There’s no shortage of bakeries across Hawaii, serving everything from exotic Japanese cake rolls to old-fashioned apple pies to extravagant modern desserts. There are old-time neighborhood bakeries like Kamehameha Bakery in Kalihi on Oahu that sells some of the best—and inexpensive—glazed donuts around. Or donut shops like Regal Bakery—three locations on Oahu—with its creative donuts, […]
From Hawaiian Love and The Shark God in 1913 to the currently-filming Untitled Cameron Crowe project, Hawaii can claim a very long history of starring on the silver screen. A full century, to be exact. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Hawaii in feature films, this year’s 33rd annual Hawaii International Film Festival will be
A place like the iconic Volcano House hotel is bound to have some interesting stories. Several variants of the landmark Hawaii Volcanoes National Park hotel have been built over the years—the earliest was constructed in 1846, its current structure on the edge of Kilauea volcano’s summit caldera was built in 1941. Shuttered for three years,
Hawaii pork lovers (and pork lovers just visiting our Islands) unite! The epicenter of the pork universe will be the Big Island this weekend when the Cochon U.S. Tour settles in at the South Kohala Coast’s Mauna Kea Beach Hotel for Cochon Island—an afternoon and evening grand culinary event celebrating the sustainable farming of heritage
There are countless pieces of information about Hawaii’s geology that residents hold as fact. Three of these are: • We are the only state in the union made up entirely of islands. • Our northwest-drifting Islands were formed entirely by a single magma hotspot, now located beneath the southern half of Hawaii Island and still
Sunshine! Blue skies! The sudden appearance of these after a 25-mile ascent through rainy, fog-engulfed Big Island lava forest is a welcome, late-afternoon feast for the senses. Angst about a day of thick, gray cloud cover and heavy rains over seaside Hilo ruining my evening plans at the Mauna Kea Visitor Information Center begins to
Marlene Bonk’s warm, content eyes gazed into mine as I perused fresh produce, hand-picked from her farm in the bucolic Big Island ranching town of Waimea. My outstretched hands clutched a couple of Okinawan sweet potatoes the size of baby ears of corn. “How much for these?” I asked. Piecing together ingredients for a stir-fry,
On your next visit to Pololu Valley Lookout, at the end of the Big Island’s northernmost highway, do the following. Take a seat on the lookout’s rock wall. Close your eyes. Inhale the salt-kissed air of the meeting of rugged North Kohala and Hamakua coastline. Exhale slowly. Then open your eyes and take in the
We’ve counted all of the votes from our latest HAWAII Magazine Facebook Ohana poll question: What’s your favorite Hawaii beach with something for the entire family? The top five vote-getters are on the pages ahead. Mahalo for sharing your picks! If you’d like to join in on our next poll and vote, along with our
There are legends behind most places in Hawaii, and the Kahuku area in the south Big Island district of Kau is no different. The story goes that Kahuku, now largely barren and overrun by hardened, jagged a‘a lava, was once lush with forests and taro fields. Lush, that is, until Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of
One of the best things about traveling somewhere you’ve never been before is learning about the place, its people and its host culture. For the last three decades, the Big Island’s Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has brought all of these elements together with a popular annual festival honoring the Hawaiian culture while offering guests an
Bizarre Foods’ Andrew Zimmern is back in Hawaii in search of the best, boldest, and most bizarre foods on the Islands. Airing on Monday (July 8), 6 p.m. Hawaii time/9 p.m. on the Mainland, an episode titled Undiscovered Hawaii will take a look at Hawaiian cuisine, cooking methods and ingredients that will leave some viewers
