Every family has their special recipes passed down generation to generation to generation. We certainly have a few dishes passed on from the two or three past generations, but none have lasted as long, or continue to endure as strongly, as the Holzheimer Chocolate Cake. It’s my great-great grandmother’s chocolate recipe that now is theContinue reading “Tuesday Project: Holzheimer Chocolate Cake”
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Plat du Jour: Tuesday April 17, 2012: Third Wave Coffee
On The Subject of Third Wave Coffee Roasters and Cafes It’s always fascinating to see the various waves of dining and drinking trends coming and going in America’s metropolitan centers. Some chef in New York starts making pork belly a hit and then every neighborhood bistro from La Jolla to Pittsburgh has a riff onContinue reading “Plat du Jour: Tuesday April 17, 2012: Third Wave Coffee”
Monday Neighborhoods: East 4th St./ Ballpark District, Cleveland, Ohio
Welcome to Cleveland, the city America loves to poke fun at. Perhaps it’s because Drew Carey is the most famous advocate for Cleveland or because LeBron took his talents to South Beach, or because the Cuyahoga River literally once lit on fire, Cleveland certainly has a reputation for being bullied by its fellow larger, moreContinue reading “Monday Neighborhoods: East 4th St./ Ballpark District, Cleveland, Ohio”
Plat du Jour: Monday April 16, 2011
Happy Middle of April Monday everybody! With summer temperatures in New England for the Boston Marathon and beautiful springtime sunshine here in the west, it seems like the perfect day to start cleaning off the patio furniture to eat al fresco once again! The big stories of the day revolve around restaurant critics coming andContinue reading “Plat du Jour: Monday April 16, 2011”
Bites of the Week
O.k., so this really is the bites of last week, but since there were so many last week in Kauai and not too many this week, we’ll make this a Kauai only edition. If only I could go back for more of these… Banana Joe’s: Banana- Pineapple Frosty A fascinating, completely healthy icy treat whereContinue reading “Bites of the Week”
End of the Week Round-Up: The Other Kauai Experiences
We’ve covered what I consider the Big 4 of Kauai restaurants: Roy’s, The Beach House, Josselin’s, and Merriman’s. Plantation Gardens is also a reliable choice in Poipu that I usually visit, but didn’t this time, nor did I get to try the new Kauai Grill at the St. Regis in Princeville, with a menu partlyContinue reading “End of the Week Round-Up: The Other Kauai Experiences”
Plat du Jour: Friday April 13, 2012
Friday the 13th! Oh no! Let’s think of some non-spooky items for the end of the week. How about wine and wine bars? Eater National has a very useful guide to the best wine bars across the country. Wine bars are an all too often neglected subject in the restaurant-bar world, probably because what reallyContinue reading “Plat du Jour: Friday April 13, 2012”
Roy’s Poipu Bar and Grill, Kauai
It’s rare to find a restaurant chain with 29 locations across the country worthy of significant praise, but Roy’s is that rare empire to deserve a round of applause for its continued high caliber consistency and creativity. Long after the fusion wave of the 90’s dot com boom era that chef Roy Yamaguchi rode toContinue reading “Roy’s Poipu Bar and Grill, Kauai”
Cocktails of the Week: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Mai Tais in Kauai
The mai tai is a fascinating cocktail, created back in 1940 by Victor Bergeron, the “Vic” of Trader Vic’s, at the Trader Vic’s in Emeryville, CA, near Oakland, not exactly a real bastion of tropical tiki culture one might say. His original recipe called for dark Jamaican rum, orgeat (an almond syrup), curaçao (an orangeContinue reading “Cocktails of the Week: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Mai Tais in Kauai”
Beach House Restaurant, Poipu, Kauai
The Beach House is the most controversial restaurant on the island of Kauai amongst the passionate food community of locals and frequent visitors. Its location a mere ten yards removed from Lawaii Beach with a striking view west toward the sunset each night is truly spectacular, paradise found. It is the quintessential Kauai restaurant forContinue reading “Beach House Restaurant, Poipu, Kauai”
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