1.   Break rice sticks into small pieces and distribute evenly among lettuce cups.

2.   At Spago, the hot or cold fillings are served atop fried rice noodles in the lettuce cups, making the rolling and folding easy on diners.

3.   Cost substitutes chad for chicken in a dish of Thai lettuce cups with celery, chilis and ginger.

4.   Divide the fruit among the lettuce cups.

5.   Each diner puts some of filling in a lettuce cup, gently cups edges up and eats quickly.

6.   Guests roll up shrimp and salsa in this lettuce cup and eat it like a taco.

7.   In Santa Monica at Chinois on Main, radicchio lettuce cups, four to an order, are an appetizer favorite.

8.   Other dishes at the restaurant include duck quesadillas, spicy minced chicken in lettuce cups and a trio of baby ice cream cones for dessert.

9.   Serve at once with lettuce cups.

10.   Serve chilled with lettuce cups.