Organic offerings raw, vegan
Like our sports and reality television, dining has gone extreme, from the "Man vs. Food" pigouts that involve watching people tackle restaurants' most massive dishes, to following the latest culinary...
View ArticleOne need not travel far to enjoy Korean tacos
If the recent rage over "Gangnam Style" didn't clue you in, Korean everything is big these days. And while I can't understand the Korean dramas my mom watches, the language of the Korean taco is...
View ArticleZimmern aims to teach tolerance through food
Five years after his first visit to Hawaii, culinary adventurer Andrew Zimmern was back in town this month to film an upcoming episode of “Bizarre Foods America.”
View ArticleMaui chef survives undercooked kale
Last week's "Top Chef: Seattle" episode proved that fortunes can turn on a dime. The competition began with a Quickfire challenge of dumplings from around the globe.
View ArticleSweet potatoes make a nutritious, novel french fry snack
Purple is not a common food color, so purple sweet potatoes are kind of a novelty. Of course, we consider them common here in the islands, where they are grown by local farmers and known as Okinawan...
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Submit holiday displays for guide • Classes in Kailua cover chocolate • Chefs to discuss ‘How to Make It' • Wailea event will cheer food, wine
View ArticleDishing around town
Since food is fundamental to our very survival, it's understandable that humans have developed a palate for good fare — if we need food to live, might as well make it taste good, right?
View ArticleRestore ‘warm line’ as adjunct to ACCESS crisis line
Thank you, Star-Advertiser, for your coverage of the dropped calls on the state's ACCESS Line. You clearly demonstrated that the hotline fails to serve those it was intended to serve.
View ArticleDelicate balance for Turtle Bay
Given all the present concern about traffic among many residents of the North Shore, it's hard to conceive how much development the City Council approved at Turtle Bay Resort, through a unilateral...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
North Shore will be scarred • No high-rises in flood zones • Rail won't ease Leeward traffic • Reach out, help victims of abuse • Bus ride was long, crowded • Fishing pact for Japan, Taiwan • Oshiro...
View Article27 indicted in Mexican Mafia gang extortion case
VENTURA, Calif. >> More than two dozen people have been charged in connection with case where the notorious Mexican Mafia prison gang controlled the street drug activities of local gangs through...
View ArticleOnline tool developers up for $10K in prizes at event
Winners of Saturday's HON*CELERATOR competition will walk away with $10,000 in prize money as well as the congratulations, admiration and envy of their peers instead of solely those intangibles, as...
View ArticleBusiness briefs
Stores had solid start to holidays, ShopperTrak says • City installs 6 new EV charging stations • Shidler students get $1.4M in scholarships • Liquefied natural gas plan is topic of talk • ConAgra to...
View ArticlePumping life into a deficit plan thought dead
WASHINGTON » Theirs is an improbable buddy act that is making for unlikely entertainment from campuses to corporations, on a most serious subject: the federal debt. The proof of their appeal: Some...
View ArticleObituaries
Lucita Cabanero Amistad • Harold K. Brown • Ruby K.K. Choy • Wendall Hew • Kent S. Kaneko Sr. • Lionel Joseph Kalua Kaohi • Patsy Toyomi Kawaoka • Yasuji Kisaba • Om Van Luong • Arthur Charles McGuire
View ArticleKalihi man arrested in sex assault of woman, 18
Police today arrested a 48-year-old Kalihi man who allegedly sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman last month.
View ArticleMan arrested for allegedly firing shots at vehicle with 2 women in Kailua
Police today arrested a 24-year-old Waimanalo man who allegedly fired shots at two women, ages 23 and 31, in Kailua.
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Savaiinaea to play in All-America game • Kahuku football named best of Far West
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