by Wanda | Aug 2, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
WAILUKU, Maui — One of the reasons I love visiting my mom is visiting her stuff. Especially things that used to populate the homes of my childhood — well-worn kitchen tools, the little creamer that came from a restaurant we once owned, my Grandma’s blue ceramic candle...
by Wanda | Aug 1, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
WAILUKU, Maui — I never want to eat again. Well, until the Kula strawberries are properly chilled for dessert. I’ve spent two days on Maui. Eating. Seeing family. Eating. Seeing friends. Eating. Besides Saturday morning at the Swap Meet: Bistro Casanova. Friday, lunch...
by Wanda | Jul 31, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
WAILUKU, Maui — For me, every weekend spent on my home island of Maui means a Saturday morning at the Maui Swap Meet (now on the grounds of Maui Community College; mauiexposition.com). There’s not much of the original swap meet character left at this sprawling weekly...
by Wanda | Jul 30, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
You know what I don’t understand? Why they can’t invent a stove that will stay clean (and don’t even get me started on the oven). Earlier this week, I helped a friend clean house, among other things scrubbing her glass-top stove. I was so envious a...
by Wanda | Jul 29, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Fresh from commuting 35-plus miles a day in Seattle, teaching two nights a week in Tacoma (another hour or so on the road), reporting stories that took me all over Western Washington, I would protest, “But it’s only 8 miles.” Twenty one years later,...
by Wanda | Jul 28, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
How recipes come into being in real life. I was watching an old “Real Housewives of New Jersey” set during a family Christmas at the Manzo house and heard the charming story of how Caroline Manzo’s father concocted a special dish from pantry staples...
