I found this stunning Peruvian causa recipe on veggiebellie.com and thought this would be a perfect salad, with a couple tweaks, for Memorial Day. The colors are so vibrant and the taste is sensational with lots of lime and garlic in the potatoes, and a red pepper and celery salad with green olives. A causa is anything layered ...
When you live on an island in the middle of the Pacific fish is paramount to your diet. There are relatively few cases of grouchy teenage syndrome, behavioral and learning problems among youngsters and life expectancy is above average for the adult population. The indigenous diet is full of veggies, fruit, fish and coconut in ...
The original recipe for chocolate globs appeared in Maida Heatter’s book of Great Chocolate Desserts, published in 1980. Maida Heatter is a three time winner of the James Beard Award and was inducted into the Chocolateria Magazine’s Hall of Fame. She is known as “The Queen of Desserts” and her specialty is chocolate. Maida’s cream ...
Pressure cookers for homemakers have been around since 1917 when the USDA announced that the only safe way to can low-acid foods was with a pressure cooker. From then on the National Pressure Cooker company, now called Presto, has engineered and redesigned pressure cookers with reliable safety features for home use. So long as the rubber ...
A good friend of mine in Tonga, Kimiko Vale Vale Nuku, was married to one of the Royal Family of Tonga. Kimiko lived in Hawaii for 20 years before coming to Tonga where she lived for 30 or more years. Many of the dishes she cooked for the Royal family are now part of the Tongan ...