About a month ago, my fishing mentor on Maui passed away. Uncle Ogi taught me the simple lessons of tying a fishing line, where to cast your bait in the surf, and what speed to reel the line. In fact, he even provided me with his own fishing lead, which he would produce after retrieving […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Small bubbles from the small guys
September 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment
In the vast world of sparkling wine, one name stands out above the rest: Champagne. This uniquely French product (remember that unless it’s produced in the Champagne region of northern France, it can’t be called Champagne) always conjures memories of celebrations and conviviality. Whether you enjoy the less costly non-vintage versions from Moet Chandon, Roederer […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Sukoshi bit of vino rosso
July 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Yes, I’m aware that I’m mixing cultures with that title but that’s exactly what I had, a little bit of red wine. And since it was vino rosso that means it was a little bit of Italian red wine. There were quite a few bottles poured but we all received just a taster’s portion — […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: A White Wine for All Palates
July 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I’m not sure if there’s still this wine backlash going on; ABC or “Anything But Chardonnay,†or this rejection of Chardonnay by up-and-coming wine enthusiasts. It may have started when the trend was to produce massive, palate-coating, maximum-extracted and concentrated Chardonnays that you needed a spoon to “eat†more than sip. Wines so big that […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Cooking with sour wine
June 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
No, this is not the wine in Mylar bags sold in cardboard boxes. That wine was meant to taste that way. This is the product that comes from wine (or vin in French) that has naturally soured (aigre, again in French) to make vin-aigre — that is, vinegar. It can happen naturally in wine that […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: The Popping Duo
January 1, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Hey, with the entry of the Year of the Tiger, it’s only appropriate to pop a couple of corks from bottles of Champagne. Nothing says celebration more than Champagne, or in the words of Napoleon, “In victory, you deserve it; in defeat, you need it.†And it doesn’t specifically have to be from the French […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Goin’ to the Hukilau
December 10, 2009 by Leave a Comment
While the Bay Area clan was visiting during the Thanksgiving holiday, we accompanied them on requisite trips to several local restaurants and the main shopping trip to Ala Moana Center… four-plus hours at Ala Moana. And this was already on top of several hours spent previously by the family on Black Friday (gift shopping should NEVER […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Offal isn’t Awful
November 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines offal as: 1: the waste or by-product of a process: as a: trimmings of a hide b: the by-products of milling used especially for stock feeds c: the viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal removed in dressing: variety meat 2: rubbish I love definition No. 2. It really doesn’t make it […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Pigs and Pinot
November 12, 2009 by Leave a Comment
We barely had time to catch a couple of winks aboard Northwest Airlines’ red-eye flight out of Honolulu before touching down at SFO and heading straight to the Ferry Building Marketplace and the Saturday Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Why the rush to go grocery shopping? To find the freshest produce and meat for the Pigs […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: The ABCs of Nutrition
October 29, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Nutrition really is that simple. Like A, B, C or 1, 2, 3. There are no magic potions, no magic nutrient combinations, no hocus pocus. Many “experts†publish books on the ideal diet more often than not focusing on some ideal nutrient ratio or combination that will make you shed pounds while others downright feed […]
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