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  • Tuesday, September 6, 2005 9:00pm
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Food Network’s celebrity chef Dave Lieberman prepares some of his signature dishes from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Macy’s in Seattle.

During the demonstration, customers will enjoy tastings, free recipes and signed copies of Lieberman’s debut cookbook, “Young &Hungry,” with any $50 Tool of the Trade purchase.

Lieberman hosts “Good Deal With Dave Lieberman” on The Food Network at 1:30 p.m. Saturdays.

Macy’s is at 1601 Third Ave., Seattle.

Tired of the same old soda flavors?

DRY Soda, a new soda aimed at adults, introduces the flavors of lavender, kumquat, lemongrass and rhubarb to the nonalcoholic beverage market.

Available in 12-ounce glass bottles, Dry Soda is noncaffeinated and all-natural, flavored with extracts of fruit and herbs and pure cane sugar. Each bottle contains only 50 to 70 calories, compared to the average 150 calories per canned soft drink.

DRY Soda is based in Tacoma. Look for it at QFC stores and local restaurants.

For information, visit www.drysoda.com.

For quick ways to spice up cereal, try this tips:

* Serve cereal with fruit and either fat free milk, low fat yogurt or fat free soy milk.

* Layer your favorite cereal in a wine or parfait glass along with low fat yogurt and fresh, seasonal fruit.

* Prefer the taste of a lower fiber cereal to the higher fiber ones you know you should eat? Mix the two and get nutrition and taste.

* Toss cereal in a sealable plastic snack- or sandwich-sized bag with dried fruit and nuts of choice.

* Toss or top a salad with Grape-Nuts instead of croutons.

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