Of piquant ice on a stick and sweet-hot mango salsa — the good life
Heading home from Mangoes at the Moana, I overheard a few words being exchanged between a prospective customer and the Ono Pop lady (that's her, above, with Josh Lanthier-Welch, Ono Pop partners with his brother, Joe). What I overheard her say was "Indian pickles." It...
A lu’au of leftovers
Tomorrow: Mango salsa. Dinner was a local leftover bonanza the other night: laulau that our neighbor made, take-home from a dim sum lunch earlier in the day, the mac-and-potato salad I made too much of last weekend. Whew! On the Fourth of July, we were sitting in the...
Mangoes at … your house
Mangoes have long been a companion to coconut and curry powder in classic kama’aina-style chicken or shrimp curry. Still, Kent Thompson’s first-place winning entry in the baked goods division of the Mangoes at the Moana Recipe Contest yesterday (July 9) carried the...
Take a bao now
BREAKING NEWS: Double click on thumbnails below to see a picture gallery and read about this morning's Mangoes at the Moana event: Tomorrow: Mangoes at YOUR house. ON TO CHINATOWN: In the past year or so, my trips to Chinatown have been quick...
If I ran a restaurant . . .
Tomorrow: Take a bao. Breakfasting with some former Advertiser colleagues at Big City Diner earlier this week, I was happy to learn that I could order from the keiki menu for just a $1 charge. As the portions at this local food haven are in keeping with the widely...
Permission to eat cupcakes, please!
Tomorrow: If I ran a restaurant . . . Finally got to drop by the new cupcake shop opened by my friends Kawehi Haug and Nick Gervais, Let Them Eat Cupcakes, at 35 S. Beretania in the old Mix Cafe location (park in the inexpensive underground city lot off Beretania...
Here’s what I don’t understand, Vol. 1
Tomorrow: Cupcakes and more . . . One of my favorite old Southern sayings, courtesy of my Mississippi paternal relatives is. . . "Ain't but one or two things I know for sure." In contrast, the things I don't understand could populate Kaho'olawe faster than a pack of...
The plague of the plastic containers
Tomorrow : What I don't understand. . . APOLOGIES! Grandchild exception: My first grandchild is in town from Mainland and we've been hanging with "the kids" and their kid. Forgot all about blog in my happiness! Now, on to plastic containers. I’ve said it before:...
Digging into the strata
Tomorrow: The plague of the plastic containers. I'm not just a foodie, I'm a cookie (one who just loves cooking). And for a cookie, can there be a greater compliment than someone chasing you down for a recipe? Cooking for volunteers at the Friends of the Library Book...
Reading a lot into a recipe
Tomorrow: Plague of the plastic containers. For the second year in a row, I took on the responsibility of feeding the hardworking volunteers who make the Friends of the Library Book Sale happen. Between June 13 and June 26, I helped feed between 25 and 60 people a...