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FoodTrek: Breaking the Foodie Rules on Hotel Eating – and Loving it
Travel and food writers often say, don’t eat in the hotel, go out and explore, lest you become fully absorbed into a Jabba the Hutt-like resort repose, addicted to pillow mints and pay-per-view movies. Well, maybe not the Jabba the Hutt part, but the general advice tends to lean towards hotels being the HQ for luggage and sleeping only, which normally I’d tend to agree.
Chef Ed Kenney Shares the Eats Around His Kaimuki Neighborhood
The following is a guest blog by Melanie Kosaka of Share Your Table and What Chefs Eat iPhone app. Just a 10-minute ride from Waikiki, Kaimuki is the antithesis of mall culture. An eclectic mix of street front shops and restaurants, it’s one of the few places in urban Honolulu that entices you to park [...]
Exploring Up-Country Maui with Chef Bev Gannon
The following is a guest blog by Melanie Kosaka of Share Your Table and What Chefs Eat iPhone app. Chef Bev Gannon is the grand diva of Maui’s culinary scene. More than 20 years ago she had the vision to take a neglected neighborhood general store and turn it into an award-winning restaurant. Today Haliimaile [...]
Hand picked by uber chef Jean-George Vongerichten, Colin Hazama of the St. Regis Princeville shares his top picks for ethnic eats on Oahu
The following is a guest blog by Melanie Kosaka of Share Your Table and What Chefs Eat iPhone app. Recently named as a 2010 James Beard Award Rising Star Chef semi-finalist, Colin Hazama knows good food, so when he shared with me his favorite local restaurants I paid serious attention. This young chef loves traditional [...]
A Hands-on Farm Experience in Waianae, Hawaii
On the last Saturday of the month volunteers help Mao Organic Farms grow youth and community. Mao Organic Farms is Oahu’s largest organic farm, growing salad greens, root vegetables and a variety of seasonal produce that supply some of Honolulu’s top restaurants and markets. However, Mao Farms’ fruits and vegetables may be the least important [...]
Two Los Angeles Foodies Share What They Crave In Hawaii
In Los Angeles, tell someone you’re from Hawaii, and you’ll hear lots of sighs followed by a look that’s best described as wishful lusting. Angelenos have a deep love affair with the Islands, more people from Los Angeles come to Hawaii than from any other city. This month the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau is [...]
Hawaii’s Mayors Share Their Favorite Neighborhood Joints
The following is a guest blog by Melanie Kosaka of Share Your Table. I always say if you want to get an authentic sense of a destination; eat where the locals go. Find out from folks who have a genuine love and connection to their community, and what and where they like to eat. What [...]
Think Global, Live Local
The following is a guest post by Share Your Table. The original post can be found here. Think Global, Live Local Connecting consumers to their food source SYT, The Honolulu Advertiser, Hawaii Seals of Quality and Whole Foods Market hosted “Think Global, Live Local” this past Saturday at Kahala Mall. The afternoon was buzzing with [...]
Chef Mark’s Quick Bites: Honolulu Eating Tour, Pts 1 & 2
The following is a guest post by Mark Tafoya of Culinary Media Network. Original post can be found here. Some more material from my recent trip to Hawaii for the “So Much More Hawaii” tour sponsored by the Hawaii HTA. The amazingly energetic and intrepid Melissa Chang took me all around her hometown of Honolulu [...]
Chef Mark’s Quick Bites: Honolulu Fish Auction
The following is a guest post by Mark Tafoya of Culinary Media Network. Original post can be found here. You know the saying, “You have to get up PRETTY early in the morning to pull one over on me??” Well, We DID get up at 4 AM to make it to the Honolulu Fish Auction [...]