What Makes Hawaiian Food Special?
Hawaii Food & Wine Festival has become a magnet for mainland chefs in the multi-island event’s first five years. At HFWF15 in Kāʻanapali, during a round-robin media session at Hula Grill at Whalers Village,...
Hawaii Food & Wine Festival: 2013 Highlights
Food fiends flocked to the Hawaii Convention Center rooftop. Hawaii Food & Wine Festival co-founder Alan Wong said that they designed the “Taste Our Love For the Land” event to place a “spotlight on...
Dean Fearing Fried Quail
Quail evoke an image of a hunting amidst briar patches with a pack of bird dogs in rolling hills (or so I’m told), so it’s no surprise that Dean Fearing, one of the godfathers...
Hawaii Food & Wine Festival: From Farm to Table
The second annual Hawaii Food & Wine Festival convened their grandest tasting event at the Hilton Hawaiian Village – From Farm to Table: A Makahiki Festival- featuring high-profile chefs, mixologists and winemakers on the...
Interview: Hawaiian chef Alan Wong
Alan Wong is an Oahu-based culinary giant. The powerhouse chef is one of the driving forces behind Hawaiian Regional Cuisine, which celebrates the islands’ native cuisine and ingredients, and co-chairs the complementary Hawaii Food...
Hawaii Food & Wine Festival: The Bounty of He’eia
We met in a parking lot near downtown Honolulu and set off in a bus to learn from representatives of the Kamehameha Schools, which for 125 years have been working “to enhance the capability...
