I'm not known to be bread baker, probably because I am known to be impatient. Bread is Wolf's department. But I had an urge and a big bag of all purpose flour and nothing better to do on a Sunday. So here's my Pao Doce using Pao Doce recipe #2 in the Buddhist Church…
As you enter Spruce, you walk through a lovely brick archway half enclosed by a black wrought iron gate. On the right, there's a small bar area and on the left a coffee bar. Inside, you're greeted by an imposing black wall against which the host area stands. The bar runs along the right wall,…
Finally, finally blueberries are coming in at the Farmers Market. The ones we picked up last weekend were so plump and sweet that by the time I saw this recipe for a blueberry cheesecake tart in the July issue of Everyday Food, the pint was half gone. And then as luck would have it --…
When its 75 degrees F by 7:30 a.m., that's a warm day, no matter how you slice it. At the Hilo Farmer's Market, it really is "from dawn 'til it's gone" and the vendors carry mostly the same varieties of produce -- apple bananas, papayas, Japanese cucumbers, tomatoes. A few tables have prepared food, including…
The best malasadas on the Big Island ...
Tex Drive In -- Honoka'a, HI (only when they're hot)
Punalu'u Bakery -- Na'alehu, HI (made w/ their Hawaiian sweet bread dough)
L-R: traditional, liliko'i glazed, Bavarian cream filled
Our meals out on this trip to Hawaii were usually lunches. At Sombat's we ordered our usual Thai food staples -- spring rolls, green curry w/ chicken, pad thai w/ chicken. Spring rolls were hot out of the fryer and not greasy in the least. That's a pineapple mac nut dipping sauce (c'mon, it's Hawai'i!)
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Fried rice falls into the "Grandma food" category -- aka dishes that came from my Grandma that you have no hope of ever getting an actual, exact written recipe. It's not a new phenomenon - every family seems to have a dish that you can't pinpoint why it comes out so wonderfully when your [INSERT…
Every March the Russian River Wine Road puts on its annual barrel tasting event where you can throw down $10 and get in two days of barrel tasting at a huge number of Sonoma wineries. We've found some great wines through barrel tasting -- like Armida's Keefer Ranch Chardonnay and Dutcher Crossing's Nevins Cab. But…