by Wanda | Aug 10, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
APOLOGIES: A family matter kept me from blogging yesterday…here’s what I was working on… Foodies hate bad restaurant service and love to talk about, like soldiers comparing war stories. I heard one the other day from my mother that, when I told another...
by Wanda | Aug 8, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Thoughts that occurred as I was going through my Maui receipts, business cards, menus and scribbled notes: Upcountry with a trio of friends who’ve eaten everywhere on the Valley Isle, Cafe 808 was mentioned. “What do you like there?,” I asked....
by Wanda | Aug 7, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Pssst. Wanna make some fast cash? Gather up all those plastic shopping bags that are squashed under the sink or floating around the pantry, stuff a suitcase full of ’em and go stand on a dark corner on Maui chanting, “Plastic. Acid. Grass. Plastic. Acid....
by Wanda | Aug 6, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Back on O’ahu, faced with a house that needs my attention and heavy deadlines next week. The party’s over! But before I put Maui behind me, a tribute to a meal, a man and the many people who make such getaways so delightful for us foodies. First, The Tasting at David...
by Wanda | Aug 5, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
WAILUKU, Maui — Day 1 of my Maui interlude, I bought two large jars of pickles. Glass jars. Full of liquid. One of them contains beets, guaranteed to stain every darn thing in my suitcase if it cracks open. Today, as I ready to head home, I’m staring at the jars now...
by Wanda | Aug 3, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
WAILUKU, Maui — It’s always this way when I travel — so many restaurants, so little capacity. Three meals yesterday and a three-hour chef’s tasting at a table tucked into David Paul Johnson’s Lahaina Grill kitchen. All I could do when I got home was lie on the floor...
