I chose Madre Chocolate to include in my Vegan Mexican Pop-up Dinner after learning all about how they make the chocolate bean to bar. They are very supportive of fair and clean food from the farmers to their own production. I’m so excited to use their Xoconusco chocolate in my mole sauce! Vanilla beans A [...]
Chocolate is like sex or pizza: Even when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good. There are those who prefer light, refreshing desserts after a big meal, but I think those people are crazy. I always gravitate to the most decadent dessert on the menu, which is usually laden with chocolate. And while I love the [...]
When my friend Ashley sold her share of Baby aWEARness, my space for cooking demos went “aloha”! I was trying not to worry about this (even with all the people asking, “Why isn’t anything on your calendar?” when one day, Melanie Kosaka called me and let me know about her new business Cookspace Hawaii that [...]
I’m really excited to include Madre Chocolate‘s Xoconusco chocolate in my next pop-up dinner (Vegan Mexican) featuring their chocolate in a mole sauce. In case you haven’t heard about them yet, their chocolate is made “from bean to bar” in Kailua. I’ve taken a farm tour with them to learn how they grow the cacao [...]
Please check out my event calendar for the next pop-up dinner – vegan ramen! http://www.macrobiotichawaii.com/event/vegan_ramen/
Here are some photos taken by various people from the pop-up dinner on 1/24 at Taste. Thanks to everyone who attended. It was so much fun. (Various photos by Amanda Corby, Kaimana Pine, Melissa Chang, Megumi Kurachi)
Vandana Shiva arrived here on Oahu 1/15/2013 hosted by Hawaii SEED to share her wisdom with us about issues central to food sovereignty. She inspired those of us in the room with so much information I could hardly keep up with my note taking! Some of the main points that I gleaned I’ll share here [...]
I’ve put together a set of recipes that I’ve never shared before, until now, that highlight some of the deliciousness I learned during my macrobiotic studies in Japan. Some of the dishes are pictured here. I explain what the symbolism is for certain ingredients as well as recipes. The dishes eaten during the first few days [...]
Health Scientific studies are now starting to implicate genetically modified foods to infertility Studies show conventionally grown food has lower nutrient value High fat and sugar diets lead to obesity, hypoglycemia and diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, digestive distress, among many other common lifestyle related illnesses (Plant-based diets prevent and reverse the same ailments.) There are [...]
COMMON OBJECTIONS The top objections that I frequently hear to cooking and living healthier are: “It’s too expensive.” “It’s too difficult.” “It takes a long time and I’m too busy.” (photos made by Alice Inoue from our Food & Feng Shui event) THE ‘WHY’? While these are all important realities for us in a variety [...]
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