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Sugar Rush: Oro Bakery & Bar

hawaiians on the mainland...aren't we lucky? you get to eat hawaii food AND tasty sugary things

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Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine

italian sausage spaghetti with anything she could find. canned tomatoes, fresh tomatoes, no tomatoes. always with plenty of olives and onions. the ultimate comfort food! (and this comes from a girl who can eat plain rice for breakfast)

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Fast food regional items - do you try?

yeah, hawaii also had taro pies (in addition to apple pies) and i think maybe haupia (coconut) pies too. was the teriyaki burger sold all over? teriyaki is a big deal in hawaii! i think china also had taro items on their menu, as well as teriyaki burgers.

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From Serious Eats: New York

Sugar Rush: Oro Bakery & Bar

hawaiians on the mainland...aren't we lucky? you get to eat hawaii food AND tasty sugary things

From Serious Eats

Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine

italian sausage spaghetti with anything she could find. canned tomatoes, fresh tomatoes, no tomatoes. always with plenty of olives and onions. the ultimate comfort food! (and this comes from a girl who can eat plain rice for breakfast)

From Talk

Fast food regional items - do you try?

yeah, hawaii also had taro pies (in addition to apple pies) and i think maybe haupia (coconut) pies too. was the teriyaki burger sold all over? teriyaki is a big deal in hawaii! i think china also had taro items on their menu, as well as teriyaki burgers.

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How to Make Spam Musubi

dear kathy (and robyn and serious eats for that matter),

you've made me homesick for hawaii twice this week. i can't decide whether to be mad/sad, or to thank you for spreading the aloha :)

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Snapshots From Hawaii: Spam Musubi

wahh you're making me so homesick! glad you liked the spam musubi. people just don't get it until they eat it, and then, well, you just can't stop! ah, i wish i had one now...

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Cook the Book: The Sweet Melissa Baking Book

chantilly cake from liliha bakery! apparently chantilly in hawaii is different from chantilly anywhere else?

From Talk

Anyone know how to make a decent teriyaki burger?

Oh man, I wish I could help! I LOVE teri burgers, and there are so many teriyaki things in Hawaii! Too bad I'm not there now. We usually eat May's brand teri burgers, but I don't know if you can buy them outside of Hawaii. It seems like a lot of teriyaki sauce involves shoyu (soy sauce) and sugar though.

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Cook the Book: 'Panini Express'

Gotta be turkey with some fresh pesto and provolone. Scratch that...any cheese is good!

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Stately Scoops: What Ice Cream Flavor Represents Your State?

Hawaii could definitely have any number of flavors...taro (because of poi), haupia (a coconut dessert), mango, pineapple, Kona coffee, macadamia nut, li hing mui (a sweet-sour Chinese spice that goes on everything!)...I don't know how we'd choose! Hm, we could even have Spam flavor...

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How to Make Spam Musubi

This is not the first time i've made this recipe.
Just made some tonite for my lunch tomorrow and for 5 other people at work who wants it as well. With Kathy's musubi recipe, i added kimchee to mines...MMmmmMMMmMmm Ono-licious!

Here's something i like to add: sometimes when i'm just to lazy to make a meal, i like to prepare my spam like this:
-Slice spam
-lightly coat each single spam with white sugar
-heat pan (medium high) with a tspn of olive oil
-while waiting for oil to heat, set a side a plate with rice (pat down the rice as to make it even on your plate)
-fry spam until sugar carmalize to a dark brown or until your kitchen is filled with smoke (j/k)
-place spam over your rice (while your spam cools, the edge will crisp.
-kimchee on the side and START GRINDING! Hope you like it!!

*Making me hungry now*

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How to Make Spam Musubi

OMG SOOO YUMMY! MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

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How to Make Spam Musubi

We made this recipe exactly like this and added thinly sliced avocado along with some egg omlet cut to size and added some crushed chile........they were a hit.

Had them in Maui along with Po'ke.........no recipe here for it though.. Can you post a Po'ke recipe along with pictures.........

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Snapshots From Hawaii: Spam Musubi

We went to Maui and my son had to stop and get his fix every single day that we were there along with Po'ke. We have made this musubi and we added thinly sliced avocado and egg omlet cut to size and ate it like that.......It was superlicious............

