A Hawaii Story for the Inauguration. Part III of IV

On the noticeboard to the right of my computer I’ve pinned up a restaurant menu. “Welcome Rachel Laudan,” it says across the top, “October 29th 2008.”  And the restaurant staff…

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A Hawaii Story (for the Inauguration) Part I

In November, thanks to Les Dames d’Escoffier, I had the chance to fulfill a dream and go back to Hawaii. We lived lived there from 1987 to 1997.  I went…

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Agua Fresca 20: From Apricot Leather (Amardine)

Here’s an agua that I have never encountered in Mexico which is why there’s no name for it in Mexico.  And why there’s no drink of this kind, as we’ll…

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