CHICKPEAS OR GARBANZO BEANS:  I recently posted an easy hummus recipe in this newsletter that I have made many times since then.  Maybe too many because when Atlanta Journal-Constitution food columnist John Kessler wrote about falafel in his January 31, 2008 column, I was interested, meaning I'd like to know other ways to use chickpeas, though I still love the hummus.

The first link below will take you to information about ch9ck-peas (garbanzo bens).  The second link comes from the first one and it explains falafel.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-chick-peas.htm

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-falafel.htm

The Recipezaar web address below has many chickpea recipes including Falafel, Mock Tuna Salad (Chickpea Salad) and Sweet Potato Curry with Spinach and Chickpeas.

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes.php?foodid=4597&ls=h

Many chickpea salad recipes are at the Cooks.com web site below.  

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,chick_pea_salad,FF.htm

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SERIOUS EATS:  In the Food and Drink section of today's [February 21, 2008] Atlanta Jourrnal-Constitution, food columnist John Kessler writes about a web site with a lot of food information.

"Serious Eats (www.seriouseats.com) brings a daily smorgasbord of links, recipes, videos, reviews and thoughtful  exploration of all things related to food."

This is not a vegetarian web site.  However, there is information that might be of interest to vegetarians.

 www.seriouseats.com

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FRUIT BY ANOTHER NAME:  I was looking at a long list of fruit and vegetables and saw names I didn't know.  Here are some: 

carambola - "When cut crosswise, this showy fruit has a striking star shape.  That's why we call it starfruit."

sapote -  A tropical fruit...the sapote is plum-shaped and about the size of a small orange."

pomelo - "This giant citrus fruit is native to Malaysia (where it still grows abundantly) and thought to be ancestor to the grapefruit."

The above definitions come from the Epicurious food dictionary.  There are also recipes at this web address:
        
http://www.epicurious.com/tools/fooddictionary

canistel - "1. A tree (Pouteria campechiana), native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean and having very sweet oval fruit with a musky odor.
2. The fruit of this tree."

[American Spanish, from dialectal variant of Spanish canastillo, small basket, from Latin canistellum, diminutive of canistrum, basket; see canister.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

  The canistel definition comes from:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/edible+fruit

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HI ARBOR COOKBOOK

"Take This Veggie And Stuff It" has recipes for stuffing 21
vegetables from artichokes to zucchini, and if you don't know how
to stuff an artichoke, the book explains.  There are 87 recipes,
some of which have seafood but most are vegetarian. 
Substitutions, measurements and equivalents are listed.  Herbs
and seasonings are defined and there is a glossary of cooking
terms in addition to a list of how much of a fresh spice is needed
versus the same spice in a dry form.

 "Take This Veggie And Stuff It" costs $12.50 per copy plus
$2.50 for shipping and handling, and it can be ordered from Hi
Arbor, Inc.; P. O. Box 265; Oceanville, NJ 08231.  Or from the web
address below.

www.hiarbor.org

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The End

PS: Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living.
(http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)