
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, December 14, 1994                   TAG: 9412140072
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES STAFF WRITER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Long

HAVE A PC PARTY

Does someone whom you'll be entertaining during the holidays only eat "nonviolent food"? Will any of your guests be battling "horizontal challenge"? Perhaps some will prefer not to be "sobriety-deprived." Is your entertainment budget "economically marginalized"?

The "politically correct" '90s require watching your phrasing. Applied to entertaining, PC may mean accommodating vegetarians, dieters, nondrinkers, guests with allergies and dietary restrictions as well as your own stretched budget. Fortunately, a wide variety of resources can help ease the task.

The bimonthly "Food For Health" newsletter includes restaurant reports and reviews, product updates, cooking and eating tips and numerous recipes made without added fat or salt. A sample copy is available for $4; a $23 subscription includes a Fat-Saver Guide. For information, write to 15084 N. 92nd Place, Scottsdale, Ariz. 85260 or call (800) 484-9513 code 1000.

Cookbook author/newsletter publisher JoAnna Lund's "Happy Healthy Holiday Cookbooklet" features low-fat, low-sugar adaptations of 20 traditional seasonal recipes, such as ham-spinach dip, sage stuffing or pumpkin pie. To order, send $2.50 to Healthy Exchanges, P.O. Box 124, DeWitt, Iowa 52742-0124.

Nicolette M. Dumke's book "Allergy Cooking With Ease" ($12.95, Starburst Publishers, Lancaster, Pa.) is a versatile compendium of 250 recipes and time-saving tips for cooking to accommodate a number of dietary restrictions, including wheat, milk, eggs, corn, soy, yeast, sugar, grain and gluten. An allergen-avoidance index and sources guide facilitate sorting through the information. The author also deserves kudos for her sensitivity and solutions to some of the social aspects of living with food allergies. For information, call (800) 462-6420.

Lois Owles' "Single Serving Recipes for Special Diets" ($12.95, Northwest Publishing Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah) contains more than 260 small-portioned high-fiber, low-fat, no-wheat, no-meat and/or no-sugar recipes, with calorie counts and diabetic exchanges. Call (800) 398-2102.

For the nearly 14 million Americans who are affected by diabetes, several publications are available by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope. To receive a four-recipe leaflet, write for "Flexible Meal Planning With Diabetes," c/o The Sugar Association, 1101 15th Street N.W., Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20005. For Equal Measure's "bake-over" recipe collection, request "Home Sweet Home," P. O. Box 7777-E50, Mount Prospect, Ill. 60056-7777. To obtain a "Fabulous Finales" dessert leaflet or to get information on modifying a favorite dessert recipe, write to Sweet One, Stadt Corp., P.O. Box 2160, Great Neck, N.Y. 11021, or call the Sweet One Hotline at (800) 544-8610.

A friend of mine, who has diabetes, described the pecan double fudge cookies she sampled from PalateAbility as "out of this world." The catalog for diabetics and people with arthritis offers edibles from main dishes to desserts, as well as informational and cook books, medicinals and gadgets. Call (800) 986-0888.

Donna Greene's self-published "Sugar-Free Dessert Cookbook" is available for $11.95 through P.O. Box 1433, Lancaster, Ohio 43130, (614) 681-1064. Or if you ever need to entertain a vegetarian diabetic, the more than 100 recipes in Patricia LeShane's "Vegetarian Cooking for People With Diabetes, ($10.95, The Book Publishing Company, Summertown, Tenn.) may help. Call (800) 695-2241.

The Vegetarian Resource Group's brochure distinguishes between vegetarian and vegan. Use two first-class stamps on your return envelope when requesting "Vegan Diets in a Nutshell," P.O. Box 1463, Baltimore, Md. 21203.

For a weight-reduction guide and collection of recipes to aid the process, write to Florida Citrus Growers, P.O. Box 148, Lakeland, Fla. 33802. You don't need a return envelope, but do specify whether you want "The Grapefruit Weight Loss Guide" or the "Citrus Recipes."

For a free self-test to determine whether you are intolerant to dairy foods, as well as a newsletter, coupons and samples of Lactaid dairy digestive supplement, call (800) HELP KIT.

Finally, a self-addressed, stamped envelope to T. Marzetti Company, Consumer Response Department, 1105 Schrock Road, P.O. Box 29163, Columbus, Ohio 43229-0163, will get you tips and recipes for using Romanoff's new line of red salmon, whitefish and lumpfish caviars - priced from $3.99 to $5.99 - which just might help avert within strained entertainment budgets a "negative cash flow."

CAVIAR-STUFFED MUSHROOMS

CHOLESTEROL-FREE LEMON CHIFFON CAKE

FLORIDA TANGERINE AND SHRIMP HORS D'OEUVRES

PARTY MIX MOLLY McBUTTER

SWEET & SOUR MEATBALLS

GREEN PEA GUACAMOLE

CHOCOLATE RUM BALLS

CREAM CHEESE AND JELLY COOKIES

BASIC EGGNOG

WHITE ZIN RASPBERRY FOOLER

APRICOT SLING

PLANTER'S PUNCH

MERRY PIPER PUNCH

WINNING TEA PUNCH

by CNB