by Wanda | Jun 1, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
God was thinking the day He made the banana. To me, it’s the perfect fruit: no seed, peeling is easy, you don’t even need a knife, they’re sweet without being cloying and you can find them everywhere. You ever met anyone who objects to banana? I lost...
by Wanda | May 25, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Canned goods have never played much of a place in my pantry since I began a love affair with “gourmet cooking,” in the ’70s. “Exotics,” yes — sardines, smoked oysters, Red Devil liver paste, water chestnuts until I discovered fresh ones...
by Wanda | May 22, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
When life gives you lemons, throw ’em at somebody. That’s kinda how I’m feeling right now. Or maybe, when life gives you lemons, let somebody else make you lemonade. And serve it to you. So cold it’s sweating. Preferably alongside the pool at a...
by Wanda | May 17, 2012 | Ideas and food lore
I had a cleaning lady once who was a bit ADD. Well, a lot ADD. She alphabetized my spice cabinet. Then taped an inventory of the spices in my collection to the door of the cupboard. I loved that woman. Now I’m back to the usual chaos in the cupboard, freezer and...
by Wanda | May 12, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Hurray! No pictures agian, kala mai, but just to let you know that last night, Friday, a book I edited (and, believe me, the one-word title editor doesn’t cover it; cat herdeer would be much more accurate), won the cookbook diviion of the Hawaii Publishers...
