by Wanda | Jan 11, 2012 | Recipes, Recipes extras
I couldn’t blog yesterday not only because I was busy but because I had just too sad a story to tell. “Joy of Cooking” let me down. You may recall I made a lemon meringue pie for Husband, his favorite. This giant pie involved 8 eggs and was a Mess...
by Wanda | Jul 12, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Heading home from Mangoes at the Moana, I overheard a few words being exchanged between a prospective customer and the Ono Pop lady (that’s her, above, with Josh Lanthier-Welch, Ono Pop partners with his brother, Joe). What I overheard her say was “Indian...
by Wanda | Jun 30, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
Tomorrow: An old-fashioned recipe travels well. I have a new friend. I’ve never met her. She used to call me about restaurants when I was at The Advertiser. Then, one day — I still don’t know where she got my cell phone number — she called me at home with another...
by Wanda | Feb 26, 2011 | Recipes, Recipes extras
In the whipped cream-light realm of reality TV, “Top Chef” is practically PBS. Conflicts rarely erupt into physical violence. The profanity is rather tame. And people say things like “feel the love” and mean it. (Okay, Carla may be the only one...
by Wanda | Jul 29, 2010 | Recipes, Recipes extras
… I learned from “Top Chef.” Have you noticed that every time a chef on “Top Chef” brags on themselves they come in on the bottom? Every time they say I’ve made this a million times in my restaurant, I’ve got the win in the...