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How to Make Spam Musubi

Living in Hawai'i for eight years is imbedded in my DNA....Spam Musubi ....truly a Hawaiian favorite snack or meal if you have two! The method and recipe here is good - but I've only had spam musubi made with the spam fried in teriyaki sauce - then placed on top of the block of rice - and a strip of nori about 2-inches wide wrapped around the center of the spam.

Going back to Honolulu for my yearly infusion of Aloha....I may be a native-born New Yorker, but my heart and soul is Hawaiian!

In between visits each year, I make Malasadas at home and buy spam musubi at a small sushi place around the corner from where I live....when I saw "spam musubi" on their menu I nearly fainted! Visit my website at www.cookwithaloha.com

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How to Make Spam Musubi

Whaaaa? I've never had it with furikake added, seems unnecessary?Soy Sauce and Sugar.. is a kind of teriyaki sauce... hey have you tried making teriyaki with brown sugar instead of white?? I LOVE IT. But hey, Using a press is soooooo cheating. Come on kids, do it by hand like the pros. (could you imagine a sushi chef trying to show off using a press??)

Bigany... you're gonna die earlier than most just from stressing out about what you eat. You don't eat Spam Musubi everyday, you just eat it once in a while. Haven't you ever heard the 80/20 rule? eat healthy stuff 80% of the time, you can at 20% CRAP and still be as healthy. You'll be much happier too!!

Can you really re-crispify nori in a pan???

Funny... i totally made Spam Musubi Fried Rice by accident! I wanted to see if anyone else has done that

From Talk

Play with your food!

I use cookie cutters to cut food into animal shapes for my g'kids. I have as much fun as them!

PS: My meatloaf recipe is featured on Cooking Mama for Wii!

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Play with your food!

I always play Cooking Mama on my Nintendo DS. It's really fun! You actually cook things from scratch (cleaning shrimp, chopping things, sauteing, smoking, measuring....etc) and new recipes pop up all the time. There is also a part where you can test your skills and get medals for doing things well. The DS has a touch screen so everthing is "hands-on"... you don't just press a button.

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Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine

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From Serious Eats: New York

Sugar Rush: Oro Bakery & Bar

That peanut butter chocolate bar looks amazing. Very nice pictures.

From Serious Eats: New York

Sugar Rush: Oro Bakery & Bar

I would like to live in that bread pudding please.

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Sugar Rush: Oro Bakery & Bar

Great post! I'll have to head over and try the peanut butter chocolate bar now...

From Serious Eats: New York

Sugar Rush: Oro Bakery & Bar

This is not what I want to drool over at work first thing in the morning! ARGH the torture! The bread pudding and financiers look so inviting!

Yummy pictures and tasty article! Go go Kathy!

From Serious Eats: New York

Sugar Rush: Oro Bakery & Bar

Croissant bread pudding? Why has such a thing never entered my mouth!

From Serious Eats: New York

Sugar Rush: Oro Bakery & Bar

Good to have you aboard as a regular contributor, Kathy. I look forward to your Sugar Rush posts. I want one of those peanut butter fleur de sel cookies right now.

From Serious Eats: New York

Sugar Rush: Oro Bakery & Bar

Thanks for the comments guys! Hump or no hump - it makes me happy to read ^_^

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Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine

My Korean wedding banquet. OK, she had help, but I know her food and her organizational skills and so I can confidently say, she prepared this meal. And it was amazing and I will always remember it.

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Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine

Mom rarely puts her heart into cooking. About twenty years ago, though, she prepared meat fondue -- that was great fun! And most memorable. Loved cooking my beef and chicken in the hot oil at the table. She also allowed all of us to make our own assortment of dipping sauces. My brother mixed grape jelly with godknowswhat. We all laughed. It's a shame we never had it again.

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Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine

Her cooking and baking was so phenomenal, it's impossible to choose. She was always trying new recipes, especially from Julia and Jacques. I loved her pies and gratins.

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Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine

My mother makes homemade ravioli and Italian spaghetti suace and meatballs to die for. She's Sicilian

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Cook the Book: Cowgirl Cuisine

Stuffed artichokes smothered in tomato sauce.. YUM.

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