by Wanda | Jun 7, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
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...
by Wanda | Jan 23, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Working on a project related to a favorite subject: memories of school lunch. Paging through files, I came across a recipe I tried once before and loved, and decided to make it for dinner. (Forgive me; camera issues so no pix today.) It’s an...
by Wanda | Jan 4, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Hekka is a dish you no longer hear of or see very often, even though chopped, across-the-bone cuts of chicken are still called “hekka chicken” at some Foodland stores. A few years ago, chef Mark Noguchi and I went on a mission to find out where the name hekka came...
by Wanda | Dec 25, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Perhaps the most spare Christmas I’ve ever had has been one of the best: breakfast with Husband, a rockin’ Christmas service at Hope Chapel Kane’ohe, cooking all day (jook for a sick friend plus our modest Christmas dinner), takin’ care of...
by Wanda | Jun 29, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Tomorrow: The gift of a foodie (and more) friend. I’m trying to follow my personal Best Practice when ordering in restaurants: Order the first thing that appeals to you. No matter what. (Just be sure you’ve read the menu description carefully so there are no...