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- DESPERATION DINNERS BEVERLY MILLS with ALICIA ROSS
Canned salmon is a tasty stand-in for tuna
I have really missed my favorite tuna salad. Canned tuna was one of my trusted, inexpensive pantry staples until I read the news reports showing canned tuna sometimes contains more mercury than the government had thought.
- READERS ASK CAROLINE DIPPING
Triple your pleasure with Thai fish recipe
As promised last week, here is the Three-Flavored Fish from Amarin Thai Cuisine in Hillcrest, which was requested by a reader. As you can see from the list of ingredients, preparing this dish is going to require a trip to an Asian market such as 99 Ranch (7330 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Kearny Mesa).
- COOK IT LIGHT JEANNE JONES
More berries make this French toast even more of a treat
This is delicious, but it could use a little lightening. Can you help?
– Jessica S., Springfield, Ohio
- Grilling, Italian-style – serve the pasta as a side dish
If you're hankering for great Italian food this summer, ditch the pasta and get the grill going. Two new cookbooks aim to get you grilling Italian-style.
- ON WINE ROBERT WHITLEY
Don't judge a wine by its price tag
I have been inspired by e-mails and letters commenting favorably on recent columns that dealt with modestly priced medal-winning wines and bargains, such as they are, in Burgundy and Bordeaux.
- Produce Picks
The first sweet corn of the summer is now making its sweet way into the supermarkets. The Coachella Valley is home to the first cornfields of the season.
- Pint-sized pour
PINT OF THE WEEK: Longboard Island Lager, Kona, Hawaii, and Portland, Ore.
- FOCUS ON NUTRITION ED BLONZ
His vitamin pills are hitting him right in the stomach
My husband and I take a multivitamin packet of pills along with a separate calcium/magnesium/zinc supplement every morning with our breakfast. A month or so after starting this practice, my husband began experiencing nausea an hour or two after taking the supplements, even though he made sure to take them right after eating breakfast.
- SLICE OF HISTORY ARLYN HACKETT
Fresh Berry Crisp is easy to assemble, yummy to eat
Four hundred and one years ago today, the first English colony, Jamestown, was founded in the Americas. Most Americans remember Jamestown as the setting for the tale of Pocahontas, which is a colorful mix of fact and fiction.
- Recipe of the week
- What's Happening
- Scientist-DJ gets a lift in life from dual thrust
By day, NASA aerospace engineer Mark Branch supervises electromagnetic compatibility and susceptibility tests on instruments for the Hubble Space Telescope.
- DVD REVIEW
Exciting fantasy tale seems unfinished
Watching “The Golden Compass” makes you believe it was a fairly fascinating fantasy adventure in print. The screen version – written and directed by Chris Weitz (“About a Boy”) from the first novel in Philip Pullman's “His Dark Materials” trilogy – has the same problems and high points common to such adaptations.
- MORNING SURF
Garth signs on for '90210' spinoff
The wild kids of television's West Beverly High will have a guidance counselor familiar with the posh ZIP code's dating, drugs and drama.
- Post-'Seinfeld' years have been a mixed bag for the four stars
On May 14, 1998: There were riots in Indonesia. Cannes was under way. The Dow had made up for some losses. Continental slashed airfares. And later that night, Frank Sinatra died at 82.
- DEAR ABBY
Don't throw rice: Bride would not know what to do with it or any food
My fiancé, “Keith,” and I are being married at the end of June. We met at a fraternity party last fall and knew right away we were meant for each other.
- TELL ME ABOUT IT CAROLYN HAX
First-name basis last thing she wants
I married a man 3½ years ago who has two adult children. The grandchildren are 3, 3, 1 and 4 months. I feel it is disrespectful to have the children call me by my first name (which is what they are doing), yet Mrs. is too formal.
- MISS MANNERS JUDITH MARTIN
Popping off about the popcorn debate
I have an ongoing debate with my hubby over how to eat popcorn. Although I know this could be considered a subject of little importance and there might not be anything official to say about this, it has become a small “bone of contention” in our family.
- Horoscope
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