And the cookbook most likely to sit unsold is…

At the Friends of the Library Book Sale, where I’ve been helping with food for the hard-working volunteers, I made a careful reconnaissance of the cookbook area before we opened on Friday, and then another today. I had two objectives: To see if anybody bought...

Another few words about chico…and pictures!

Husband has rescued one of the two pots that got chewing gummed in the previous blog about using chico fruit. I found the chico pix and am mounting  a couple so you can see it. Since the latex release didn’t happen when I used the fresh fruit, only fruit that...

Of running out of steam, but not blessings

What has kept me from blogging? Busy, yes. Tired, yes, yes. Traveling, yes, yes. Not cooking as much as I usually do, definitely. I think I was writing so much for other media, I just…ran out. Nothing left. Pau ka hana (the work is finished), my Grandma would...

I’m a new mom!

Well, that’s how it feels, anyway. My tiny sidewalk garden is growing: a couple of cuke plants, tomatoes just a few weeks old that already need transplanting yet again, a gaggle of miniscule carrot tops and a windowbox of mesclun-style greens. Got some worm poop...