Features

May 20, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

I don’t cook salmon very often, but reading and writing about the Pittsburgh Marathon recently made me question why it’s not on regular rotation in my kitchen.

May 20, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Students in the Hawaii Community College Palamanui campus Culinary Arts Program have finished their final practicums for their advanced cookery and Garde Manger courses.

May 18, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Once trapped in communist East Germany, bustling Leipzig is now a city of business and of culture. It’s also a city of great history — Martin Luther, Goethe, Johann Sebastian Bach,...

May 16, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Even though we talk a good story about being independent by growing our food locally and buying locally grown fruits and vegetables, it is not an easy thing to do. One exception is by growing...

May 13, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

The 16th annual Ka‘u Coffee Festival is being held from May 25-31 this year.

May 13, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

I was craving something simple yet flavorful, and an Italian-style ragu immediately came to mind. In Italy, “ragu” refers to a rich, ground meat-based sauce traditionally served ov...

May 11, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

We may have New York, but England has old York, one of the country’s top tourist destinations outside of London. The town offers a captivating tour of historic sights mixed with an easyg...

May 11, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

On Dec. 23, 2024, eruptive activity at Kilauea’s summit began again with the first in what has become 20 discrete lava fountaining episodes. Many episodes have had dual fountains —...

May 6, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

When you need to throw something together for a fast and easy weeknight meal, tacos are often a busy cook’s first choice.

May 4, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Some of my most vivid memories from my first visit to Istanbul in the 1970s are of the colorful locals. Scruffy kids sold cherry juice, and old men would grab huge cucumbers from wheeled carts...

May 3, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

May Day, also know as Lei Day, has passed however, Hawaiian gardeners keep it going all year long. On the mainland spring is short lived, but in Hawaii, spring is all year. Here, there is a no...

April 29, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

I am so thrilled that the Japanese cucumber plants that I bought from Neil at the Kinoole Farmers Market a couple of weeks ago have already produced two beautiful cucumbers that we have enjoye...

April 29, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

When it comes to fixing a fast dinner, I go with trout fillets. A rich, fatty fish, trout is as flavorful as salmon but the thinner fillets cook off in a jiff.

April 27, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

As people from around the world are captivated by episodic lava fountaining during the ongoing Kilauea eruption in Halema‘uma‘u, let’s use the current pause and transition ou...

April 27, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

If you’re in the mood to surrender to a city’s charms, let it be in Barcelona. Life bubbles in its narrow old town alleys, grand boulevards, and elegant modern district. While Barc...

April 22, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Fresh ideas for dinner can spring from so many places: the pages of a new cookbook or food magazine, a funny TikTok or instructional video on Instagram or (among my favorite sources for inspir...