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Food Briefs
Published May 11, 2004
Vegan potluck dinner
Earthsave will hold a vegan potluck and cooking demonstration today at 6:30 p.m. at the Wild Oats Natural Market, 1131 E. Wilmington Ave. Participants will meet on the mezzanine and learn how to prepare a vegan spanikopita (spinach pie) with tofu. Guests who stay for the potluck should bring a vegan dish that serves eight. Bring a copy of the recipe. For more information, call 801-359-7913.
Award-winning cookbooks
For the sweet tooth or cookbook collector why not give Bittersweet: Recipes and Tales From a Life in Chocolate, (Artisan, $35) recently named "Cookbook of the Year" by the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). Written by Alice Medrich, Bittersweet includes recipes and techniques for understanding chocolate.
Other category winners in the annual cookbook contest:
American: Gulf Coast Kitchens: Bright Flavors From Key West to the Yucatan, (Clarkson Potter, $32.50); Bread, Baking and Sweets: Great Cookies: Secrets to Sensational Sweets, (Clarkson Potter, $35); Chefs and Restaurants: Bistro Cooking at Home (Broadway Books, $35); Compilations: Cooking at Home with the Culinary Institute of America, (John Wiley & Sons, $40); First Book: I Am Almost Always Hungry: Seasonal Menus and Memorable Recipes, (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, $30); Food Reference/Technical: The Advanced Professional Pastry Chef, (John Wiley & Sons, $65); General: Bonnie Stern's Essentials of Home Cooking (Random House Canada, $34.95); Health and Special Diet: Entertaining for a Veggie Planet: 250 Down-to-Earth Recipes (Houghton Mifflin Co., $18.95); International: The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen: Recipes for the Passionate Cook, (John Wiley & Sons, $34.95); Literary Food Writing: Cooking for Mr. Latte: A Food Lover's Courtship, with Recipes, (W.W. Norton and Co., $23.95); Wine, Beer and Spirits: The Brewmaster's Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer with Real Food, (HarperCollins, $29.95); Design: The Balthazar Cookbook (Clarkson Potter, $37.50); and Grigson Award for Distinguished Scholarship: Cooking by Hand, (Clarkson Potter, $40).
Pesticides found on food
The nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG) analyzed more than 100,000 government test results and found 192 different pesticides on 45 popular fresh fruits and vegetables. Produce that showed higher levels of pesticides include: apples, bell peppers, celery, cherries, imported grapes, nectarines, peaches, pears, potatoes, red raspberries, spinach and strawberries.
Produce with the lowest pesticide levels were: asparagus, avocados, bananas, broccoli, cauliflower, sweet corn, kiwi, mangos, onions, papaya, pineapples and sweet peas. Consumers can download a printable version of the group's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce at http://www.foodnews.org.