Category for Maui Food Retail

 
Sometimes gift shopping can be a real drag. You have to brave traffic, find parking and then finally have to actually find that perfect gift. My new favorite gift shop, Maui Country Store, makes gift shopping a breeze. They offer a …

It’s my first time standing in the Lokahi Kitchen, located behind Cafe O Lei on Market Street in Wailuku. Tim Parsons and his wife Summer, the founders of Adoboloco, are carefully bottling  their jalapeno hot sauce. They start by making an exclusive …

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. …

I decided to try this multigrain pancake mix that I bought at costco. I have tried a couple of brands of multigrain pancake mixes, but have not this one from Coach’s Oats yet. The non multigrain at Costco is the Krusteaz.

One …

This week’s box looks incredible. I am really excited to eat these beautiful radishes and beets. Also got citrus, avocado, sweet potato, lettuce, tomato, and ginger. My week starts now!

It used to be that strawberries sucked on Maui. They were imported from California and would arrive expensive and bruised, partially unripe and sour. Now Kula has become synonymous with strawberries on Maui, partially due to Chauncy Monden and Kula Country …

 
Yummy Poi

When I started this challenge a week ago I began with excuses and outs. Not that I wasn’t going in wholeheartedly, but I just thought this was going to be so hard, I might not really snap into shape so quickly.
I …

Fresh rosemary and deep purple plums plus sugar rims made one fantastic cocktail. Starla came over to inspire me with vegan cookbooks. I had two plums just asking to be made into a cocktail. The rosemary was incredible. I thought …

Dinner was lots of chopping, but in the end very good. Making the main dish with broth and no oil, and no meat kept in line with the eat right challenge.
I served on whole wheat fusilli
Recipe Courtesy of whole …