by Wanda | Oct 18, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
I’m on the Big Island doing some volunteer work. And I’m in foodie hell. I have no kitchen to cook in, very little money for dining out and I’m gaining weight so I shouldn’t eat. But, oh the temptations… I had to drive today from Kona to...
by Wanda | Oct 7, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Just lately, my husband’s been bringing home surprises. He drives all over the island setting up and clearing away protective equipment, barriers, road signs; sometimes he’s stalled for hours out in the country while Hawaiian Electric or one his...
by Wanda | Oct 4, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
The other day, our hanai son was visiting to be with his sister and the twins, who are living with us temporarily. (Have I mentioned this? Have I mentioned this repeatedly ad nauseum? Am I all about the twins? Do I spend half my day changing, playing, feeding,...
by Wanda | Sep 25, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
A reader wrote to ask for a recipe for salted eggs. I was skeptical, assuming there was some arcane trick to it involving strange ingredients, like that potassium carbonate stuff you need to make steamed rice cake. Not so. A 1978 book from my collection,...
by Wanda | Sep 22, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
I do a lot of Portuguese dances. Not authentic ones, like the chamarrita. Made-up ones. I have the Portuguese cleaning lady dance. That’s where I take an old towel, soak it in a solution of XX, drop it on the floor, step onto it and dance across the kitchen...
