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Christmas Cookies, Waimanalo

These are a few sugar cookies my friend and I made two years ago at his house in Hawaii. I haven’t made many since, I’ll need to make some again this year! Tagged: baking, Christmas, cookies, cooking,...

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Christmas Day Brunch, Honolulu

Merry Christmas! In lieu of the usual Sunday Dinner post, today we’re talking about the holiday. This morning after church my mom, dad, uncle, and my friend Kyley (who is visiting from Vegas) ate a...

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Christmas Day Dinner, Kailua

Kyley and I went to Chelsea’s house for Christmas dinner this year. Her parents made the most delicious, peppery pot roast with lots of garlic. Chelsea made her signature asparagus, which I’ve had...

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Sunday Dinner, Saratoga Springs

After last week’s Sunday post, I looked through my photo library and realized that I do have one more Sunday Dinner to write about! It was Chelsea’s turn to cook, and she picked up a bunch of seasoned...

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Strange Food Saturdays: Saratoga Springs

When we were back visiting Saratoga a few weekends ago, I found these appalling holiday seltzer flavors at my favorite grocery store, Price Chopper. What could be more odd than calorie-free,...

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Colorful Christmas Cookies, Honolulu

The countdown to Christmas is here, and I present as the first Christmas-themed post of the year, a Christmas-cookie making session that turned out to not quite embrace the aesthetic of Christmas...

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Strange Food Saturdays: Astoria

This is a strange holiday food item I found at the grocery store right next to my subway stop in Astoria: non-alcoholic eggnog made by Southern Comfort. In a way, this is a good idea for them since I...

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Mint Chocolate-Chip Christmas-Cookies, Honolulu

On the 23rd Lana and I made chocolate chip cookies and yesterday I stacked a few cookies in a few jars, wrapped them in red ribbon and gave them as little Christmas gifts. Since we used the...

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Conscious Box, New York

For Christmas my Secret Santa got me a one-month subscription of Conscious Box, a delivery of pure and sustainable products that are handpicked from businesses that care for the planet. It’s a great...

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eyechow’s 2013 Holiday Gift Guide

Click image to enlarge This is the first year I have done a gift guide, and let me tell you, it was really fun to put together! Only afterwards did I realize that I chose almost exclusively...

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Wine & Presents, Astoria

There are too many Christmas posts to go up before Christmas, so Strange Food Saturday is interrupted today to bring you: wine and presents. Last year Kiyo and I drank a delicious bottle of Jelu...

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Makers Mark Christmas Cookies, Astoria

Last Christmas, we got free cookie cutters in the shape of Maker’s Mark bottles, and Kiyo made an amazing, adorable batch of Maker’s Mark gingerbread cookies. We even had a little Christmas sweater...

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Christmas Eve Dinner, Honolulu

Usually on Christmas Eve, our family has another family’s party to go to, or some event for my dad’s job, or we’re allowed free rein to hang out with our friends and come and go as we please. Last...

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Grandpa Jack’s Eggs, Astoria

For Christmas, one of the things my mom asked for was a post on “Grandpa Jack‘s Eggs.” When I read her request, I was immediately reminded of mornings when my mom would ask, “What do you want for...

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Lunch at The Hardware Store, Vashon

This year I spent Christmas in Seattle, Washington, with Kiyo and his family. If you can believe it, we’ve been dating for four years now and I’d never been to his hometown, a small island called...

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eyechow’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide

After having so much fun creating last year’s gift guide, I figured I’d make one again this year. The theme is, obviously, eyechow. So, food, travel, and fitness; in order of least to most expensive:...

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Baby Fennel Dip, Honolulu

A few weeks ago, using an ingredient from our CSA box from Ma’o Organic Farms (full post on that is in the making, promise!) I spontaneously came up with a healthy alternative chip dip. As a bonus,...

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What I Ate Wednesday: Honolulu

Finally, a real, full day for WIAW! Here’s what I ate last Wednesday, a day off from work (finally!) and teaching. Breakfast: smoothie, per usual. This was tart cherry juice, coconut water, frozen...

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Christmas Tree Park, Honolulu

Near my house in Hawaii, there’s a park at the top of a small hill that we all call “Christmas Tree Park,” but officially it’s “Puu O Kaimuki Mini Park.” Every year, the metal tree at the top of the...

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“Now Christmas comes, ’tis fit that we should feast and sing, and merry be: Keep open house, let fiddlers play. A fig for cold, sing care away; And may they who thereat repine, On brown bread and on...

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