Four-leaf clovers are a symbol of good luck and ubiquitous with St. Patrick’s Day, celebrated on March 17. And while the holiday is the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, some 7,000 miles away from Hawaiʻi, the Islands boast its own version of the lucky plant. The ʻihiʻihilauakea (Marsilea villosa) is a rare, endangered […]
During Japan’s Edo period (1603-1868), families began displaying hina-ningyo or dolls, on the third day of the third month. Timed with the blooming of vibrant pink peach blossoms, displaying hina-ningyo was believed to ward off evil spirits. The custom became known as “Momo no Sekku (Peach Blossom Festival),” “Hinamatsuri (Doll Festival),” and “Girls’ Day,” slowly
I grew up eating malasadas—after surfing, at the office, on Fat Tuesday (like today)—but it wasn’t until I was working as a food writer that I realized their Portuguese origins aren’t so clear cut. These deep-fried, sugar-dusted doughnuts were brought to Hawaiʻi with the 1878 arrival of Portuguese plantation laborers from the Madeira and Azores islands.
When Oʻahu-born chef Mark “Gooch” Noguchi attended the Culinary Institute of America in New York, he was horrified to find the bakery at this prestigious school served a pineapple-laden pizza and called it Hawaiian. “I made a compelling enough argument in my first year there,” Noguchi says. “They pulled it off the menu.” The Hawaiian
Maui-based mental health therapist-turned-writer Toby Neal, whose series of Hawai‘i-based crime and romance novels are hugely popular, penned a memoir called “Freckled” about her wild childhood on Kaua‘i. More than 35,000 copies of her self-published book have already been sold since January 2019. Now splitting time between Pukalani and Northern California, Neal is still writing
It was a tough task for our in-house team of editors, designers and staffers to pick winners of the 2020 HAWAI‘I Magazine Photo Contest. But we did it! Featured here are the first- and second-place winners in the categories of land, ocean, people, wildlife and food, as well as a grand prize winner who wowed our judges. Congratulations to all of the
For years, HAWAIʻI Magazine has used Hawaiian diacritical marks in its magazine, a decision that was made well before I took the helm as editor in December 2018. Hawaiian diacritical marks comprise two symbols: the glottal stop (ʻokina) and the macron (kahakō), which lengthens and adds stress to the marked vowel. You can have the
Yes, he’s the son of celebrated Hawaiian artist Sig Zane. And yes, his mom is Nalani Kanakaole, the renowned cultural practitioner and kumu hula (hula teacher). But Kuhao Zane is a creative powerhouse and respected cultural practitioner on his own. Born and raised in Hilo, Zane fell in love with art in high school, then
It was tense for Oahu’s John John Florence at the 2019 Billabong Pipeline Masters. He lost in the quarterfinals against his longtime rival, Gabriel Medina of Brazil, and his Olympic qualification was at risk of being taken by 11-time world champion Kelly Slater. If Slater won the contest outright, he would overtake Florence in the
This Kauai native ditched college at 18 and moved to Europe, where she fell in love with traveling and storytelling. Since then, she’s become a social media influencer with more than 800,000 followers on Instagram, entranced by her world travels and inspiring adventures. (She did go back and earned two degrees: journalism and international studies
Molokai-born Raiatea Helm was only 18 years old when she wowed the world with her sweet, melodic voice in her debut album, “Far Away Heaven,” in 2002. Since then, she has released five more albums and earned two Grammy nominations and six Na Hoku Hanohano awards (Hawaii’s premier music awards). Growing up on Molokai, she
It’s been a very good 24 hours for Honolulu’s Carissa Moore, who has not only qualified for one of the two spots on the women’s Olympic surfing team but has also won her fourth world title. It all happened at Honolua Bay, Maui, for Moore, who was born and raised on the island of Oahu.
