Glycerine, the Coffee Fighter

Melitta, the coffee filter company, says to remove coffee stains you should pour hot water over the stain, rub with glycerine and then rinse; or if the fabric is wool or polyester or has a dry clean-only label, rub with glycerine, wait a bit, rinse with lukewarm water and then press between dry cloths. If there was milk in the coffee, though, rinse in a solution of cold water and glycerine and then wash with a detergent containing enzymes. Non-washables with milk and coffee stains should just be dabbed with water and glycerine and sprinkled with starch, which can later be brushed or dabbed away.

Bon Appetit Lite

Julia Child is behind the booklet “Resetting the American Table,” which includes, along with some sensible diet and exercise tips, six healthful recipes created by chefs such as Robert Del Grande of Houston’s Cafe Annie and Bradley Ogden of Lark Creek Inn. For a free copy, send a self-addressed, stamped business envelope to the American Institute of Wine and Food, 1550 Bryant St., Suite 700, San Francisco 94103.

Tasty Reading

The Cookbook Review is a new newsletter that will include food news, interviews with authors and recipes as well as book reviews. The charter subscription rate is $19.95 per year (six issues); the regular rate will be $24. For a sample, send a check for $1 to Subscriptions, Cookbook Review, 60 Kinnaird St., Cambridge, Mass., 02139.

Don’t Have a Cow, If You Don’t Want to

Those who can’t or won’t drink milk have a non-soy alternative in White Almond Beverage. Made primarily from water (make that “pure Oregon mountain water”), brown rice syrup and almonds, it’s available at health food stores for about $2.39 a quart.