Archive for January 2007
Kiwi for Lunch
Here’s a simple salad from the menu of Eggecentric Cafe, my short-term home in Flaxmill Bay, New Zealand. Kiwis, also known as Chinese Gooseberries, had a name-change in ...
Down Under the Downunder: Safe in New Zealand!
My first stop in New Zealand is the farm of the Biggs of Kaukapakapa. (Cow Kappa Kappa, “white bird ...
Fast Food Fiji
McDonalds: “Bula” is the all-purpose Fijian word for ...
Kava, Fiji’s Favorite Swill
The root of the kava plant, dried and then milled to powder, is Fiji’s most popular traditional drink. The powder is pressed through a silk ...
Food! Fiji!
Suva, Fiji is home to the largest market in the South Pacific. It smells like a delicious blend of banana and spices, and the cool of the nearby ocean harbor. All sorts of people were selling ...
Update from Suva
Fiji’s coup has emptied much of the country of tourists, the capitol in particular. I stopped by the presidential palace during the changing of the guard. Each soldier has to stand a 2 hour shift–I witnessed ...
Fiji
My first stop in Fiji was the tiny island of Mana, off the Western Coast. Circumnavigable in 2 hours, I ...
New Vegetable in LA, CA
A crunchy, watery tuber from a mint-family plant, my pal Kathleen and I tried some pricey CROSNES at the Hollywood Farmers’ Market my first morning in LA. A recipe of French culinary origin suggests sauteing them in ...
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