We’re told it’s fall. You wouldn’t know it from the heat in our house. We’re also told that in the fall, people go apple-picking. Wouldn’t know much about that either. However, this summer, on our great National Parks road trip we got to go on our very first apple picking... Read More

Shake and I were invited to the 2nd annual Kā‘anapali Fresh food event over Labor Day weekend. Here’s a short-ish recap; more photos in the gallery. The weekend included three evening events—Friday’s Progressive Dinner; Saturday’s “Kā‘anapali 5-0” in celebration of Kā‘anapali Resort’s 50th anniversary; and Sunday’s Mālama Maui, a joint... Read More

This year’s Kā‘anapali Fresh weekend food event culminated in the opening event for the Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival. We got to enjoy several days of #KFRESH13 fun as well as the Mālama Maui #HFWF13 dinner. I’ll be writing more about our Kā‘anapali Fresh weekend later, but I wanted to... Read More

In early June, Shake and I were invited to attend the Kapalua Wine & Food Festival. I did write about our fantastic experience meeting Sarah and Sparky Marquis of Mollydooker Wines, but I’ve been remiss in posting about the event in general. You see, I wanted to do a cool... Read More

While we were on Maui for the Maui County Agricultural Festival weekend, we dined at Pulehu at the Westin Kā‘anapali Ocean Resort Villas and met Chef Wesley Holder. He came out at the end of dinner to chat with us and we casually asked him what he had planned for... Read More

Shake and I spent four days on Maui during the Maui County Agricultural Festival weekend. Besides stuffing ourselves silly at the actual Festival, we ate at several great places. First up, Kō at The Fairmont Kea Lani. The Kea Lani hosted us for one night of our stay, and we were... Read More

At the beginning of the month, Shake and I were invited to Maui to attend the Maui County Agricultural Festival, affectionately called “Maui AgFest.” Last year, Shake was one of the judges for the chefs’ cooking competition, but this year, we were JAFOs. (OK, I’m usually always JAFO, I admit.... Read More

Shake & I went off to Maui earlier this month — yes, again — to attend the inaugural Kā‘anapali Fresh weekend. Kā‘anapali is a popular resort area of Maui, and they’ve launched the Kā‘anapali Fresh weekend as a way to showcase the restaurants of the area and Maui agricultural products... Read More