I woke up to a depressing message in my inbox this morning: poor Paula wanted to make my mai tai, but she had run into a problem all too common on the mainland: I cannot find the almond syrup – can I substitute with anything else? Oh, Paula, I’m so sorry, I’m afraid that nothing […]
As we are in the last furious few weeks before releasing the new edition of Top Maui Restaurants, a couple of noteworthy Maui restaurants have closed – Wok Star being one. Boo hoo! Here’s a partial list of places that have closed in the last year: Alexander’s Fish & Chips (both Kihei & Kahului locations) […]
Every year I wait to post about where to eat on Maui for Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Years until after I find out what the restaurants have planned. Unfortunately, restaurants don’t necessarily reveal their plans far enough ahead of time for me to pass them on to you. (Island time is a real phenomenon.) […]
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 […]
James is a first-generation American, and German on both sides … so his idea of comfort food is wiener schnitzel and bratwurst and braised red cabbage. That’s why we make a point of going to Brigit & Bernard’s Garden Cafe at least once during the month of October. On Friday and Saturday stop in for […]