingers, so does the desire
to find the season's best dish of ice cream. In
Italy, ice cream shops are called gelaterias, a
name that is catching on in the United States. Gelato,
an Italian ice cream that has less butterfat than
traditional ice cream, is becoming as popular as
caffe latte. It's so popular that Ten Speed Press
has just published Gelato! This cookbook
shows how gelato can be used as a custard in recipes,
turned into sorbet, granita or tiramisu,
and of course, how to make your own gelato. You
can find gelato in many family-style Italian restaurants.
Or, make it yourself, using this new book by Pamela
Sheldon Jones. Gelato flavors run the gamut from
seasonal fruits to more popular ones which include
coffee, chocolate or Italian liqueurs. Among Jones'
more unusual recipes are chestnut gelato, persimmon
gelato, and amaretto poached pear gelato.
Look
for a new claim on packaging of products containing
soy. The Food and Drug Administration has passed
new regulations that allow food manufacturers to
promote soy as being helpful in reducing the risk
of heart disease. Soy comes in a variety of ways:
firm and soft blocks of the bean curd; soy drinks;
and a variety of other prepared foods.
While
the heat of summer still lingers, so does the desire
to find the season's best dish of ice cream. In
Italy, ice cream shops are called gelaterias, a
name that is catching on in the United States.