Mid-Century Culinary Lore
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Tiki cocktail aficionados may balk at the simplicity of this libation with its lack of more alchemical ingredients like orgeat, falurnum, or even a simple dash of Angostura bitters. But, with its mix of light and dark rums, subtle sweetness and refreshing finish, the Hanaho “Come Again!” Rum Punch is just enough cocktail for the …
Imagine, if you will, you are in Hawaii. It is mid-afternoon and you are awaking from your siesta. You step out onto the veranda for a bit of fresh air and hearing soothing crash of the Pacific against the shore. Someone arrives with a steaming cup of freshly brewed Kona coffee served with a generous …
Merengue has stood the test of time in the popular consciousness while the chiffon pie has essentially gone the way of the dodo. This is exactly why the Hotel Hana-Maui Passion Fruit Chiffon Pie is an excellent piece of ‘gourmet plunder.’ Exotic, unique, delicious and yet undoubtedly and audaciously dated!
No luau is truly complete without a little bit (and more likely a lot!) of pork. Although the Price’s kindly reproduced how to create an authentic Hawaiian fire pit for a full roast pig, you don’t have to undergo that Herculean task in order to enjoy delicious Hawaiian style pork in the comfort of your …
This recipe might not have made it into Gourmet Plunder were it not for the fact that it is such a fabulous centre piece. This is essentially a basic recipe for baked red snapper with the coconut flavour a hushed undertone rather than a loud bombastic blast. That’s a good thing because it allows the …
Of the three skewer recipes in the Hotel Hana-Maui section of A Treasury of Great Recipes, for me the stand out has always been these Sesame-Soy Chicken Brochettes. I have broken my own rules for Gourmet Plunder and altered this recipe ever so slightly, replacing the cooked chicken cubes for raw chicken thighs and marinating them …
I know what you’re thinking…cream cheese and crab? For the Italians, pairing cheese and seafood is a sin worthy of one of Dante’s circles of Hell. However, this appetizer from the Hotel Hana-Maui is a heavenly little starter to accompany drinks. Crispy on the outside, buttery, rich and soft on the inside. Dip them into the …
“In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge When I began plotting out how I was going to launch Gourmet Plunder, one thing was clear. It was going to begin with …
Imagine, if you will, that it is 1965. Avant-garde jazz is at its peak with albums like John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme and Andrew Hill’s Point of Departure; post-modern fiction is on the rise with the arrival of Thomas Pynchon’s V; Hollywood is releasing a steady stream of taught psychological thrillers (Bunny Lake is Missing and The Spy Who Came …
