Nasi Lemak and Strong Toast

Nasi is rice in Malaysian. I loved this dish when I was there many moons ago (at Cameron Heights), and I'm reminiscing now. The summer before I moved from NYC to Maui, at the Grand Central Terminal's Vanderbilt Hall, is a Scandinavian cafe specializing in open-face sandwiches. I cooked these two...

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Maui Recipes 2020

Roasted trumpet mushrooms and walnuts herbed pasta— creamed with boiled potatoes and kumquats. Kula Farmers Market in upcountry had me at arrival. The ingredients were there like "plants." I'm a garden lover. I surveyed the flowers and the soil, and health in their scent I handpicked. The oregano...

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