A sprinkle of SALT

Honolulu has had a dearth of cozy sit-down restaurants where the food is reliably good and the prices not too pain-inducing — what are called in other cities “neighborhood” restaurants (this to differentiate them from “destination”...

When foodies make friends, their plates are full!

Tomorrow: An old-fashioned recipe travels well. I have a new friend. I’ve never met her. She used to call me about restaurants when I was at The Advertiser. Then, one day — I still don’t know where she got my cell phone number — she called me at home with another...

Back behind the plate!

Tomorrow: Discovering a new food “neighborhood,” Yataimura at Shirokiya. Coming up: A foodie friendship. An Island-only recipe for bread pudding. Fish soup that’ll change your mind. Restaurant ordering: the one unbreakable rule. March? Was it really...