A different kind of sustenance: story

Yesterday featured an event I’d been looking forward to — an annual girls luncheon with my three best friends on Oahu, and with one of their mothers, who turned 82. We started at 11:30 a.m. and I got home at 5. Had to miss a second party because I was too tired!...

Not a lot about food, but a lot about culture

Oh, happy day…Oh happy day! Today, I got a visit from a dear friend from Hilo (besides my own home Maui my FAVORITE island place) and, after I gave her the strawberry mochi from Fujiya, we talked about so many things that come from the na’au. (The gut, the...

Doin’ the Portuguese shopping dance…

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...

You know what I don’t understand? Vol. 3

You know what I don’t understand…? WHY DO THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP SPAMMING MY WEB SITE WITH LAVISH COMPLIMENTS LACKING ANY DETAIL OR SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO WHAT I’M DOING THINK I’M GOING TO FALL FOR THEIR BLANDISHMENTS AND LINK TO THEIR SITES, POST...