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!)
(What…
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…
Last weekend some friends were in town from Denver, which gave us a good excuse to spend the day eating and drinking. We kicked off the day with brunch/lunch at the Half Moon Bay Inn and Kitchen. The place was empty when we walked in at 11:15, but by 11:45 it was full up.
The burger's…
>I don't know what those guys at California Pizza Kitchen know about Thai Chicken Pizza that I don't, but I'm convinced it's all in the sauce. I took a shot at basically recreating their Thai Chicken Pizza -- whole wheat crust from Trader Joe's using this sauce recipe as a guide, and then topping…
>New Year's Eve is always hit and miss for us - and it's not even because Ryan Seacrest seems to be Dick Clark's heir apparent on New Year's Rockin' Eve. OJ and I - we're well past the "Let's spend $150 a person for a prix fixe dinner w/ cheap champagne we don't want…