Tag: tropical taste
member name: Sonia M.
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January 30, 2007 08:39 PM EST --
Papaya, (Carica papaya L) the "good for you fruit", is called he'i in Hawaii, fruta bomba or lechosa in some Spanish speaking . . .
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March 01, 2007 12:00 AM EST --
When most people think of pineapples, they immediately picture Hawai'i, even though pineapples actually were not brought to Hawaii . . .
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March 23, 2007 10:12 PM EDT --
Also called "gumbo" in some regions of the country, the okra (Hibiscus esculentus) is thought to be originally from the Angola and Congo areas of Africa.
The . . .
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April 30, 2007 08:22 PM EDT --
Raul Musibay, of the 3 Guys in Miami fame and I have been corresponding for several years. It all started when I e-mailed them asking if they had any idea of how to make ‘raspadura', . . .
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May 30, 2007 12:56 AM EDT --
Surinam cherries (Eugenia uniflora) commonly grow almost everywhere I've ever lived and you see them mostly planted in rows along a fence line and trimmed to be used . . .
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June 30, 2007 03:50 PM EDT --
As you drive around our neck of the woods, you can't help but notice that lychee trees in neighborhood yards are loaded with fruit this year. A very popular fruit . . .
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July 31, 2007 02:17 AM EDT --
The coconut (cocos nucifera) is not really a nut, but a seed. Belonging to the family of fruits called drupes, it is related to dates, apricots, . . .
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August 15, 2007 09:58 PM EDT --
The word poke (poh-keh) in the Hawaiian language means to cut up food in tiny bite size pieces.
Poke was traditionally made with . . .
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November 01, 2008 07:04 PM EDT --
Hawaii is a true melting pot. We have a melding of as many foods, traditions and observances as there are ethnic groups who call these islands home.
I recently attended an all day . . .
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March 03, 2009 07:48 PM EST --
From January 30th, 2007 until February 5th, 2009, I was one of the Gather Essentials Food Correspondents. My articles were published under the 'TROPICAL TASTE' . . .
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January 17, 2008 05:09 PM EST --
Besides cooking and eating, another of my interests is reading. I am a very eclectic and voracious reader. From mysteries, spies, murder and mayhem to treatises or memoirs by foodies, . . .
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March 09, 2007 02:29 PM EST --
It boggles my mind to see the varieties of fruit growing year round on our islands, but to me summer fruit seem to be just a bit more special! We have become so accustomed to . . .
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April 16, 2007 09:58 AM EDT --
Tired of the long days of winter and dreaming of beaches kissed by the tropical sun, where palm and coconut fronds dance, swaying in the gentle breezes while the foamy waves caress the beach….? . . .
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May 14, 2007 02:53 PM EDT --
My new Food Correspondent Icon courtesy of Kevin V. Mahalo, Kevin!
My Mother's Day Dinner
My son Anthony is a very good cook...through the years . . .
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June 15, 2007 12:32 AM EDT --
One of the perks of living in a tropical climate is the availability of fresh fruit. Some are available year around, like coconuts, papayas and bananas and then others . . .
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July 13, 2007 07:15 PM EDT --
In my native Cuba, a very simple dessert or snack is guava paste and cream cheese spread on crispy crackers, or a dish of guava shells in syrup and also served with cream cheese. . . .
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August 31, 2007 06:06 PM EDT --
In my recent article An Afternoon with Good Food in the Park I mentioned that our friend Becky, my son Anthony and I had Dragon Fruit for . . .
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September 15, 2007 09:45 PM EDT --
At this time of the year as you drive up and down our roads the pungent smell of ripe guavas follow you almost everywhere you go. So many guava trees grow wild all over the . . .
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October 14, 2007 08:38 PM EDT --
As any of you who have looked at a map of the Pacific Ocean and have spotted the tiny little specks that represent the chain of Hawaiian Islands can see, we are separated by a . . .
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November 18, 2007 03:56 PM EST --
Photo: Green and ripe coffee cherries
For Tonia who wondered how coffee was discovered!
Have you ever wondered how coffee was discovered?
According to records, . . .
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