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- READERS ASK CAROLINE DIPPING
Lemonade pie the perfect summer dessert
Many years ago I wowed family and friends with a wonderfully refreshing lemonade pie. Somehow the recipe escaped my collection. This one had vanilla ice cream and frozen lemonade as the main ingredients. Such a perfect summer dessert!
- COOK IT LIGHT JEANNE JONES
Gelatin helps dressing cling in Spinach Salad
My family has enjoyed this spinach salad dressing for years. It is their absolute favorite. I know it needs reworking in light of the 1/2 cup oil and 1/4 cup honey. The honey seems to allow it to cling to the spinach. Could you make it a bit more waist-friendly without sacrificing the taste and texture?
- DESPERATION DINNERS BEVERLY MILLS with ALICIA ROSS
Customized Chex Mix is the life of any party
It's hard to believe, but holiday snacking and gift-giving will be here before you know it. Once again, we're hoping you will share some of your favorite recipes with our readers. We're calling this year's category “Customized Cereal Snack Mixes.”
- What's Happening
- FOCUS ON NUTRITION ED BLONZ
In pregnancy, approach caffeine cautiously
We are trying to get pregnant, but my husband and I are wondering about coffee consumption. I am 25 and in very good health. I have about two cups of coffee in the morning, and no more caffeine throughout the day.
- SLICE OF HISTORY ARLYN HACKETT
Neptune Salad a treat fit for the gods
If ever you needed an excuse to take a day to go to the Del Mar races and have a picnic at the beach, today is the day. It's Neptunalia, the ancient Roman festival in honor of Neptune, the god of water and horse racing.
- PRODUCE PICKS
Ripening fruit
We tend to want fast-food fruit – buy it now, eat it now. Many kinds of fruit, however, need that final stage of ripening, and that takes place in your home. If you know the secrets, your neighbors will be amazed at how you always pick out the perfect peach or nectarine and the most magnificent melon.
- Save it! Tips for spending less and living better
Instead of pitching stale corn tortillas, use them as the basis for an economical meal. Mexican cooks usually fry the tortillas for chilaquiles, but here's a version that omits the oil.
- MORNING SURF
3 radio stations up for Marconi awards
Three San Diego radio stations are finalists in the National Association of Broadcasters' Marconi Radio Awards. Noncommercial jazz station Jazz 88 (KSDS/88.3 FM) is a finalist for large-market station of the year, alternative station FM 94.9 (KBZT/94.9 FM) is a finalist in the rock-station category, and KSON-FM (97.3 and 92.1 FM) is a finalist for country station of the year. The winners will be announced Sept. 18.
- The pattern is familiar but fun as 'Project Runway' returns
On last week's debut episode of Season 5 of “Project Runway,” the producers went all misty-eyed and nostalgic. They resurrected the first season's opening challenge in which the designers had to find their raw materials inside a Gristedes supermarket.
- DEAR ABBY
New employee wants to believe compulsion with puns will work
My significant other helped me find a wonderful job with intelligent people. I'm an inveterate punster – “If I put a leafy green vegetable on the barbecue, will it be chard?”
- MISS MANNERS JUDITH MARTIN
Bagpiper is a natural distraction
I have, for some years, been hiking a relatively secluded, wooded trail that hugs the side of a canyon where I can enjoy the peace, tranquillity and gentle sounds of nature.
- TELL ME ABOUT IT CAROLYN HAX
It's a humiliating wedgie from life
I've been dating a man for over three years. I am generally a happy person and generally have a happy life with him. We had been talking engagement, so he told his friends and family our intentions.
- Horoscope
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