Been absent from blogging for a while, but I’m back with a toast to Fall. Honestly, here, the fall season isn’t much different from the rest of the year. The surf’s a little bigger, and in our apartment, it actually gets HOTTER, not cooler. That’s about it. But I like... Read More

If you’ve been reading this blog over the past month or two, I’d have to forgive you for thinking that all we do is eat out, go to events and drink. But, I swear, we do eat at home a lot, and I do cook things other than dessert! For... Read More

Every local family in Hawai‘i has their own version of fried rice. The Sugar + Shake household is no exception. The one I make is my mother’s recipe and includes carrots, celery, round and green onions, SPAM and bacon; a moderate amount of shoyu (soy sauce) and old rice. (Old,... Read More

I am determined, at some point in my life, to enter a cocktail contest and win, dammit. But at this point, after a previous concoction that went un-entered because of lame-o rules, and another never made it off the starting block because of the same lame rules, and this new... Read More

I adore our friend @Chef_Jay for a number of reasons, one of them being that without him, I would never know what food day it is. By following Jay’s tweets, I always know that National Grilled Cheese Day, National Candy Month or, in the case of today, National Iced Tea Day... Read More

I’ve mentioned before that Sugar + Shake are big breakfast (but not getting up early) fans. Of course, this means that we are really big on Breakfast for Dinner. I especially like it because I’m far too impatient (like you’re shocked about that) to make certain things first thing in... Read More

When I took one of these mini cakes in to Shake’s office to share with his co-workers, one of them asked me, “What inspired you to make these?” I was sort of stumped. I’d come across a stunningly beautiful photo on Pinterest that led me to the base recipe, but... Read More

I’ve been sadly neglecting the “Sips” part of the Sugar + Shake “mission statement.” Sorry ‘bout that. We (shockingly) haven’t been trying out anything new lately, and since it’s like pulling teeth to get Shake to write up something about his favorite sips, I’m going to take this opportunity to... Read More