by Wanda | Jul 15, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Grandma’s spinning. What unthinkable thing did I do? I paid for guavas. One whole American dollar. Shed’ be shocked. I don’t think she ever paid for a guava, a papaya, a mango, a mountain apple or a waiawi in all her long life. If you wanted guavas...
by Wanda | Jul 14, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
A picture is worth a thousand words, they say. And after several thousand words, it was a series of pictures that conveyed the central message of master chef Ferdinand Metz’s keynote address, “Hospitality: The Lost Art of Foodservice,” Wednesday to...
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...
