By Request Premium http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/byrequestpremium RSS Feed for By Request Premium en-us Wed, 15 May 2013 11:51:28 GMT Man with a pan has a plan for a prime paella repast http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/byrequestpremium/20130515_Man_with_a_pan_has_a_plan_for_a_prime_paella_repast.html Marc Vogel is a travelin' man with a travelin' pan — a 45-inch paella pan that has seen the world. Vogel is a San Francisco-based chef with a varied resume. Tart recipe, new friend rewards of Kauai vacation http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/byrequestpremium/20130508_Tart_recipe_new_friend_rewards_of_Kauai_vacation.html Went to Kauai last week. Saw new things. Made a new friend. Picked up a new recipe. That's what vacations are for. Easy 'malasada' technique adds flavor, cuts frying time http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/byrequestpremium/20130501__Easy_malasada_technique_adds_flavor_cuts_frying_time.html Lisa Tam's request is for a treat that takes me back years, to my early days of operating a stove: "It was a fake malasada that was made with bread and tasted pretty much like the real thing without all the deep-fat frying," Tam wrote. Use favorite mix of flavors to dress cucumber salad http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/byrequestpremium/20130417_Use_favorite_mix_of_flavors_to_dress_cucumber_salad.html Last week, due to a little miscalculation while grocery shopping, I ended up with an excess of cucumbers in the vegetable bin. Miscalculation as in, “I wonder if I have any cucumbers, oh well, I guess I’ll buy three,” and it turns out there were already three at home. Tomato sauce is secret to flavorful spice cake http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/byrequestpremium/20130410_Tomato_sauce_is_secret_to_flavorful_spice_cake.html We make cakes out of carrots, zucchini and a host of fruits, so why not tomatoes? No reason not to, and in fact bakers have been using tomato sauce, condensed tomato soup and even ketchup to make cakes for generations. Spiced couscous, veggies make up versatile salad http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/byrequestpremium/20130403__Spiced_couscous_veggies_make_up_versatile_salad.html Couscous is a teeny, tiny type of pasta — so tiny that it looks like a grain and has a texture something like a grain, which makes for very interesting salads. Aunty Na-chan’s dango turns up in mochi cookbook http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/byrequestpremium/20130320_Aunty_Na-chans_dango_turns_up_in_mochi_cookbook.html This story begins during the childhood of Rachel Kaminaka, specifically in the kitchen of her aunt, Natsue Iwamoto, "Aunty Na-chan." Aunty made a favorite family dessert that she just called dango. Guava jam and roasting freshen corned beef flavor http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/byrequestpremium/20130313__Guava_jam_and_roasting_freshen_corned_beef_flavor.html Despite the advice of my doctor regarding sodium, and despite last week's news regarding processed meat (it's not kinda bad for you, it's REALLY bad for you), I love corned beef. Pork chop pasteles challenge tradition http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/byrequestpremium/20130306__Pork_chop_pasteles_challenge_tradition.html She calls him "Querido" (Spanish for "darling"). He calls her Mrs. Soto. Together they are a finely tuned pasteles pair. For Hisago burger recipe, amounts varied by the cup http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/byrequestpremium/20130220__For_Hisago_burger_recipe_amounts_varied_by_the_cup.html A cup equals 8 fluid ounces, equals 16 tablespoons, right? It's a standardized thing, so a cup of sugar and a cup of rice take up the same amount of space in the universe. Right?