By Request http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/byrequest RSS Feed for By Request en-us Thu, 21 Feb 2013 06:58:08 GMT Bring minty mocha home and leave calories behind http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/byrequest/20121219__Bring_minty_mocha_home_and_leave_calories_behind.html I can't really afford the cash going out or the calories coming in, yet I continue to order the peppermint mocha at such coffee emporiums as Starbucks or Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. Enlist the Crock-Pot when burners busy and oven occupied http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/byrequest/20111109_Enlist_the_CrockPot_when_burners_busy_and_oven_occupied.html The Crock-Pot can be your friend at Thanksgiving, cooking up a nice side dish while your oven is busy with the turkey, your stove top is occupied with four other things and you're cleaning the house. Baked Hawaii brings home a bit of Maui goodness http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/byrequest/20110713__Baked_Hawaii_brings_home__a_bit_of_Maui_goodness_.html A Baked Alaska is a mound of meringue over a mound of ice cream over a slice of cake (usually sponge or pound). With slow cooking, cake becomes a warm pudding http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/byrequest/20110706__With_slow_cooking_cake_becomes_a_warm_pudding.html What looks like a cake, smells like a cake, acts like a cake but tastes more like a pudding? Answer: A cake baked in a Crock-Pot. Green Goddess dessert makes own pretty layers http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/byrequest/20110629__Green_Goddess_dessert_makes_own_pretty_layers.html Once upon a time — the 1960s, or maybe '70s — when Jell-O salads ruled the potluck table and a salad dressing called Green Goddess was all the rage, someone invented Green Goddess Jell-O. Formula allows the cook to customize meatloaf http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/byrequest/20110622_Formula_allows_the_cook_to_customize_meatloaf.html Meatloaf is one of those dishes I make by eyeball — whatever ingredients look good in whatever quantities seem right, and rarely the same. Pumpkin Crunch a strike from bowling alley eatery http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/byrequest/20110615__Pumpkin_Crunch_a_strike_from_bowling_alley_eatery.html Monica Young is a fan of the dessert spread at the Alley Restaurant at the Aiea Bowling Alley. Reader diligent in quest for Hilo Creme cracker http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/byrequest/20110608_Reader_diligent_in_quest_for_Hilo_Creme_cracker.html Keith Okazaki and I have been baking together, even though our kitchens are miles apart. Slow ono luau http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/byrequest/20110601_Slow_ono_luau.html An imu provides hours of long, slow cooking, steaming and tenderizing foods. All told — much more practical, especially for those who don't have much of a backyard. Or a shovel. The only thing missing is the smoke, but that conveniently comes in bottles. Oat bran boosts fiber, adds crunch to cookies http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/byrequest/20110525__Oat_bran_boosts_fiber__adds_crunch_to_cookies.html Some like 'em chewy, some like 'em crispy and some are so firmly entrenched in one camp or the other that the wrong amount of crunch can ruin an entire cookie experience.