The Wong way is the right way
What doesn’t chef Alan Wong win these days? His restaurants — Alan Wong’s and The Pineapple Room — win every award you can think of, including “Restaurant of the Year” and “Best Restaurant”… Read More
Hawaii diners eat less but pay more
You don’t have to tell me how expensive it is to eat out. I eat out at least four times a week — thought it was more, didn’t you? — and the cost adds… Read More
Weekend Dish: Lemon cheesecake with gingersnap crust
Before I moved into a rental that didn’t have a real kitchen, I liked to bake cheesecake for my mom. We bonded over the decadent dessert on a trip to Chicago nearly… Read More
Don’t touch those tomatoes
Every day we walk our dogs past our neighbor’s property and admire her flourishing tomato plants, which are jutting through the concrete wall and onto the sidewalk. Since we haven’t had much… Read More
Truck nuts are just that — nuts
You’ve seen ’em, danging from the back bumpers of trucks, an obnoxious oversized pair of plastic testicles. Testicles. On the back bumper of a Toyota Tacoma next to a sticker that reads,… Read More
