A La Carte offers romantic treats

TIME FOR A SNACK

Pinkbox Doughnuts, 7531 W. Lake Mead Blvd.

Sure, Pinkbox Doughnuts sells glazed and chocolate-cake and cinnamon-spice doughnuts, but why settle for those when you can have a bacon bar, or a Fat Elvis (a yeast-raised doughnut with peanut-butter-and-banana-cream filling with chocolate glaze and caramelized bananas on top) or a Campfire Smores doughnut or one filled with whipped cream? And, managers promise, there are plenty more flavors on the way. The classics are $1 each, specialty are $1.25 and gourmet are $1.75, or $8.50 per dozen (plus 50 cents for gourmet). Call 478-7465 or visit pinkboxdoughnuts.com.

A HEART FOR YOUR BELOVED

If you're looking for a way to show your valentine you care but don't have the money for a big splash, you can make a heart-shaped pizza instead (or an amoeba, if you're not real coordinated). Once again all locations of Sammy's Woodfired Pizza are offering their Valentine's Day Pizza Kits. They're $6.50 and include traditional, whole-wheat or gluten-free pizza dough, pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, fresh basil, recipe and instructions. Pepperoni's $1 extra. You also get a coupon for $5 off a purchase of $20 or more, and the satisfaction of knowing that partial proceeds will be donated to the American Heart Association. The kits are available through Sunday. For locations, visit www.sammyspizza.com.

NEW BOOKS FOR COOKS

VIETNAMESE ICED-COFFEE POPS

1½ cups (12 ounces) strong brewed coffee

½ cup sweetened condensed milk

Stir hot coffee into sweetened condensed milk to incorporate. Refrigerate until completely cool, at least 1 hour, then pour into pop molds. Insert sticks and freeze until solid, at least 4 hours or overnight. To unmold, run under warm water until pops slide out cleanly.

Makes 6.

- Recipe from "Breakfast for Dinner," by Lindsay Landis and Taylor Hackbarth (Quirk Books; $19.95)