Let’s Talk Food: Bacteria in our food
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Tropical Gardening: Give living gifts for Christmas
Only a bit over three weeks and we celebrate Christmas but let’s also get into the spirit with Hanukkah from December 7 to December 15. Canada’s Boxing Day and then Kwanzaa carries us from December 26 to the New Year. It should be a time to rejoice and share aloha, but also recognize that there are many folks suffering here at home and many parts of the world. A prayer for peace and aloha could never be more important than now.
Volcano Watch: Explosive eruptions from Kilauea: beneficial or dangerous depending on location
Twenty-five years ago, the frequently explosive activity of Kilauea was unappreciated. Since then, continuing research has emphasized Kilauea’s past, and potential future, explosive eruptions.
2 years with America’s elite firefighters
Early this summer, while many Americans were gathering for Fourth of July barbecues, the Tallac Hotshots were in triple-digit heat in Arizona, fighting a wildfire for 14 straight days and sleeping on the ground next to their trucks.
‘More than just pot’: New cannabis lounge owner vows to bring Vegas experience
Tamara Smith sat with her laptop open, waiting to see if she had won the lottery.
Slow your pace, fill your soul and take a shine to Australia’s Gold Coast
From the passenger seat in a small helicopter lifting off from Sea World’s heliport, sunlight reflects off the startlingly vivid Pacific. From my bird’s-eye view next to the pilot and as the small craft hovers against a cerulean sky, I can see all that glitters actually is gold on Australia’s Gold Coast, from the exquisitely clear water with its surface shimmering like scads of diamonds, to splashes of sun mirroring off windows of the towering hotels, and to the greenery of the faraway mountains and bush.
Let’s Talk Food: Christmas with the Chefs
The American Culinary Federation Kona Kohala Chefs Association and Sysco are holding their 32nd premier holiday extravaganza, Christmas with the Chefs, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2 at Courtyard by Marriott King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel.
‘Book people are my people’: Why your next vacation should be a book retreat
We could be on our way to camp — 24 of us are crowded in a charter bus headed north of Los Angeles, our luggage packed in tight underneath the vehicle, the bus swinging widely around scenic turns. We wind our way along the ocean, on Pacific Coast Highway, passing fruit stands, seafood markets and at least one sunflower farm.
Let’s Talk Food: Happenings around town
Lehua Cafe
This off-grid hot springs spot in Oregon is the perfect autumn getaway
Has life been a sprint since Labor Day? The post-summer rush is exhilarating but also exhausting. One cure: a getaway for a mid-autumn reset. For a thorough recharge, spend 48 hours in a digital and physical detox.
Tropical Gardening: The first Hawaiians brought bananas for survival
When the first Polynesians arrived in the Hawaiian Islands, there were very few plants that were of use as edible or medicinal. Initially they probably lived on what could be taken from the sea like limu, fish, vana, opihi, squid, octopus and sea slugs, just to mention a few. Of course, many birds flourished on the land. They and their eggs were fair game as well.
Let’s Talk Food: Pumpkin in season
Happy Halloween! On this day, the souls of the dead return to their homes, according to ancient Celtics who celebrated a festival called Samhain on Nov. 1. They dressed in costumes and lit bonfires to ward off spirits,
Volcano Watch: Unrest continues at Kilauea summit
The most recent eruption at Kilauea’s summit began on Sunday, Sept. 10. Following weeks of heightened unrest, fissures opened on the Halema’uma’u crater floor and to the east on the “down dropped block,” a remnant of the older caldera floor that collapsed in 2018.
Volcano Watch: Aloha ʻoe to a remarkable and beloved volcanologist, Dr. Jim Kauahikaua
Distinguished volcanologist Dr. James P. “Jim” Kauahikaua, Ph.D., passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. James Puupai Kauahikaua was a respected geophysicist and the first kanaka maoli (indigenous Hawaiian) to serve as scientist-in-charge of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO).
Want to take majestic night sky photographs in the desert? There’s a class for that
It’s no secret that one of the best stargazing spots in Southern California is Joshua Tree National Park. The park is an International Dark Sky Place — meaning that aside from some light pollution coming from Palm Springs and the Morongo Basin, it has some of the darkest skies in the region — and it’s just a two- or three- hour drive from Los Angeles.
Let’s Talk Food: Hawai‘i Washoku cookbook
Lillian Cumic’s third vegan cookbook, Hawai‘i Washoku, is a collection of over 175 plant-based and gluten-free Japanese washoku recipes.
10 reasons to hit the road along Oregon’s North Coast
The 75-mile stretch along Oregon’s Highway 101 from Astoria to Tillamook offers a day trip full of surprises. Also known as the Oregon Coast Highway, this route can be accessed a couple of hours from Portland and includes traversing the Northern Oregon Coast Range.
Let’s Talk Food: Cooking with children
If you have your kids with you this week because they are on winter break, this is a good time to spend time with them in the kitchen.
Virginia is for lovers … of wine and autumn leaves
OUDOUN COUNTY, Va. — Virginia has long been a favorite destination for travelers, thanks to its beautiful beaches, breathtaking mountainous scenery and storied American history. (It was home to four of the first five U.S. presidents.)
Volcano Watch: Hawaii’s volcanoes are quiet and it’s a bit spooky
Here in Hawaii nei, we don’t have the dramatically changing leaf colors and brisk temperatures that mark the arrival of fall. And as October arrived this year, our night skies were dark, with no warm orange glow indicative of lava erupting on the surface.
