Archive for the 'road food' Category
Berries, II
September 22nd, 2008posted by Lisa
Caroline’s gorgeous post about berries highlighted one fundamental way that our families are different. We write about the very many ways that our family food cultures overlap in our introduction and some of the ways that we don’t. We thought a lot about cooking and meat and picky eaters. But we didn’t think [...]
Unfamiliar Waters
August 25th, 2008posted by Caroline
After a week in Paris, we headed south for a week unlike any we’d ever experienced (or likely will again). To celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, my parents gathered our family on a barge that toured rivers and canals in the south of France. We were the only passengers, cared for by a [...]
Yes, We have no banana blooms…
August 19th, 2008posted by Lisa
…a story in pictures about desire lost and found.
Week 2 at the Koloa Sunshine Market, we came for the regular things: greens, radishes, mountain spinach, tomatoes, fiddlehead ferns, mountain apples, and a back breaking assortment of mangoes, papayas, pineapples, passion fruit, apple bananas. Everything was rough and beautiful as always, and Ella and [...]
Mission: Eiffel Tower
August 3rd, 2008posted by Caroline
The first time we’d tried to visit the Eiffel Tower, we traveled via the batobus, which offers a scenic ride down the Seine.
Too scenic, as it turned out.
We arrived at 7pm and faced lines that snaked from the entrance back and forth all the way across the plaza. We were without sufficient food [...]
Savage Shrimp
July 31st, 2008posted by Lisa
This one begins as a mystery.
I first saw the shrimp truck on a market outing last year. It was one of those large white trucks, not unlike an old mild truck, that I saw in my rear view mirror as I drove away from it. “Garlic Shrimp” the yellow sign proclaimed, and I [...]
The Food I Carried
July 27th, 2008posted by Caroline
In some ways it felt wrong to bring food to Paris, but traveling with kids has taught us that if you’re going to uproot them from the familiar routine/beds/meals for a time, you’d better pack food. And before that, unless you’re staying with family, you rent an apartment or condo or house — [...]
Shave Ice: A Love Story
July 24th, 2008posted by Lisa
We love shave ice.
Finn loves red and green:
Ella loves cherry, coconut, & li hing mui:
Kory likes mango, passion fruit, guava:
I like it all. Especially with ice cream at the bottom:
For the most part, there are few desserts or sweet things I crave. The rest of the clan feels differently. And so [...]