Author: Angie

The Guacamole Recipe You Don’t Need – But you should try anyway.

The Guacamole Recipe You Don’t Need – But you should try anyway.

I probably should not have the audacity to provide anyone who does not live in a nuclear fallout shelter a recipe for guacamole. I get that. So, please feel free to redirect yourself to another entry on this website and try to forget my terrible trespass.

Backyard-Broiler Kalbi Ribs

Backyard-Broiler Kalbi Ribs

Unfortunately, there seems to be a paucity of legitimate local barbeque joints outside of the 808-area code which has led to my reimagining of classics. Making use of your broiler seems to consistently provide the same kind of satisfying results as a backyard hibachi or restaurant equivalent.

Call Me by Your Galette

Call Me by Your Galette

Ah, young and complicated love. There’s nothing quite like it, right? That sort of sweet, bitter heartache that feels insurmountable the first time it happens but years later brings wistful memories and maybe even a wry smile at the indulgency of youth?

Pasta Project: Another Case for the Small and Mighty Anchovy

Pasta Project: Another Case for the Small and Mighty Anchovy

This is not a throw together weeknight pasta. This is an audacious, lascivious, I-Can’t-Stop-Eating-This kind of pasta for nights that aren’t too warm to have the stove on for a while and lends itself well to helping hands in the kitchen over an interesting bitter aperitif.

Browned Butter Miso Butter Mochi

Browned Butter Miso Butter Mochi

I feel positively about anything including Mochiko flour, but Butter Mochi is usually the dessert I can introduce to people who haven’t eaten a lot of confections made from it to indoctrinate them into the world of sticky, glutinous, and gently sweet treats. If you haven’t had Butter Mochi, think about the best blondie you’ve ever had and then insert part of what makes mango-sticky rice really, really good.

Green Onion Side Dish

Green Onion Side Dish

I have a favorite Korean restaurant at home in Honolulu. I haven’t been back in way too long, but I have to believe they’re still slinging the very best kimchee pancakes and this mandatory side salad? Vegetable?

Easy Fruit Puree

Easy Fruit Puree

This quick stovetop version is infinitely convertible for whatever dish, drink, or baked good you’re looking to jazz up with something that is not quite jam, but satisfying enough to stay on a spoon.

Harvest Pumpkin Pancakes

Harvest Pumpkin Pancakes

People really love fall. I’m unsure if this is a recent phenomenon, or if the season has always brought people to their knees to admire fallen orange leaves and inspire endless social media posts about sweaters, and apples, and inevitably, pumpkins. All pumpkin, all the time.