This year, we were invited to attend two of the Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival events—Kā‘anapali Kitchen Stadium: Under A Maui Moon, a cross-over event with Kā‘anapali Fresh, and Corks & Forks at the Convention Center. Of all the HFWF events, the Kā‘anapali dinner is my favorite. In large part,... Read More

Now in its third year, the Kā‘anapali Fresh festival is an event I look forward to. I feel quite fortunate to have attended each of these years at the invitation of the organizers. As I mentioned in my preview of this year’s events, the festival keeps getting better and better—they... Read More

Over Labor Day weekend, we were fortunate enough to be invited to attend the third annual Kā‘anapali Fresh festival. And, lucky me, this year I managed to get myself over to Maui before the media welcome dinner or any other festivities got under way! The media welcome dinner was held... Read More

Oh, we had such a great time at Kā‘anapali Fresh this year! I’m working like crazy to process photos, but here’s a sampling. I’ll blog about the weekend soon…I swear! Short Rib Poutine (Raymond Nicasio, Sheraton Maui); Salmon at Mixology 101; Monica Bogar of NapiliFLO and her “shots”; Pā‘ina Cocktail (Chandra... Read More

It’s Kā‘anapali Fresh weekend, we’re here on Maui to eat ourselves silly…and of course that includes going on our must-quest: Ilocandia Filipino Store lechon! Here it is, in all its porky glory: Not that I need any more pork this weekend: I was just asked if I would be the... Read More

One of the things I love most about the annual Kā‘anapali Fresh festival (now in its third year) is that the organizers are willing to change things up and try new formats for the events that make up the festival weekend. Too often, events here are the exact same, year... Read More

Forgot to include this photo in my recap of our Kā‘anapali Fresh weekend: Shake picked me up at the airport and we jammed back to our hotel in time for me to change my shoes and top and get over to the Progressive Dinner. A light mist was falling and... 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