by Wanda | Jan 20, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
The other day, I’m getting on the plane to come to Maui and there’s a guy in a skirt. A gray gored skirt. And not a swishy guy, nothing Brad, Brad World or Project Runway about this guy; he was tough-looking, with lots of wicked tatts and longish...
by Wanda | Jan 18, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Life has been flowing by like water in the Kepaniwai Stream of my youth and in equally as pleasing a fashion: trickling, splashing, rushing, pooling in a round of cooking, work, family, church, family, more cooking, a little TV time, did I mention family? I’m on Maui...
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 23, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
So my girlfriend Susan and I plan a pleasant girls’ Christmas lunch and it turns into . . . a pa’ina (feast). I’m working on a story about eating local but more healthfully and my editor suggested I call chef Mark Noguchi, co-owner of He’eia...
by Wanda | Dec 22, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
I’m trying to think of something new to say about how cool it is to be around food and cooks, around elders and storytellers. That’s been my life for the past few days. I’ve spent a lot of time with family and food always flows into the conversation...
