The saying goes, “Know your farmer. Know your food.” If you’re on the Valley Isle on this Saturday (April 7), one of the best places to simultaneously accomplish both is the Maui County Agricultural Festival. The free annual fest, held against the majestic backdrop of the West Maui Mountains at Maui Tropical Plantation in Waikapu, […]
The fifth annual Taste of Waialua is set for Sat., April 7, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the historic Old Waialua Sugar Mill on Oahu’s North Shore. Waialua, a once-bustling sugar mill town that produced what locals lauded as the “world’s best sugar,” is now known for its thriving entrepreneur and artisan efforts, which are
Celebrity chef Ludo Lefebvre’s LudoBites restaurant is an eatery with no permanent address. Over the last five years, the “pop-up” or “touring” restaurant has made its way around the Los Angeles area. Starting today, Hualalai and the Four Seasons Resort on the Big Island’s North Kona Coast will serve as the 12-day address for LudoBites
There are more than a few places on the Big Island that defy rental car GPS navigation systems. The verdant, forested mountain slopes above Paauilo, a 1.2-square-mile town on the Hamakua Coast, home to a population of 595, is one such place. Still, negotiating the weathered bumps of rural Pohakea and Paauilo Mauka Roads has
Jim Gusukuma sits at a picnic table near Rainbow Drive-In, his board shorts still damp from his morning surf in nearby Waikiki. A line of customers is already at the takeout window, ordering plates of fried rice, loco mocos and buttermilk pancakes. This is Thursday ritual for Gusukuma, owner of the iconic comfort food haven,
Cooking Channel’s Eat Street, which spotlights innovative curbside eats, will feature Honolulu’s popular Soul Patrol food truck in an episode airing today. Later this month, the show will showcase Opal Thai, a Haleiwa-based eatery on Oahu’s North Shore. Eat Street’s film crew spent several days on the island during June shooting our growing food-truck fusion
Former Van Halen front man, part-time Maui resident and celebrity liquor distiller Sammy Hagar is behind the latest addition to an ever-growing list of made-in-Hawaii spirits. Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum, a silver rum made from Hawaii-grown sugar cane, is the result of partnership between Hagar and Haliimaile Distilling Company on Maui. Both partners claim roots
The Travel Channel’s popular Man v. Food Nation show will feature Side Street Inn — a Honolulu restaurant known for its generous portions of Hawaii-style favorites — in an episode slated to air this evening. The feasts special will follow the show’s affable host, Adam Richman as he searches for the hearty helpings that make
The fall bean harvest is under way on the Big Island. And so, coffee devotees — and non-caffeinated folks who just want to have fun — it is time to celebrate Kona’s world-famous the cup of Hawaii joe. The 41st annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival will get under way tomorrow, Fri., Nov. 4 with a
If you read HawaiiMagazine.com regularly and follow us on Facebook and Twitter, you likely know about the 2011 Taste Hawaii Tour—a week of food-related events in the San Francisco Bay Area featuring James Beard Award-winning Hawaii chef Alan Wong and Hawaii food historian Arnold Hiura. HAWAII Magazine is a co-sponsor of the tour—which runs from
HAWAII Magazine’s annual Food Issue is coming soon to a mailbox or newsstand near you. You’ll be ready to hop the next available Hawaii flight after you’ve finished reading all of our November/December 2011 issue’s mouth-watering features focusing on Hawaii food culture and cuisine. Among the stories on our menu: • A visit to Maui’s
Now through mid-November, the Big Island’s top-notch Kau coffee — cultivated on small family farms on the southeast flanks of Mauna Loa — will be featured in the Starbucks Reserve lineup. It is reportedly being served at select Starbucks coffeehouses in the U.S. mainland (not in Hawaii), Canada and Japan. The Big Island’s more established
