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Thanh Bidwell, Mistee Uyehara, and their 2-year old daughter Mai, are the trio that make up Let’s Grow Farms. Before he became a farmer, Thanh was a café owner and big supporter of local farmers. Like Thanh, Mistee, who also works at Juicy Brew (a …
“Mānoa to me is the aroma of jasmine and puakenikeni and champaka that drifts and lingers in the air after sunset,” Deanna Rose said. “It’s the scent of musky, damp earth that rises up from the ground after a heavy rain. It’s a blissful mix …
Raise your 12-inch cast-iron skillet over your head like a boombox ala John Cusack in Say Anything if you are as relieved as I am about not having to go out to dinner for Valentine’s Day this year. I’m not anti-Valentine’s Day, but personally, I …
What’s sadder than an old man riding a tandem cruiser bike by himself? Not a lot is, but I think locking up one’s sense of curiosity in a box is up there. Whether it’s questioning the validity of conspiracy theory du jour or wondering about …
So, I was hiding under a rock and when I emerged out of this hard place I immediately had some questions. One was “what is GOAT?” when someone referred to surfer Kelly Slater as one. I thought maybe it was the way he could bully his …
Andrea Onetti has a passionate relationship with his pasta that begins with an intimate connection with his bags of Italian flour. “If the bag of flour has been open for two days, I know the difference,” Andrea said. “I talk to pasta. I consider it alive and a living …
“Laarni is trying to convince me to put lechon on everything. It’s hard to argue with her. So here’s a lechon pasta, combining Onda Pasta’s fresh noodles with crackly-skinned pork. Taking additional inspiration from Filipino cuisine, the lechon is tossed with tomatoes, onions and green …
Sweet Land Farm is an eight-year-old, family-run farm located in Waialua on the North Shore of O‘ahu headed by farmer and cheesemaker, Emma Bello. The farm sits on 86 acres of what was pineapple land years ago. Twenty acres of the land is used to grow …
Aloha Friends! My introduction to Thai food when I was growing up was a plate of dry and rubbery pad Thai from an eatery at a nearby strip mall. It wasn’t until my freshman year in college when I worked as a waitress at a small, …
Listen along with Catherine Cruz as she interviews our very own Rob Barreca, Pomai Weigert (GoFarm Hawai‘i), and Bobby Skelton (Red Beard’s Pepper Sauce). “Today we put agriculture in the spotlight. The pandemic has underscored the need to become more resilient when it comes to …