For the last three years, my mother has been living in a little cottage in Kula, Maui on a beautiful property planted with mango, loquat, natal plum, macadamia nut, avocado, kukui nut and guava trees. While visiting my mother recently, my husband became excited about cracking open the macadamia nuts from the yard and…
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Maui Forager’s Salad- Pohole Fern, Watercress and Poha Berry Salad
It is easy to forage for food in Hawaii. There are wild mountain apples that grow on the side of the road on the way to Hana and guava trees dotting the ranch land that many of the hiking trails cut through. There used to be wild tomatoes growing at Makena beach. In Hawaii, food…
Carrot Cardamom Muffins with Coconut Rosewater Icing (Gluten-Free)
I wanted to make a carrot cake inspired by Indian carrot halva for Easter this year. I wanted it to have coconut instead of walnuts and feature cardamom and rosewater. We are spending Easter with my mum on Maui, where I grew up and she still lives. I knew that my mother likes cardamom and…
Creamy Jicama, Kohlrabi and Carrot Slaw with Garlic and Lemon/ Maui Farm Vegetables
I spent the second half of my childhood on the island of Maui. First in the old whaling town and tourist Mecca of Lahaina and later in the scorching hot seaside sprawl of Kihei. When my parents bought their house in Kihei, my mother was eager to start a garden. She had grown up on…
Lemon Mochiko Cake
Mochi flour, also known as mochiko flour, sweet white rice flour or glutinous rice flour is used to make delicious sweet treats in Japan. In Hawaii, where spent the second half of my childhood, American style cakes made with mochiko flour are a very popular treat. It has a springy texture that I love. When…
Hawaii Style Sushi in New York
I lived in Hawaii between the ages of 9 and 18. Whenever this comes up in conversation here in New York City, people look at me with a pained expression and ask me how I ended up moving here. It’s a long complicated story involving the realities of earning a living in paradise, my inability…
My Mother’s Amazing Crab Dip
When I was nine, my mother and I moved to from Canada to a small historic town in Hawaii called Lahaina. Lahaina had been a pleasure port for visitors since it’s days as a whaling ship port. We lived at the hotel where my new step dad was the on call handyman, so we…
Big Sis Little Dish 