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Food, Maui, Shopping

Found! Pineapple sunglasses

You ask. We answer. HAWAII Magazine reader Lori Dziadon of Ohio, sent us an e-mail asking if we knew where to get some pineapple-frame glasses. When it comes to pineapple, we couldn’t think of anyone else except for Tracy Johnson, Maui Pineapple Co.’s public relations manager. She recommended a pair of cute pineapple-frame glasses, but […]

Side Street pork chops
Food, Oʻahu

Cheap eats in Honolulu

Even the Los Angeles Times knows who to seek out for insider tips about finding Honolulu’s tastiest and best meal bargains. The Times called HAWAII Magazine editor and Taste of Paradise columnist John Heckathorn to find out where Hawaii residents actually flock to when they get hungry. Heckathorn’s name is in the story the Times

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Food, Hawai‘i Island

Hawaii on Food Network

Chef Robert Irvine and a crew from his popular Food Network show“Dinner: Impossible” were dispatched to Hawaii late last year to film an episode. You can see what they cooked up tonight. Fans of the show know the “Dinner: Impossible” drill. Given no knowledge of an event beforehand, Irvine is summoned to plan, procure, cook and serve

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Food, Oʻahu

Maui vodka

You ask. We answer.HAWAII Magazine reader Annie from New Jersey wrote, asking where she could find a product called “Maui Vodka.”The Maui-bottled spirit in question is actually called “Ocean Vodka.” In January 2007, HAWAII Magazine alerted our readers about it. For those who missed John Heckathorn’s article, an excerpt:“Vodka no ka oi” Maui has more

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Food, Hawai‘i Island, Travel Tips

Big Island restaurant round up

Driving the Big Island on your Hawaii vacation? With more than 250 miles of cruising to do, you’ll need to eat good.For his dining column in this month’s issue of sister publication Honolulu, HAWAII Magazine’s own John Heckathorn makes sure you’re sated with a round-up of Big Island restaurant reviews. A chef’s menu loaded with Big Island

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Food, Hawai‘i Island, Travel Tips

A Big Island bounty of brews in March

I love good beer. I love going to the Big Island.If you do, too, the 13th annual Kona Brewers Festival is where you might want to be on March 8.Launched in 1996 to celebrate the opening of the first Kona Brewing Co. restaurant, the Kailua-Kona festival has grown into a larger celebration of Hawaii’s burgeoning craft brewing

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Food, Oʻahu

Happy Chinese New Year!

Gung Hee Fat Choy! Be happy and prosperous!Today is the first day of the Chinese year 4705. Many of the community celebrations—lion dances, lighting firecrackers, giving of lai see (money offerings)—that go along with this most important of Chinese holidays happened last weekend. But today’s second new moon after the winter solstice marks the actual start of

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Food, Recipes

Recipe: Chicken Adobo Wilted Salad

The best parts of A DASH of Aloha occur after page 47. That’s when this new Hawaii-centric guide to healthy eating habits and physical activity—put together by Kapiolani Community College’s much-lauded Culinary Arts Department—steps out of its brief educational mode and into some very appealing recipes. Macadamia nut butter and lehua honey muffins. Tofu lemongrass curry.

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Food, Oʻahu

Tea at the Moana

I’m sitting in the most elegant and historic space in Waikiki—the Veranda at the Moana Surfrider.  Built in 1901, this spacious lanai wraps round the fabled Banyan Court in the hotel’s center.  It’s a perfect January afternoon, sunny, not too warm, not too cold.  I’m here for an elegant meal I don’t usually eat—afternoon tea.  Now

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Food, Oʻahu

Where To Eat in Hawaii?

One question visitors always have is: Where the best places to eat in the Islands?  Where do people who live in Hawaii go out for a great meal?Here’s one source–the Hale Aina Restaurant Awards, voted by the readers of Honolulu Magazine.  Honoluludoesn’t hold back; there are more than 100 awardees here, every type of restaurant, on

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