Tokkuri Tei
More catchup: I’m eating soup made from year-end refrigerator dregs today, and reliving the past year’s eats in photographs, too. A friend who knows Tokkuri Tei’s menu backwards and forwards […]
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Ethel’s Grill
Sumo wrestlers, a line in the sun (more sumo wrestlers, construction workers, Honolulu hipsters, Kalihi businessfolk), fruit punch, iceberg lettuce, famous garlic chicken (the garlic perhaps playing second fiddle to […]
Christmas
Time flies. Snapshots from our 2011 Christmas: ham, maple roasted butternut with apples and sage, scallops, sushi, a collard-strewn table, a breakfast casserole, Kaʻū Kuahiwi beef, Wailani chard, roasted red […]
Thanksgiving, and Sea Urchin on Cereal
“Ooh, what is that?” “Uni.” “Uni?” “It’s uni. Sea urchin roe. For pupu.” “How would you like it to be served?” “I thought, I don’t know, maybe on a cracker. […]
Popcorn Sushi (“But again, no soy please.”)
Here are some pictures from a birthday party at Sushi Sasabune, the Honolulu omakase where the approach to soy leaves no room for nonsense. Above, the halibut (left, no soy […]
Oven Figs
All those Costco figs, and a Sunday morning. A long roast in a low oven, brushed with NZ honey and nutmeg. Their juices puddled into a bright pink jelly. And […]
Biography through recipe
Last week I was blessed with dinner chez Magali + famille. It comes as no surprise that the conversation found itself aboard le Mistral, hurtling toward Paris. “Do you remember, […]
Broccoli Days of Summer
The high tide of summer is inching away: long days always a little less so.
Au’s Garden
A Parisian son of our Chinese clan is on island; to celebrate, two round tables at Au’s Garden on Moʻokāula St. in Kalihi. It was my first trip ever, and […]
Food is for weather
We had a spate of hot, hot days last month and I think another might be on its way. Sharing two ice-cube salads and a semifreddo one, all snappy as […]
