Have you got a first-rate curry recipe? And a fabulous story that goes with the dish? If so — and you’re not a pro chef — you may want to enter The Kahala Hotel & Resort’s inaugural All in the Family Curry Contest. The winner will score two nights in an ocean-view room (champagne and […]
Kalua pork! Ahi poke! Fried saimin! Hawaii chef Alan Wong’s twice-cooked kalbi short ribs with gingered shrimp and ko choo jang sauce! If you’re hungry for the cuisine and food culture of Hawaii, and reside in San Francisco and San Jose, circle every day on your calendar between Oct. 27 and Nov. 2, 2011. And
An all-star lineup of celebrity chefs will be busy creating dream evening dining experiences during the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival, Sept. 29-Oct. 1. But there will be plenty for foodies to do before sunset, too. Tickets are now available for a series of daytime programs, which include: tastings, cultural excursions, educational lunches and innovative
At the Made in Hawaii Festival, set for Aug. 19-21 at the Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Arena and Exhibition Hall in Honolulu, the goods are Island-made — no made-elsewhere stickers allowed. Everything, from trendy tropical clothing, fine art photography and food to crafts, jewelry and home furnishings must meet state law criteria for the “Made
To experience one of Kauai’s most unexpected local libations, one doesn’t go to a bucolic winery or a bustling brewpub. Instead, you go to a nondescript strip mall hidden just off two-lane Kuhio Highway, which cuts through Kapaa town. It’s an unlikely location for a meadery, but Nani Moon Mead owner Stephanie Krieger makes it
Cooking Channel’s Eat Street, which spotlights innovative curbside eats, is filming on Oahu this week. The stars? The island’s food-truck fusion fare — shoyu chicken tacos to adobo french fries. There’s also soul food and traditional Thai, both served up with local-style twists. During lunchtime today, as television show’s cameras focused Flipt Out Eats, a
The inaugural Hawaii Food & Wine Festival, slated for Sept. 29- Oct. 1 in Honolulu, will feature a lineup of celebrity chefs from across the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. Among the all-stars who will be serving up culinary creations are: Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto, whose Morimoto Waikiki recently opened
Food Network television show host Anne Burrell and top Hawaii chefs will be serving up delish dishes this weekend at the third annual Hawaii Wine & Food Festival on Oahu. Burrell, (pictured, right) host of Secrets of a Restaurant Chef and co-host of Worst Cooks in America, will be featured at the two-day festival’s Grand
Looking for some fresh and fascinating Hawaii-focused page-turners? Check out the best Island books of the last year — as determined by a panel of librarians, booksellers, educators and media professions in the Hawaii Book Publishers Association’s 18th annual competition. Among the top winners of the 2011 Ka Palapala Pookela Awards — the Grammys of
On the Big Island this weekend and consider yourself a coffee connoisseur? The Kau Coffee Festival is back for a third annual celebration of the southeast Big Island district’s increasingly world famous and award-winning java, May 14 and 15. Among the featured Kau area growers at the fest will be Kailiawa Farm, which earlier this
If you’re headed to West Maui this weekend, you may want to bring some breath mints along. The 22nd annual Maui Onion Festival at Whalers Village — packed with eating and cooking contests, onion-themed games, Hawaii celebrity chef demonstrations and oniony eats — happens all day Sat., May 7. The Kaanapali area fest salutes the
Hawaii’s love of Spam is undeniable. You see the evidence in our eateries, where Spam loco moco and Spam and eggs with rice are menu staples. Every day, Spam musubi, a popular portable snack, quickly disappears from storefront counters. Even our supermarkets occasionally spotlight the canned meat-product in carefully stacked, fancy pyramid-shaped displays. Yep, we
