Time to start planning your Hawaii foodie vacation! The Hawaii Food and Wine Festival, the state’s biggest culinary fest, will celebrate its fifth anniversary Aug. 29 through Sept. 13. Tickets just went on sale. The fest celebrates food and drink utilizing island-fresh ingredients in nine days of signature culinary events on Hawaii Island, Maui and […]
Less than a five-minute walk from HAWAII Magazine’s offices is a popular local restaurant that serves a “secret” pizza. J.J. Dolan’s, an Irish bar on the border of Honolulu’s Chinatown, is widely known among downtown denizens for its New York-style pizza. But what was news to me—until I watched a sneak peak of the Travel
Hungry for some multicultural cuisine? Today we’re divulging the best places to dine in the Islands if you’re in the mood for Hawaiian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese or Filipino fare. The best, you ask, says who? Well, says you! Last summer we asked our more than 200,000-strong HAWAII Magazine reader ohana to share their favorite Hawaii
If you’re on Maui this weekend, don’t miss the annual Maui County Ag Festival. The one-day-only fest, now in its eighth year, was voted one of the top agricultural festivals or fairs in the state in our 2015 Readers’ Choice Awards polls. The event brings together farmers, ranchers and their products with the visitors, area
Malasadas aren’t the only Portuguese food tradition that made it to comfort food staple-status in Hawaii. When waves of Portuguese families immigrated to the Islands between the late 1870s and 1915 to work on Hawaii’s sugar plantations, ranches and dairy farms, they also brought a taste for pao duce (sweet bread), spicy linguica (Portuguese sausage)
Last summer we asked our more than 200,000-strong HAWAII Magazine reader ohana to share their favorite Hawaii things for our third annual Readers’ Choice Awards. They came out in droves, submitting thousands of ballots filled with their nominations for Hawaii’s best hotels, resorts, bed-and-breakfasts, indoor and outdoor activities, places to nosh, swim and snorkel, go
If a cold craft beer on the beach sounds amazing right now, then you’ll probably really love what’s happening in Kailua-Kona this weekend. Three days of beer-centric events and activities kick off on Thursday and culminate in the 20th annual Kona Brewers Festival this Sat., March 14. The main event takes place at the Courtyard
Hamakua-grown cucumbers, fresh caught ahi, Alaea sea salt, Molokai sweet potatoes and Maui’s Upcountry Waipoli greens are just some of the local ingredients receiving special mentions on Hawaii restaurant menus for Localicious Hawaii. The month-long culinary event, now in its second year, took root in 126 restaurants throughout the state this week and will continue
Project Kokua (help, aid) for Hawaii Island, a culinary fundraiser for communities suffering from the effects of the ongoing June 27 lava flow, will be held this Sat., Feb. 28 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel. Proceeds from Project Kokua for Hawaii Island will benefit Pahoa and Puna district businesses,
Loco Moco burgers aren’t on the menu at Hawaii McDonald’s locations (yet!), but over the next few weeks, you can order them at any full-service McDonald’s restaurant in Japan. The Hawaii-themed fare is part of the “World Mac Hawaii Campaign,” a marketing strategy born of a partnership between Hawaii Tourism Japan and McDonald’s Japan, Ltd.
Poke? Yes please. SPAM musubi? Sure. Garlic steer’s testicles or grilled abalone intestines? Maybe not so much. It will come as little surprise to our HAWAII Magazine and HawaiiMagazine.com readers that our state is a multicultural culinary wonderland. But, Andrew Zimmern, host of the popular Travel Channel show “Bizarre Foods,” still managed to surprise us
Honolulu-headquartered confectioner Hawaiian Host announced this week that it has entered into an agreement to buy the Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation from the Hershey Co. The buy-out will bring together two large players in the Hawaii macadamia nut industry and will see the return of Mauna Loa to in-state ownership for the first time
