Beef Olives Prepared Fresh Plu 605 or 655
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Greek Delicacies
Karabela's, 630 First Avenue (37th Street) is a new food market with its eye on the Mediterranean. Evan Karabela, the owner of this sprawling, attractive multilevel new venture, is a food lover who recently abandoned the fur business. His chef is Takis Petrakos, who for years has been turning out prepared foods, many of them Greek, for the Fairway market on the West Side.
Steven Jenkins, the cheese manager for Dean & DeLuca, helped set up the store. Folksy but informative signs on the cheeses, which include quite a number made from sheep's and goats' milk, are vintage Jenkins.
In addition to cheeses, there are 15 kinds of olives, plus a splendid mixture of them at a reasonable price ($3.99 a pound). Some cured meats, a selection of produce, including good-looking red romaine lettuce ($1.29 a head), fresh and dried pasta, pastries, breads, dairy products, condiments, crackers and groceries are also available.
About half the expertly seasoned prepared dishes are of Greek inspiration, and Mr. Petrakos hopes to expand the list with some rustic savory pies and yogurt-based salads. For now, Greek eggplant salad ($6.90 a pound), octopus salad ($11.90 a pound), orzo salad with olives and eggplant ($6.95 a pound) and garlicky tsatsiki, a kind of dip made with sheep-milk yogurt ($5.90 a pound), were all delicious. Lagana, a special whole-wheat Greek Lenten bread, is $5.
The shop has a number of tables for dining in, and will also set them up on an outdoor terrace when the weather is good. It is open daily from 7 A.M. to 9 P.M. Hot Spots for Coffee
More places serving rich, properly made coffee are opening in the city. One of the newest coffee bars is the free-standing Daily Grind, in the lobby of the Unisys Building, 605 Third Avenue (39th Street).
Espresso, cappuccino and mocha with variations are all available, hot or iced, with and without caffeine, and in two sizes. Brewed American coffee is also served. Prices range from 75 cents for an eight-ounce cup of regular coffee, to $2.65 for a double hot or iced mocha.
The coffee comes from Caravalli in Seattle. Daily Grind is open Monday to Friday, 7:45 A.M. to 4 P.M.
It's also worth noting that Daily Caffe, an espresso bar, has opened a second location in the northern aisle of the concourse under 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Its first location is under the McGraw-Hill Building, 1221 Avenue of the Americas (49th Street). The Daily Caffe shops are open Monday to Friday, 6:30 A.M. to 6 P.M. Repairing Copper Pots
Worn tin-lined copper pots can now be repaired at home with a kit imported from France. The kit, called Tin Lizzie, consists of a sheet of pure lead-free tin, enough to reline the bottom of a nine-inch pot, plus a vial of hydrochloric acid, or flux, for treating the tin so it will bond to the pan. The instructions are easy to follow, and the precautions necessary for handling the materials are clearly spelled out.
The kit is $10 at Zabar's, 80th Street and Broadway, and can also be ordered by mail for $15, including postage, from Aux Cuisines Inc., 43 Saddle Ranch Lane, Hillsdale, N.J. 07642. Information: (201) 664-8775. Wedding Cake Lessons
A free class in decorating wedding cakes will be given on Saturday from 1 to 2 P.M. at the Good Food Store, 865 Post Road, Darien, Conn. Catherine Degenhardt, a pastry chef, will demonstrate a variety of techniques. Cakes will also be available for sampling, and there will be a drawing for a free wedding cake. For reservations and information: (203) 655-7355. Kosher Food to Russia
The Chilewich Group, a company that has organized a system of sending food parcels to the former Soviet Union, has made an arrangement with Empire Kosher Foods to ship packages of kosher poultry products there. Some packages contain 11 pounds of frozen Empire kosher chicken and turkey products and there is a special 12-pound Passover package containing just chicken legs.
The frozen kosher poultry is shipped in bulk to Chilewich's warehouses in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Orders are taken at the Chilewich offices in White Plains, and transmitted to their Russian offices, which then notify the recipients. Russians must have identification to pick up the parcels.
The regular kosher parcel is $35; the Passover package is $30. For more information and to order call (800) 950-7447 form 8:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Monday to Friday. The operators speak Russian and English. TOWARD THE MCVEGGIE?
TO prod fast-food chains into offering something meatless on a bun, the Guide to Healthy Eating magazine is holding a contest for the best vegetarian burger recipe. The prize is $500 for the winning recipe, which must be original, contain no meat, eggs or dairy products, and must also be suitable for cooking on a grill.
Recipes must be submitted no later than April 15 to Veggie Burger Contest, Guide to Healthy Eating, Box 6322, Washington 20015. The Guide to Healthy Eating is published every two months by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit group that promotes nutrition and preventive medicine.
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