8FFLFOE not just buying and repackaging. These are my own recipes,” she says. Rao calls her business Recipe Sack. The logo is a peppy red, white and black, with a jauntyhaired woman hoisting a sack high. Through her website and at trunk shows, Rao sells nine types of sacks and two multirecipe gift baskets. Chitranna (lemon rice), a nostalgia-inducing favorite among South Indians, is a best-seller at $3 a sack. Inside its linen sack are rice and peanuts, along with spices and dried coconut flakes; cooks contribute the lemon, oil, onions and salt. They can also add cilantro for garnish, and a dash of yogurt or curds. Rao calls this a good starter dish for cooks new to Indian food. “My 8-year-old daughter asks for it at least once a week,” Beverly Acevedo, a regular Mountain View customer, said in an enthusiastic email. Acevedo, whose daughter goes to school with Rao’s children, is just the type of customer Rao is Continued on next page
Savitha Rao measures ingredients for her Recipe Sack meal kits in a commercial kitchen.
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Join us for Dinner Before the Show! Shoreline Amphitheatre Kenny Chesney, Eli Young Band & Kacey Musgraves: No Shoes Nation Tour Thursday, July 25
Century 16 Back to the Future–PG, 1hr56mins; 2pm
Sunday, July 14 1390 Pear Ave., Mountain View (650) 254-1120 www.cucinaventi.com
Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday
Movie Theater is right across the street from Cucina Venti Come see live music on the Cucina Venti patio every Wednesday & Thursday, 5-8pm!
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