It’s summer (although Shake says it’s not really, yet, and therefore it is unreasonable that it is so hot already), and so it’s icky hot in our apartment. That means it’s time to eat gazpacho. (Plus, tomatoes are in season, hooray!) We’ve already had it twice this week. It’s not... Read More

It is so hot, hot, unbearably hot. Some of it is just summer, some of it is just our apartment and some of it is because of all these hurricanes and tropical storms floating around the area. Ugh. So we’ve been eating a lot of salads and gazpacho. I never... Read More

During our recent “cold snap” (I got to wear the lovely, heavy coat Shake got me for Christmas several years ago for a full week!) I made a lot of soups and stews for dinner. I find there’s nothing so satisfying as a hot bowl of flavorful soup when it’s... Read More

So, I totally skipped over November and December’s round-ups…but you’ll forgive me, I hope. Of course, the first thing (literally) consumed this year was a bowl of ozoni at my parents’ house. Ozoni is the traditional Japanese New Year’s mochi soup. Every family has their own recipe. Our family recipe... Read More

Portuguese Bean Soup, like Fried Rice, is a dish that every Hawai‘i family has their own variation on. My personal version, based on my mother’s recipe, is actually more like Portuguese Bean-less Soup. However, I recently made a batch for Shake’s family, and since they lack my aversion to beans,... Read More

Apparently, today was National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day. So in honor of the great Grilled Cheesus, I will finish up this post that I’ve left sitting in limbo for nearly a month. Hey, sometimes procrastination pays off! I grew up in a cheese-less home. Oh, come on, it’s not that... Read More