June 6, 2009
My mama brought home a bag of biwa the other day, the Japanese word for the fruit loquat. I guess her friend has a biwa tree in her yard- have you ever heard of them? They are these darling little apricot-like things that grow in clusters. Look at this one small branch! A bit of […]
September 10, 2008
Part II in a series of food reviews from my trip to Ishigaki Island, Okinawa. The tropical climate of the Okinawa Islands yields wonderful fruits. Our visit, in the beginning of September, coincided with the best of pineapple season. I was eager to try as much fruit as possible. My first chance was the hotel […]
September 5, 2008
When we were near the Great Barrier Reef a few weeks ago, Jack and I rented a car for the day and drove from Port Douglas to Cape Tribulation- a beautiful daytrip through the Daintree Rainforest that reminds me of the Road to Hana in Maui. Before arriving, a man on the plane had told […]
July 16, 2008
My good friend Maria and I were talking about rituals the other night, which got me to thinking about eating rituals. Whether it’s picking up a cup of coffee every morning from your corner street cart, or going to your favorite restaurant on paydays, it’s these rituals in our daily lives that give us something […]
July 10, 2008
Remember the queen of fruit and its cute asshole? Yamahomo gave me one and by the time I got around to cutting it open, it had rotted. What I found was pretty facsinating. Although I was sad that it was no longer edible, it still had a subtle scent of sweetness. The queen of fruit […]
July 2, 2008
Why do we call Durian the king of fruit? Possible answers may be: 1. It stinks like a lazy king who doesn’t bathe.2. It’s prickly surface reminds people of an asshole scar faced king.3. Outer shell is so large, but inside is very small, which might represent a kings mental stability (you know, barking dogs).Whatever […]
June 25, 2008
I’m not sure where exactly I picked up my love for the papaya, but I do love it. It’s a magical fruit, super tropical. It has the power to make you feel as though you are on a white sand beach somewhere farfarfaraway, crystal blue waters, the rustling of the palm trees, soft waves crashing… […]
April 16, 2008
Strolling through Dean & Deluca last week, I stumbled across this in the fruit section:No joke, possibly the ugliest fruit I’d ever seen, which piqued my interest- I picked it up. First of all, it’s HUGE. It’s surface is scaly and rough, bruised all over, with different shades of yellow, green and orange, all mixed […]
April 7, 2008
There was a point last week when I realized that I had been out EVERY SINGLE NIGHT for 10 days straight- mostly past midnight. This means I ate out, didn’t get enough sleep, was hungover or overdosed on coffee, which resulted in bitchy, near-nervous-breakdown behavior everyday. This sort of crazed single lifestyle (never quite “swinging” […]
August 30, 2007
In the summer, when figs are in season, I just can’t get enough of them. I have them a few times a week, with cheese and wine before dinner or as an afternoon snack. Here’s one of my favorite ways to prepare them: Snip the stems off the figs and cut them length-wise in quarters, […]