Food shouldn’t be scary. When I started writing this column eight months ago, I looked at it as a way to share food and learn about other cultures, even if the food might be different from what most of us are used to. Read more
Turkey butts are not really traditional Thanksgiving or Filipino food. Read more
Natto is one of those foods people either love or hate. Read more
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Ever wonder what Vietnamese restaurants do with the bones left over from making pho? At Rice Paper in Chinatown, the bones used to be given to family and friends. Now they’re given to customers. Read more
If you are going to eat Rocky Mountain oysters, it’s probably best not to watch them being prepared, especially if you are a guy. Read more
Fear not the Stinky Grilled Cheese Sandwich at the Tchin Tchin! Bar in Chinatown. Read more
When Elvis Hoang, one of the owners of the Arena 808 Sports Lounge, heard they would have alligator on the pupu menu, hewas skeptical. Read more
On the island of Jamaica, the main dish at parties is Jamaican curry goat, not kalua pig or laulau. Read more
Mention Vietnamese food and most people think of pho, papaya salad and spring or summer rolls — the stuff you can find at any Vietnamese restaurant here. Read more
A young colleague at work told me she can’t eat stingray because she’s seen the movies “Finding Nemo” and “Finding Dory,” where an eagle ray named Mr. Ray is a teacher to young fish. Read more
Covered in spicy, salted and fermented chilies, with eyeballs staring back at you, Hunan chili fish head can be intimidating. Read more
The icky factor, for those who don’t like tongue, probably has something to do with the idea of eating something that, when the animal was alive, could taste you back. Read more
Kealoha Fernandez is like a kid in a poke store. Read more
The last course of my fugu meal in Japan was a flaming cup of sake with fugu fins. Read more
When it comes to eating rat, there are two kinds of people: those who grew up eating it and those who are repelled by the idea. Read more
At Han Yang Restaurant in Kalihi, they have a secret menu of sorts. Read more
Turtles eat them. So do fish, including bluefin and other tuna. In China, South Korea and Japan, people eat them, too. Read more
In the frozen-food sections of some markets in Chinatown, you can find packages of something called kai mod deng. Read more
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