Summer Means...

While it's not TECHNICALLY summer, I am more than ready. In Maui, I ate two nostalgic foods that brought me back to the years of swim team and catching lightning bugs. Cotton Candy and a Shaved Ice. Finishing up dinner at the Duo (Four Seasons-Wailea), I was more than pleasantly surprised when we were served Green Apple Cotton candy after downing black truffle scallops, French Maui onion soup, and Tiger Prawns. Maybe it's just me, but sadly I had forgotten the melt in your mouth sweetness cotton candy brings. Maybe it is the memories attached to the airy treat, but either way...it was delicious. The second surprise was when I was walking along the beach in Lahaina, a small town on the west side of the island. I honestly freaked out when I saw it, because I have SCOURED Los Angeles for this amazing treat. Shaved Ice. Since I can never find Sno Cones anymore, (the ones you used to buy from the ice cream man, or on the beach in Michigan), I developed a deep love for shaved ice. I could only find it at Angels games for a while, and now I can't even find them there. This was the best. i. have. ever tasted. If you know my mom, you know she says that about everything but I guarantee, it really is and I did not inherit that phrase from here about everything I eat. It was melt in your mouth ice doused in sweet syrup. DELICIOUS. (www.ululanisshaveice.com)