Weekend food forecast and featured dishes at local chain
The Gazette highlights The Drive-Thru Gourmet seeking a Chicken Planks dinner at Long John Silver's in Friday's Weekend. Saturday's Cue showcases Halibut Baked with Jalapeno Tartar Sauce as the featured recipe in the Local Forkcast.
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Long John Silver's
Coffee ice cream climbs to Top 10 in popularity
The piece notes a rise in coffee flavored ice creams in stores. Five years earlier coffee ranked 13th, behind mint and strawberry, and by 1998 it reached the Top 10 with about 12 million gallons sold.
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International Dairy Foods Association
Donuts Take Spotlight In New Celestial Arts Poster
Celestial Arts releases a poster showcasing more than 20 donut varieties with brief descriptions and pairing notes. Ten Speed Press lists the price at 10 dollars and provides ordering via phone or its website.
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Martha Stewart Living
Thomas Keller
le Cirque 2000
Jacque Torres
Celestial Arts
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Tenspeed.com
Ekco retractable grilling utensils hit store shelves
World Kitchens Inc. of Corning New York makes forks spatulas tongs and brushes that retract to fit a standard drawer. The fork extends from 17 to 13 inches with a button press and shaft tug. Priced around 4.99 at Kmart.
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OXOs Basting Brush Delivers Lightweight Sturdiness
The OXO basting brush features a angled head for corners and edges, keeps bristles off the table to prevent mess, and a foot long design with natural bristles. It is dishwasher safe and priced at six dollars.
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New Cookies and Cream Pies Tie Up Local Shelf
Mrs. Smith's Bakery partners with Keebler to offer five cookies and cream pies. Flavors include ChocoMint, Droxies, Lemony Lemon, S'mores, and StrawBanana. Sold locally at Econofoods for 5.49 dollars per frozen pie.
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Keebler Cookies
Keebler
Econofoods
Bed and Breakfast Chefs Share Favorite Recipes
Eastern Iowa inns celebrate the morning meal with fruit, breads, pastries, and inventive dishes. Joy Miller-Cucina of Joy in the Morning shares a South Africa inspired scone and lemon curd tea addition, while Renee Condit of Victorian Lace highlights two fruit dishes and baked glazed pears along with family favorites from her two year old B and B.
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Anne Rutter
Iowa
Joy
Second Ave
Joy Miller-Cucina
Ron
Kalona
South Africa
Renee
Jim Condit
Robins Road
C Ave
Ext
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Robins
Victorian Lace
Victorian Lace Bed and Breakfast
Lemon Scented Scones with Homemade Lemon Curd
A simple scone dough uses flour brown sugar baking powder soda butter and buttermilk baked into 8 inch rounds cut into wedges baked 375 for 15 to 18 minutes. Serve warm with lemon curd made from butter sugar eggs lemon juice and zest.
Baked Glazed Pears Recipe
Pears are baked in water then finished with a sugar butter sauce. The method uses four pears four tablespoons butter or margarine eight tablespoons brown sugar two dashes of nutmeg and English walnuts.
National Blueberry Month Highlights Health Benefits
North American Council touts blueberries as top among 40 fruits and vegetables for antioxidant activity. A single serving equals five servings of other produce and may aid brain health cholesterol reduction and urinary tract health. Includes a four ingredient blueberry recipe and two cherry puddings from readers.
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North American Blueberry Council
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