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

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

This year, the Maui AgFest added a new event: a Grown on Maui Chefs’ Collaboration dinner to benefit the Maui County Farm Bureau’s Grown on Maui program. The dinner was originally planned to be held at the Maui Tropical Plantation, where the AgFest is held, but inclement weather moved the... 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