For some, even bon dancing is about the food

I’ve been going to bon dances for years — in Seattle’s International District, when I lived in the Northwest, on Maui, and here.  But Friday night, I saw a new side to the obon season. Several new sides. Husband and I joined a trio of friends who are bon...

The plague of the plastic containers

Tomorrow : What I don’t understand. . . APOLOGIES! Grandchild exception: My first grandchild is in town from Mainland and we’ve been hanging with “the kids” and their kid. Forgot all about blog in my happiness! Now, on to plastic containers....

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...

Freezing but fine, especially foodwise

Sorry about the lack of recent postings. I’m not dead, just traveling. And freezing. I’m in Anchorage, where my husband keeps telling me the temperature and I keep going, Huh?, because it’s in single digits and I’m just not used to the concept...

Facing agriculture’s future

Had lunch Friday with Dan Nakasone, a marketing expert who helps farmers and food producers find buyers for their products and who serves as Alan Wong’s “sourcing” expert, linking him with new producers. Dan’s always full of story ideas and...