THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, February 15, 1996 TAG: 9602150103
SECTION: FLAVOR PAGE: F1 EDITION: FINAL
COLUMN: Morsels
SOURCE: Ruth Fantasia
LENGTH: Medium: 63 lines
THERE ARE bistro food, fast food, cafeteria food, hospital food and airline food. Lately, another category has cropped up: bed-and-breakfast food.
Recipes from America's B&Bs seem like the hottest things in publishing since book binding.
One offering, ``Rise & Dine: Savory Secrets From America's Bed & Breakfast Inns'' by Marcy Claman (Callawind, 1995), includes more than 300 breakfast recipes, and descriptions of more than 100 inns from Hawaii to Maine.
It's a handy guide for the cook who likes to travel. For a copy, call Callawind at (514) 685-9109. Or write: Callawind Publications, 3383 Sources Blvd., Suite 205, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada H9B 1Z8.
For a taste of B&B fare a little closer to home, send for the free ``Favorite Breakfast and Brunch Recipes From Virginia Bed & Breakfast Inns,'' a brochure from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
The 24-page booklet includes uptown and down-home recipes. But one thing's for sure, they're all eggs-ceptional. (The booklet was produced with the help of the Virginia Egg Council.)
For a copy, stop by any Virginia Tourism Welcome Center. Or write the Virginia Egg Council, 911 Saddleback Court, McLean, Va. 22102.
Recipe on Page F4
Clues for competitive cooks
Family Circle magazine offers the following tips for entering cooking contests:
Follow contest rules to the letter.
Keep recipes simple.
Use available, inexpensive ingredients.
Give accurate measurements and clear instructions.
Choose recipes many people are likely to enjoy. Munch softly, please
Lattes in libraries? Once, the idea would have been a librarian's nightmare. Not anymore, reports the Chicago Tribune.
Owing to budget cuts, competition and the demands of patrons accustomed to book/coffee shops, some librarians are rethinking the bans on beverages.
``A lot of us still get nervous at the idea of edibles being around books,'' acknowledged Barbara Paul, director of the Chicago Heights Public Library. ``But people ask us all the time if there's a pop machine in the library or someplace to get coffee.''
Snacks and drinks in Hampton Roads' libraries may be in the offing, too.
``We've thought about it before,'' says John Stewart, assistant director for the Virginia Beach Department of Public Libraries. A room in the Central Library that houses typewriters and copiers was planned as a vending-machine cafe, says Stewart.
``In this age of electronics, public libraries are taking on new roles and part of that includes becoming an informal meeting place where people can relax and share ideas. I think in the long term, more and more of us are beginning to look at food as one way of reaching people,'' says Stewart. by CNB