by Wanda | Jul 13, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
I’m turning over a new plate. Be my witness: When I hear about a restaurant or ingredient, from now on, I’m not going to procrastinate. I’m going to go there. Every time I say “someday,” it ends up being “noday.” I missed the...
by Wanda | Jul 12, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
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...
by Wanda | Jul 11, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
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...
by Wanda | Jul 10, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
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...
by Wanda | Jul 9, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
BREAKING NEWS: Double click on thumbnails below to see a picture gallery and read about this morning’s Mangoes at the Moana event: [Show as slideshow] Tomorrow: Mangoes at YOUR house. ON TO CHINATOWN: In the past year or so, my trips to Chinatown have been quick...
by Wanda | Jul 8, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
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...
