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

Hawai‘i Food & Wine’s Saturday event placed an emphasis on local, sustainable ingredients. (Actually, all the events used a significant number of local products and the event organizers did a fabulous job of recognizing all the local producers on the signage.) There were 18 chefs participating, plus five mixologists, and... Read More

For the third year in a row the Modern Honolulu hotel played host to the O‘ahu opening evening event of the Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival. As in previous years, as is appropriate since the “hosting chef” is none other than Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto (his eponymous restaurant has its... Read More

I am so very behind on blogging, so I am starting a new thing: “I’ll Blog It Soon, I Swear!” because that’s what I keep saying. For this first edition, here are previews from the Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival. First, from the Under the Modern Moon: Morimoto & Friends event—Cocktails by Tony... Read More

So, I totally skipped over November and December’s round-ups…but you’ll forgive me, I hope. Of course, the first thing (literally) consumed this year was a bowl of ozoni at my parents’ house. Ozoni is the traditional Japanese New Year’s mochi soup. Every family has their own recipe. Our family recipe... Read More

Yesterday I had the chance to attend Julie Reiner and Francesco Lafranconi’s “Paradise Lost, Then Found: The Evolution of the Classic Hawaiian Cocktail” seminar at the Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival. Julie and Francesco are among the crème de la crème in the cocktail world. Julie is owner of New... Read More