Updated: January 2022 When you hear me speak of influential women in my life, at the top of my list is my Mom followed by my maternal Grandmother - Popo Chock. You rarely hear me speak of my paternal Grandmother - Popo Char. Although she lived with us for a time, we...
For the second year in a row I participated in the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. After participating last year I couldn't wait for this year. It's a great opportunity to discover new blogs and learn great new cookie recipes. But most importantly the event...
Updated July 31, 2022 I have a few friends who enjoy cooking as much as I do. We like trying new things and are unafraid to experiment and modify recipes. One day our discussion turned to two classic summertime desserts - ice cream and s'mores. I started thinking...
These little rustic lemon biscuits are not too sweet and pair wonderfully with Jamie Oliver's Chocolate Pots. The original recipe used orange zest. I've taken to using lemon because I have a couple of friends who are allergic to oranges. Orange and chocolate are a...
I enjoy cooking for friends and often have grandiose ideas of menus for fancy dinner parties. But in the end I like cooking dishes that are delicious but simple. These chocolate pots, served with lemon polenta biscuits, are a perfect, elegant, and easy way to end a...
It's been many years since we lost our Mom. I think of her often and am glad that I have so many wonderful memories of her. Not surprisingly a fair number of memories are connected to food and the kitchen. As Mother's Day approached I kept looking for the one recipe...
I'm a little late to the party but I've developed an obsession with Pinterest. It feeds my love for delicious recipes and often inspires me with beautiful food photography. Everything is stored digitally, is organized, and is searchable. I love it. I found this recipe...
Updated July 31, 2022 To accompany the Sticky Toffee Pudding at our latest Feast, I made a Black Pepper Ice Cream. The puddings is traditionally served with vanilla ice cream. I wanted to make something a bit more "chefy" and turned to David Lebovitz's book The...
Updated July 31, 2022 This morning I'm still relishing the memories of yesterday's Moveable Feast. The theme was one close to my heart (and stomach), British Gastropubs. As soon as I saw the theme I knew I wanted to claim dessert. Sticky Toffee Pudding ranks as one of...
Lately I've been revisiting recipes I made awhile ago. One of those recipes comes from my first Nigella Lawson cookbook, How to Be a Domestic Goddess. I remember when her first television program, Nigella Bites, started airing on the Style Channel. Being an...
When I was home in December we found some beautiful apple bananas at the farmer's market. My sister decided to make a coconut tapioca pudding with some of the bananas added in. The dish isn't terribly photogenic but it's yummy. Apple bananas The pudding starts with...
I'm back in Hawaii enjoying the warm weather and time with family. I'm also, as always, enjoying the foods I can't get on the mainland. Getting together for dinner with family last week I offered to make a dessert, one that I was craving and had a general idea of how...
This year I participated in The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap, an event now in its third year. The concept is pretty simple, food bloggers from several countries submit their information to the organizers. For a small fee each blogger is matched with three other...
Moveable Feast: Brazil Last weekend we celebrated the foods of Brazil at the Summer 2013 edition of Moveable Feast. This cuisine is unfamiliar to me but as I researched I came across a recipe for Quindim (pronounced keen-deem) or Brazilian Coconut Flan. I was...
Moveable Feast: New Orleans Another Moveable Feast has come and gone leaving only good memories and food comas. The theme of this feast was the foods of New Orleans. We started with Sazaracs, raw oysters, and Oysters Rockefeller. We then moved on to the...
Updated September 2021 One of my favorite desserts when I'm home is made from Okinawan sweet potatoes, macadamia nuts, and coconut milk. With the exception of the sweet potatoes, all the ingredients are pretty easy to get on the mainland but it's something I really...