Year: 2012

Hawaii Feasting: A Week in Review

Hawaii Feasting: A Week in Review

Update 2022: Sadly, my favorite restaurant 3660 on the Rise closed. Update 2021: Sadly, Li'l Soul Cafe is no longer in business. I'm back in Hawaii, my one and only true home. After recent events it's great to be in a place where I can hug the ones I love whenever I...

Buckeye Balls

Buckeye Balls

Christmas has always been my favorite holiday. My immediate family was always close and there are so many memories that make me smile and little things that say to me, holidays, family, and love. My sister has done a great job of keeping alive the...

Moveable Feast: Pour les Vendages

Moveable Feast: Pour les Vendages

A few weeks ago we had our autumn edition of Moveable Feast, appropriately themed for the wine harvest - les vendages. Dishes ranged from those traditionally served during the harvest to recipes made with wine. One thing about this group, in spite of our claims...

All-in-the-Pot Root Vegetable Soup

All-in-the-Pot Root Vegetable Soup

The last day of our CSA was sad but at this time of the year, by the time I get to the pick-up location, it's dark and we're selecting veggies by flashlight phone apps. I'm not worried that I'm going to get old or rotten veggies but it is a bit of a surprise when I'm...

Friends, Fun, Food Trucks

Friends, Fun, Food Trucks

Visiting the Fort Worth Food Park Last weekend I flew down to Fort Worth to attend the wedding of my foodie soul mate (whom I talked about in an earlier post) and his lovely bride. Not surprisingly, my visit included some delicious things to eat. On the first day I...

P is for Padma, a Mini Tribute

P is for Padma, a Mini Tribute

Last year I lost one of my best friends. Padma was not only a friend but a confidant and a cheerleader for me. If asked, I bet she'd have greater belief and hope in me than I ever would in myself. She was taken too soon from us and there's not a day that goes by that...

Experiencing Edinburgh

Experiencing Edinburgh

In some earlier posts I talked about our trip to the UK this past spring and I thought I'd go back and share one of the highlights of the trip. It was the first time to Scotland for a couple of us and we found a fantastic way to explore the city, a walking tour...

Last Few Weeks of the CSA

Last Few Weeks of the CSA

I wasn't going to write another post about my CSA, at least not for awhile, but I picked up my share today and it was just so beautiful I had to share it. The colors of the peppers and tomatoes were so vibrant and I loved the contrast with the tomatillos. And even if...

Ohh, It’s Okra

Ohh, It’s Okra

The good and bad thing about a CSA is you're not really sure what vegetables you're going to get. A lot has to do with what the farm has decided to plant but you also have weather patterns, plant diseases, and other variables that can affect what shows up each week....

Mediterranean-Inspired Stuffed Peppers

Mediterranean-Inspired Stuffed Peppers

or what you make when your CSA gives you peppers and more peppers and more peppers Updated September 2021 One of the staples of the late summer, early fall farm share is a plethora of peppers - bell peppers, sweet peppers, and hot peppers. Last year the majority of...

DC Weekend Getaway

DC Weekend Getaway

The time to not visit Boston is on or around September 1st. It's when all the yearly apartment leases turn over and when the more than 250,000 students flood back into the city for a new school year. Around that time, if I can possibly arrange it, I'm far,...

Carrot Soup

Carrot Soup

Labor Day is the line separating Summer and Fall but I'm still in denial. I want to wear flip flops and sundresses and eat sweet corn and summer tomatoes. But alas, the days are growing shorter and I woke up to a cool September morning. As with many things, I found...

Ottolenghi at Home

Ottolenghi at Home

On the cover of the U.S. edition of Plenty, the Yotam Ottolenghi cookbook I received for Christmas last year, there is a gorgeous picture of his Eggplant with Buttermilk Sauce. I've wanted to make this recipe every since I unwrapped the book. At this time of...

Lychee Ginger Simple Syrup

Lychee Ginger Simple Syrup

Growing up in Hawaii we had access to a lot of different types of fruit. At any given time we had mangoes, lychee, bananas, tangerines, pomelo, or papayas growing in our yard. Even when the trees got older and didn't produce as much, friends and family often brought...

Ottolenghi Love

Ottolenghi Love

Last Christmas a friend gave me Yotam Ottolenghi's cookbook, Plenty. I'd never heard of the chef or his restaurants but I couldn't wait to try the recipes, especially the one on the cover - Eggplant with buttermilk sauce. In researching for our UK trip I looked...

London – I’m Here for the Food

London – I’m Here for the Food

There are many reasons why I travel. First and foremost to be with friends and family that I love. Secondly to see or do new things, have adventures. But after that I'm there for the food - high brow, street food, local fast food, I want it all. Earlier this year I...