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MauiTime Food Issue 2012 From the Ground to your Plate

MauiTime Food Issue 2012 From the Ground to your Plate

All photos courtesy of Sean Hower, howerphoto.com
There was a time when restaurant owners hid their kitchens behind closed doors and high walls. They bought their ingredients from factory farms and big agri-businesses, which traded relatively low prices for food grown under …


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Solana Tao and Greg Suekoff Join Aina Gourmet Market Maui restaurant review

Solana Tao and Greg Suekoff Join Aina Gourmet Market Maui restaurant review

 
There’s a sweet spot somewhere between four minutes and 210 degrees with a course grind that makes a perfect French press coffee. It’s a spot that Greg Suekoff, the new assistant general manager at Aina Gourmet Market has finessed, since he started working …


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Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa Seafood, Sushi and Sake Pairing Dinner at Japengo on March 23, 2012

Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa Seafood, Sushi and Sake Pairing Dinner at Japengo on March 23, 2012

Most people associate sake with being a rice wine, but that is not really very accurate. Sake is more like a beer in its brewing process however that differs too, and the alcohol content in Sake sets it appart from its …


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Kula Bistro – New Kula Maui Restaurant – Dinner Recon Mission

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It was time. The last stakeout at Kula Bistro was weeks ago before they opened. A few people had emailed about their experiences and to let me know it was open. (Thank you!!) It was my turn.
I scooped up fellow food …


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Lokahi Kitchen on Market Street

Lokahi Kitchen on Market Street

The mission of Lokahi Pacific is to improve our quality of life here in Maui County, both socially and economically. So when they built the commericial Lokahi Kitchen the idea is for Maui food entrepreneurs to have a crack at producing …


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Fabiani’s Bakery and Pizzeria in Kihei New Maui Restaurant Review Italian Cuisine

Fabiani’s Bakery and Pizzeria in Kihei New Maui Restaurant Review Italian Cuisine

At first, the people who live in the Lipoa area of Kihei weren’t all that keen to have a new restaurant and bar open in the South Maui Center. The relatively recent opening and closing of the old Kiwi Roadhouse in …


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Buzz’s Wharf’s remodel inspires new Tahitian dishes and Kanikapila Thursdays with Happy Hour

Buzz’s Wharf’s remodel inspires new Tahitian dishes and Kanikapila Thursdays with Happy Hour

With Maalaea Harbor in the midst of major reconstruction, iconic Buzz’s Wharf decided to do their own renovation. The result is a surprising new look.
“We did the interior in a ‘Nantucket’ style rather than Hawaiian kitsch,” says marketing manager Emily Koenig. …


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Da Puerto Rican Food Truck @DaPRFT expands Maui Foodie Vernacular Maui Restaurant Review

Da Puerto Rican Food Truck @DaPRFT expands Maui Foodie Vernacular Maui Restaurant Review

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally contained an incorrect phone number for contacting Da Puerto Rican Food Truck. It has been corrected in the text below]
When Mauians think of Puerto Rican food, they tend to gravitate towards the pastele. You seen them …


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Abolish the Food Industry – Raj Patel – Health – The Atlantic

Abolish the Food Industry – Raj Patel – Health – The Atlantic

Abolish the Food Industry – Raj Patel – Health – The Atlantic.

Raj Patel points to the pointlessness of food nutrition recommendations versus big food industry in our country. When he says “our food choices are far from free, in no small …


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Chocolatier Melanie Boudar makes mind blowing chocolate at Sweet Paradise Chocolate in Wailea, Maui Hawaii

Chocolatier Melanie Boudar makes mind blowing chocolate at Sweet Paradise Chocolate in Wailea, Maui Hawaii

 
There is more to eating chocolate than just grabbing a Hershey bar at the checkout stand at the market. A lot more, like the fact that the cocoa industry is mired in slave labor issues and the quality of cheap chocolate …


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