In case you were wondering.

I’m the new food editor at HONOLULU Magazine.

That means most of my food writing — and blogging, too — can be found there.

And not here so much.

It’s not that I won’t be blogging about food anymore. I just can’t compete with myself, if that makes sense. And by blogging on the HONOLULU’s dining platform — called Biting Commentary, a name that my mentor John Heckathorn came up with — I’ll actually grow and expand my audience. That’s always a good thing.

One of my most recent blog posts, a story about a new bar opening in Downtown Honolulu.

I’m still figuring out how to differentiate this blog from the posts I write for HONOLULU. Some — especially reviews of restaurants — would be too similar to post in both places. But maybe there are other things — essays, Top 5 lists — that I could do here.

I’m still brainstorming that part.

But my lack of food blogging here doesn’t mean I’m not food blogging anywhere. That’s why I’m posting this.

In fact, just today, I ate at Artizen by MW, a new eatery by the husband-and-wife team of Wade Ueoka and Michelle Karr-Ueoka, who run the award-winnning MW Restaurant. It opened today — and I’m blogging about it tomorrow.

The beef tacos at Artizen by MW, a new eatery in Downtown Honolulu that opened Dec. 1.

The best thing I ate at Artizen: the “mixed plate” sandwich.

I thought about my blog today at lunch, how I would normally rush to post something without having to get my copy edited and reviewed by anyone. (It’s really nice to be edited, to be honest.) I would have written about the surprising lack of a crowd today at Artizen — it was opening day and I, for whatever reason, thought there would be a mad rush to the Hawai‘i State Art Museum — or how Brett Martin, food editor at GQ, was eating with chef Chris Kajioka there or how one entire table was taken over by food bloggers and social media influencers, armed with digital cameras and iPhones.

I would have written about my overexcitement in ordering — I spent $40 on a beef taco, an ‘ahi and basil pesto sandwich, the “mixed plate” sandwich and a fried rice bento — and how relieved I was that my brother showed up with a friend to help us eat. (Of course, he didn’t help by ordering a burger, the mochi-crusted opah and a cup of lobster bisque.)

I would have gushed about the “mixed plate” sandwich, stuffed with everything I love about Korean barbecue takeout in a housemade potato roll.

Instead, I blogged about it like a food blogger should: an objective review — complete with quotes — about a new restaurant opening. And it was reviewed by two vetted, veteran editors. Spelling corrected. Photos edited. Everything in order.

So read my stuff there.

But stay here for everything else. The un-edited stuff.

Check out my latest food-related blog posts on Biting Commentary — and follow me on Instagram (@catherinetoth), Twitter (@thedailydish) and Facebook (/thecatdish). I’m always posting about food!