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Alan Wong is a household name on Oahu. It’s synonymous with amazing translations of our local dishes into fine dining. He’s managed to manipulate the local plate flavors and presentations into beautiful creations using fresh island ingredients. His cookbook New Wave Luau captures that so …

Chef Jim Denevan was still at his Outstanding in the Field dinner on the Lake Meadow Naturals chicken farm, held on a lake under the full moon, when I got him on the phone. You would think that after 10 years of doing these dinners …

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Spanky’s Riptide is an open-air bar that marks the southern-most point on Front Street where you can knock a few back. It’s located at the 505 village and you can’t miss the ginormous mounted marlin that hangs over its outdoor seating. This end of Front …

The leeks I got from Kula Fields are gorgeous this week. Resembleing a giant green onion of sorts, the leek is much more fibrous and can withstand more cooking than the delicate scallion.
So far I have roasted and tempura’d this vegetable. They are famously used …

I haven’t eaten at Fabiani’s but I have already heard my first rave about it via twitter. I stopped in when they first opened to scope it out. It is located in the former Kiwi Roadhouse spot, looks like its opened for breakfast, lunch and …

The Meta Given’s Modern Encyclopedia of Cooking, published in 1959 and given to me by my late maternal grandmother, says of pastry and pies, “There is every reason why modern pies should be even better than those (of tender memory) which Grandma used to make. …

Molokai Shrimp is the best, and whenever I visit Kaunakakai I pick up a bag from John Austin, proprietor of Keawa Nui Farm. My mom hates cleaning them, so I do the work of de-shelling, but it is so worth the feast we have after. …

 
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The old adage “everybody must eat” must be working in the food and beverage industry because there have been some fearless restauranteurs in 2011 and an incredible number of new openings compared to closings. Chef Peter Merriman opened Monkeypod Kitchen in Wailea …

 
Maui Chef Sabra Ricci cooks under the stars, by the stars and for the stars. With her hot Hollywood clientele always consulting her on astrology while she created their dishes, she decided it was time to write a cookbook combining the two disciplines. At her …

I think this could be my New Years Resolution. Make and drink fresh squeezed local citrus daily. It was quick and simple on this old fashioned plastic manual juicer I got second hand. Push citrus over top, pour into glass, enjoy! Incredible flavors, nothing like …