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,...
View ArticleChristmas 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...
View ArticleChristmas 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...
View ArticleSunday 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...
View ArticleStrange 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,...
View ArticleColorful 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...
View ArticleStrange 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...
View ArticleMint 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...
View ArticleConscious 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...
View Articleeyechow’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...
View ArticleWine & 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...
View ArticleMakers 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...
View ArticleChristmas 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...
View ArticleGrandpa 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...
View ArticleLunch 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...
View Articleeyechow’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:...
View ArticleBaby 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,...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleChristmas 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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