From the category archives:

FOOD

Spicy Fig Orange Jam

August 18, 2010

Figs are a delicious but fragile fruit. Once you have acquired them, you need to do something with those you don’t eat. Overeating of figs could produce some gastric distress, if you aren’t careful. That gives you as good a reason as any to make jam out of the majority of your fig supply. Cut [...]

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Mozzarella Cheese Making

August 7, 2010

Sonia and Lucy This past Sunday I had one of the most fascinating experiences I’ve had in ages. This particular group of people was given an opportunity to take a class in Hilo at Kim’s home, one of the Slow Food Hawai`i members. She lives in a section of Old Hilo that has a view [...]

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Chicken, Chard and Garlic in Olive Oil

August 4, 2010

One of the fastest and tastiest meals I fix for myself is this dish. I do it often enough that I didn’t think about writing a post about it. I grow the most wonderful red chard in a little bed by the back door. The leaves are huge, shiny dark green with deep red veins. [...]

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Sourdough Cranberry Rolls

July 28, 2010

  I love anything made with sourdough. When I lived in Alaska, I was given a starter that dated back to the 1800s (at least that’s what I was told, but Alaska is known for yarns as big as the state). At any rate, it had been going a long time, and was deliciously sour. [...]

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Homemade Individual Pizza (9″)

July 21, 2010

A funny story about pizza comes from my high school years in Belleville, Illinois, just across from St. Louis and the Mississippi River. There was a new Italian family in the neighborhood who had opened up a new “pizza parlor,” which is what they were called then. I was with my parents and some of [...]

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Seven-Link Challenge

July 18, 2010

One of the blogs about blogging I read is ProBlogger. That’s a mouthful, isn’t it? This week, there was a challenge to respond to seven categories. I decided to take part, mostly because it requires some thinking about my posts in the past and where I’d like to go in the future. Here are the [...]

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Lilikoi Butter Revisited

July 14, 2010

  I am fascinated by the fact that my website statistics show “lilikoi butter” as tops in the list of the search words that bring people to my site. It’s been a year since I wrote about making lilikoi butter and I still get requests for more information. After my first post on that topic, [...]

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Pink Grapefruit Marmalade

July 7, 2010

  This is a three-day process, but the flavors are absorbed so much better than a marmalade made too quickly. I tend to like my marmalades to have a slight bitterness, more like a true Scottish marmalade. This recipe ensures I’ll get that. Choose 3 smallish pink grapefruit (or 4 larger ones) and 2 lemons. [...]

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Honey-Lime and Earl Grey Granita

June 30, 2010

  I’ve always wondered about the difference between sorbet and granita. On “The Kitchn,” one of my favorite websites, I found a recent post on the difference between ice cream, gelato, sorbet and granita. Since I was mainly interested in the last two, here’s what I discovered. Basically, sorbet and granita are exactly the same. [...]

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Ginger-Limeade

June 23, 2010

  You can buy this drink in a bottle in many of our stores. It is made locally, and it tastes very good, but it will never surpass the taste of freshly made in your own kitchen. I can only give you the approximate proportions I use, and you may need to experiment for your [...]

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Bite Me! Fish Market Bar & Grill

June 19, 2010

  The first time I visited Bite Me! was within the first week it was open, and I was … uh … hooked! I love fresh fish, and if there is anything I love more, it’s fresh fish tacos. I’ve eaten them in many places, and made my own on the beaches of Puerto Peñasco [...]

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Spicy Apricot-Orange Marmalade

June 16, 2010

  Have you ever wondered about the precise difference between jelly, jam, preserves and marmalade? I checked with Google. An answer came up with the following: • Jelly is made from fruit juice • Jam is made from pureed fruit • Preserves are made from whole fruit • Spreads are made from whole fruit and/or [...]

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Old Recipes

May 27, 2010

  From time to time, for as long as my emotional stamina can handle it, I go through boxes of stuff left over from my parents, primarily my mother. Such was the case this morning. I found an old Sunset cookbook I’d given her years ago when I first moved to California. She had transformed [...]

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