Safeway is the target of a legal test case over whether supermarkets should be required to use their customer tracking systems to notify people who have purchased recalled items. The lawsuit was filed this week in a California court with backing from the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Safeway should have known that [...]
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We were lucky enough to start the new year right. First, a walk on the beach at dawn. Then, just a few hours later, a New Years Day brunch at the home of friends just around the corner in Kaaawa. A feast, beginning with waffles (mine, shown here, with whipped cream and fresh berries) and [...]
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It was a big week. And if you’re wondering how we celebrated the Anniversary-Birthday holiday, you’re in the right place. We’ve started calling it the “Annibirthary”, two days of fun with a bonus day in between. It doesn’t get much better than that! Yes, there was a bottle of Champagne on our anniversary. And early [...]
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Monday evening called for a relatively quick and easy pick-up meal. Safeway has had some beautiful artichokes, and we had one in the refrigerator. It went into a pot to steam. Then it was to the freezer for a few chicken thighs, skin removed. Into a cast iron frying pan at medium heat…olive oil, then [...]
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We’ve been around the track a few times since we first started wrestling with Safeway’s latest promotion, which promises personalized discounts via a computerized system that tracks prior purchases. Safeway calls it “Just for U”. We are still calling it “Not 4 U”. When I last wrote about it, we had finally managed to get [...]
Our weekend ended on a high note–dinner with friends at their home just around the corner. They are both very good cooks, and it was another excellent meal. A beautiful green salad with a homemade dressing, tandoori chicken, lamb chops that had been marinated for two days, and a very tasty wild rice mix on [...]
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I’m still trying to wrap my mind (tongue?) around the culinary concept behind this special of the day at the L&L next to Costco in Iwilei: Cold ginger chicken with chili dog. Just click on the photo for a larger version. We stopped in there this afternoon for a simple BBQ chicken sandwich and a [...]
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