by Wanda | Aug 10, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
APOLOGIES: A family matter kept me from blogging yesterday…here’s what I was working on… Foodies hate bad restaurant service and love to talk about, like soldiers comparing war stories. I heard one the other day from my mother that, when I told another...
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 | Feb 22, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
My Alaskan vacation was narrated rather oddly in the stilted accent of the Russian spy, Boris, from TV’s old “Rocky and Bullwinkle” cartoon. But instead of “Moose and Squirrel,” he kept talking about “Moose and Bear.” After a...
by Wanda | Jan 1, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Made a quick trip to Maui to visit my mom and my ailing sister (prayers shamelessly solicited for healing there) day before yesterday. Mom and I went to dinner at Cafe O’Lei in Wailuku. Her choice. I’d always avoided O’Lei because it sounded like...
