HOME PLATE

by Bonnie Friedman on June 1, 2010

Welcome to Tour da Food. If there’s delicious/interesting/amusing food to be tasted, we’re going. Restaurants, home kitchens, markets, farm stands, producers, manufacturers. And not just on Maui. All over the place. So buckle up. It’s going to be a thrilling filling ride!

Oh, the name – Home Plate. Yeah. The Yankees, too…occasionally.

Tour da Food plate lunch

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More about our tours and the Maui Food Bank

by Bonnie Friedman on August 1, 2011

We were very pleased to send a check to the Maui Food Bank based on a portion of the proceeds of each tour we conducted in February and March. It felt great to be able to do a little something for the community which is directly related to what we do professionally. So, we’re going to continue to make these donations for as long as we possibly can. About to write and send a second check based on our April, May, June and July tours.  

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Tour da Food Maui and the Maui Food Bank

February 2, 2011

Happy New Year, all – 2011 AND the Chinese Year of the Rabbit (that’s me!). I’m ashamed about how long it’s been since I’ve posted anything here but I am happy to post today. During the months of February and March, a portion of the proceeds of every single Tour da Food Maui will be [...]

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Like Poke?

October 12, 2010

I know, EVERYONE likes poke! But this is the name of one of Maui’s newer food trucks. Owner Danny Kalahiki is a whiz with fresh fish. And he uses ONLY the freshest fish. He told me he works with five local fishermen and chooses his fish right off their boats. And he only buys enough for two [...]

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Take THAT!

October 7, 2010

‘Texas Two-Step’ Helps Yankees’ Series Bid

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600th home run, blah, blah, blah

August 4, 2010

Even as a lifelong Yankees fan, I have to agree with… http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/08/alex-rodriguez-hit-his-600th-home-run-why-no-one-cares/60939/

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Zaletti

July 31, 2010

Ah, Venice. Ah, Zaletti. There are many variations of these golden, cornmeal cookies. Each bakery seems to have its own recipe. All delicious. My friend Wanda and I can attest to it. I make the recipe in one of my favorite cookbooks, The Italian Baker by Carol Field. Last week, David Lebovitz posted his adaptation [...]

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Wake up!

July 31, 2010

And the moral of the story is…perhaps I should have coffee before baking early in the morning. Fresh fig cake just out of the oven. Not pretty – those beautiful figs SHOULD have been placed with alternating skins sides up. Again, coffee first, baked goods second. The good news is I think it will taste [...]

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Now THIS is L-O-C-A-L

July 28, 2010

THIS is the way it should be done everywhere. But, oh, that’s right. You’d need a local government that is PRO small business rather than one that creates obstacles at every step AND a forward-looking, passionate, we-actually-do-CARE-about-what-we-put-on-our-plates culinary community, those who prepare the food AND those who eat it. http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2010/07/in-la-a-breakthrough-in-local-eating/60507/

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Geste Shrimp

July 22, 2010

Finally. I got a plate from Maui’s only shrimp truck, Geste Shrimp, on Harbor Rd. in Kahului. I’ve been wanting to try it for a long time but I had a freak allergic reaction to shrimp last Christmas and the doc suggested I avoid them. Well, in the last few weeks I’ve been carefully introducing them back into my diet - I [...]

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The end of an era

July 13, 2010

Say what you will about him. He was controversial, to be sure. But George Steinbrenner, who died this morning at his home in Tampa, Florida at the age of 80, changed the New York Yankees, their fans and, arguably, the city. He paid $10 million for them in 1973; today they’re worth between $2 and [...]

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