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The Orlando Sentinel ffiri 1 Thought You'd Never Ask: A close kin to Red Lobster's cheese-garlic biscuits, H-2 THURSDAY, September 26, 1996 EV Express line In whole-grain world, white bread lives on By Carole Sugarman WASHINGTON POST SHOPPING NEWS AND ADVICE 3MEW ON THE SHELF Keebler is introducing two new cookie Jlines: Almond Sandies and Chips Deluxe with Peanut Butter Cups. Almond Sandies are a spinoff pf the Pecan Sandies line. The Chips Deluxe with "Peanut Butter Cups features chocolate chips and chunks of peanut-butter cups. A 15-ounce package of cookies sells for $3.19. Plain Jane bread isn't taking a back seat to wholewheat in sales or nutrition.

season in full swing, it's time to salute America's favorite wad ball. Besides, isn't it about time you gave your mouth a rest? Admit it those European-style loaves can be too much work to eat. (At least one local dentist is treating lots of casualties -from those crusty loaves: cracked teeth.) "In this business there are a cou-Pease see BREAD, H-7 country's best-selling loaf. Americans buy almost twice as much white bread as whole-wheat. Furthermore, if you've assumed that dark, grainy loaves always have more fiber than white, start reading food labels.

A sandwich made with Wonder Light white bread has almost five times as much fiber as one made with Pepperidge Farm 100 Percent Whole-Wheat. With the annual brown-bag-lunch There you are having lunch, a grilled chicken and sun-dried tomato sandwich on olive-rosemary sourdough, and you're thinking: Does anybody in the world eat white bread anymore? Get real, Radicchio Head. Wonder brand white bread is the i 4 VBfmQC CClLCPRffiOIN Cookie news. From Keebler come Almond Randies, Chips Deluxe with Peanut Butter Cups. Forget all those jokes you've heard about "porkers.

There's a new breed of lean and muscular pigs. That's right, buff pigs. And from 4hese pigs, Smithfield is making Lean Generation fork. The Lean Generation pork has 35 percent to 60 percent less fat than traditional pork. Publix is flow carrying the Smithfield Lean Generation fork and during the introductory period, the Stores will offer cooking tips to consumers because the new cuts require less cooking time.

Psst. If you're looking for the leanest cuts, try 4he pork cutlets, which have 1 percent fat. thicken breasts with the skin on, by contrast, Contain 9 percent fat. IN THE MAIL paw .0 1 '4 r' If you want to try chocolates from the company named the best chocolate in the United States, get out your pencils. Fran's Chocolates, a Seattle candy-maker that has been heralded by The Book of Chocolate, now has a catalog.

The catalog features truffles, chocolates and Fran's famous GoldBars, a candy bar made with caramel and almonds and coated with dark Belgian chocolate. To order the catalog, call i 7 BARBARA V. PEREZTHE ORLANDO SENTINEL Fran's Chocolates. Now available by mail. Epcot International Food and Wine Festival celebrates the cuisine and fine wines of more than 20 nations 800-422-3726.

Just one warning: Reading the catalog could incite involuntary drooling. HALLOWEEN STICKERS From now until Halloween, when you buy a pack of Sun Maid Mini-Snack Raisins, you can get a "glowing goblins" reflective sticker to put on Jpur trick-or-treaters' costumes. The stickers come in three varieties: a jack-o-lantern, two bones and a skull. By Linda Shrieves OF THE SENTINEL STAFF I i I "i 'I. or the next month, a visit to Epcot won't be an ordinary day at the theme park.

For 30 days, Disney is turning Epcot into one big foodie field trip. Every day, park guests at Epcot can sample foods from around the world for one or two bucks, try i Glowing goblins. Reflective stickers for Halloween costumes come in packs of Sun Maid Mini-Snack Raisins. Star chefs. Allen Susser (from left) of Chef Allen's, North Miami Beach; Norman Van Aken of Norman's, Coral Gables; Todd English of Olives, Charlestown, will participate in wine fest.

wines from around the world and watch famous chefs from around the country whip up their magic. Twice a day at 12:30 p.m. and again at 1:35 p.m. celebrity chefs will conduct a 30-minute demonstration at Epcot's America Gardens Theatre while fielding questions from the audience. After the demonstrations, the chefs will sign books.

Check the schedule, however. There will be no chef speakers on Oct. 14-18 and Oct. 26. Among the chefs invited to speak are: Allen Susser of Chef Allen's in North Miami Beach; Norman Van Aken of Norman's in Coral Gables; Jean-Louis Palladin, formerly the executive chef at Washington, D.C's, Watergate Hotel; Larry Forgione, chef-owner of An American Place restaurant in New York City; Patrick Clark, one of the leading African-American chefs in the country and executive chef at Tavern on the Green in New York City; Susan Spi-cer, chef at Bayona in New Orleans; Todd English, chef at Olives in Charlestown, Da- REND WATCH You may hate that milk-mustache ad campaign, but it's working.

Milk sales are up 0.7 percent for the first half of this year. That's not Diuch of a gain, but it's encouraging news for the Jnilk industry, which has seen sales plummet 15 percent since the mid-'70s. Who will the industry target next? College students. Three out of four college students are drinking a glass of milk or lss a day. Experts recommend three glasses of tnilk a day for their age group.

COMING NEXT WEEK As the flavor palette the world gets a little smaller. We'll offer a guide to spices as well as tips on how to use and store them. FAST FACTS What: The Epcot International Food and Wine Festival. When: Sept. 28 through Oct.

27. Where: Epcot, Walt Disney World Resort. I Price: $38.50, Epcot admission. For more Information: (407) 939-3463. vid Burke of the Park Avenue Cafe in New York and Chicago; and Stephan Pyles of Star Canyon in Dallas.

In addition to the demonstrations, park guests can sample international cuisine as they amble through Epcot's World Showcase. For $1 to $2, guests can sample everything from escargot or baked brie in France, to vegetable sushi and cold soba noodles in Japan or couscous with chicken kabob in Morocco. Mar- Pease see FESTIVAL, H-7 tax 3 Food and H-3 Heather H-2 Menu Planner H-2 Take-Out Cuisine H-7 TV Highlights H-6 Wine H-4 Cheap Thrills Cuisine H-6 H-2 Dine on 9 H-6 Dorothy Chapman H-2 Entertain With H-4 food Almanac H-6 a'T. bu Linda Shrieves. Send Questions or 1 lish our annual guide to ethnic grocery stores in Central Florida.

If you frequent such a business, tell us where you shop. If you own such a business, tell us about your store. Send the information to Ethnic Grocery Guide, Good Eating MP-6, The Orlando Sentinel, 633 N. Orange Orlando, Fla. 32801.

Or fax it to (407) 420-5457. E-mail: OSOfood on America Online, or OSOfoodaol.com on the Internet. Be sure to include a daytime phone number. Deadline for information is 5 p.m. Oct.

16. :) TELL US ABOUT YOUR ETHNIC GROCERY STORE Miami has Jewish delicatessens and Latin American produce emporiums. Tampa has wonderful Cuban eateries and grocery stores in Ybor City. What does Central Florida have to compare with those oases of ethnic ingredients? Plenty. However, these outlets in Central Florida tend to be scattered in small, family-owned markets in suburbs and neighborhoods.

In the Oct. 24 edition of Good Eating, we will pub- food news tips to Express Line, MP-6, The Orlando Sentinel, 633 N. Orange Orlando, Flo. 32801. t)r fax it to (407) 420-5457.

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