by Wanda | Feb 3, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
True confessions. I’ve never been to Punahou Carnival. And yet again, this year, I’m not going (got a cooking class coming up and story deadlines). But today, I’m making Punahou Caramel Cuts, like penuche candy, only in cooking form. I love penuche...
by Wanda | Jan 31, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
I’ve been thinking a lot about housekeeping lately as I ponder a young friend who will soon leave for college and doesn’t have a clue of how to care for a living space. Raised by a grandmother who thought I’d be a housewife whatever else I achieved in life (she was...
by Wanda | Jan 27, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
The men in my family — both on the Portuguese and the English-Irish sides — are enthusiastic storytellers who love nothing better than to capture others’ attention, catch them by surprise or even amaze them. My cousin Anthony, 84, a retired Advertiser printer...
by Wanda | Jan 26, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
I’ve been wandering many recipe roads in the past few days: researching school-days dishes from the ’40s-’70s, brainstorming a cooking course I’ll be helping with at Grand Cafe & Bakery in March that will include some homey, old-style...
by Wanda | Jan 24, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras