Article: TIPS TO WRAP BY.(FOOD)(Recipe)

Byline: Knight Ridder

Try these tips when working with wrappers, from ``Asian Wraps,'' by Nina Simonds (Morrow, $23), and ``Wrap and Roll,'' by the California Culinary Academy (Macmillan, 1998):

* When using commercial egg roll wrappers, cut a thin sliver, less than 1/4 inch, from each side. That will make it easier to separate the layers.

* Rice paper wrappers need to be soaked briefly in warm water to soften them. To make it easier, use a pie pan, a tart pan or a wide dinner plate big enough to hold the flat wrapper.

* If you're making rice-paper spring rolls for frying, dissolve a little sugar, less than 1 tablespoon, in the soaking ...

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