Here’s a question I received in response to our recommendation to readers of Top Maui Restaurants to buy whole bean coffee souvenirs at Maui Oma in Kahului, Maui: “I bought some coffee, and they asked me if I wanted whole beans or ground. I said whole beans, because I got flustered, but I don’t have […]
Last night I flipped through an Orlando tourist magazine (I’m here for a conference) and stopped, slack-jawed, at a full page ad for a zipline. In central Florida??? There are no hills here, of any kind, and the only thing to see over the swampland is the towering theme park rides and multi-storied hotels. What […]
Phew! After months of eating, writing, editing, pruning, editing, and indexing, the new edition of Top Maui Restaurants just hit the bookshelves. This year’s edition is even more organized, more useful, and more complete than ever before. Here’s why: Shannon Wianecki joined us as a contributor for this new edition. Shannon spent eight years as […]
Limu (Hawaiian seaweed) is an important part of the native Hawaiian diet. Not only does it provide dense nutrition; it provides salt and other micro-minerals that give food flavor. It was one of the few foods that Hawaiian women could eat, which led to something of a healthy obsession. You can read more about limu […]