Golden prose

Golden prose
The 50th anniversary edition of M.F.K. Fisher's "The Art of Eating" (Wiley, $21.95) will bring renewed interest in one of the great American essayists. This anthology consists of five smaller collections. Recipes are included, too, simply and clearly written. "There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk," Fisher wrote in 1943. "And that is my answer, when people ask me: Why do you write about hunger, and not wars or love?" The book is at some Borders Books and Barnes & amp; Noble bookstores and online at amazon.com.
The winner
The International Association of Culinary Professionals has named "BitterSweet: Recipes and Tales from a Life in Chocolate" (Artisan; $35) the Best Single-Subject Cookbook and Best Overall Cookbook of 2004. With Reuters recently reporting that pregnant women who eat chocolate give birth to happier babies than those who stay away from chocolate, "BitterSweet" would make a cool gift for moms and moms-to-be.
Wine sampling
POLAND -- A spring celebration wine tasting event will be held 6-9 p.m. May 6 at the Giant Eagle on Center Road. Wines include Yellow Tail, Sterling, Jacob's Creek, Monterra and Blackstone. Cost is $5 per person. For reservations, call (330) 757-3735.
Color me apple
Next to macaroni and cheese and peanut butter and jelly, the most ubiquitous kids' food might be applesauce. Now Mott's has come up with a way to make applesauce even more attractive to kids -- candy crystals make the applesauce pop and change colors.
Mott's Magic Mix-ins come in four flavors: watermelon, berry, fruit and strawberry-kiwi. The crystals are packaged with each serving. Just open the pouch and stir them in to see and hear the magic. A package of four sells for a suggested retail price of $1.49 at grocery stores nationwide.