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Our Kauai Food Tour -South Shore concludes at Kauai’s premiere gourmet farmers market at the Shops at Kukuiula. Daniel Lane photo

The Shops at Kukuiula and Poipu Beach Resort Association’s 2nd Annual Poipu Food & Wine Festival runs through November 12.

Similar to last year’s inaugural event, this year’s festival supports the Culinary Arts Program at Kauai Community College. Culinary skills of Kauai’s premier chefs will be showcased through demonstrations, hands-on cooking classes and food tastings. Festival guests will also enjoy Hawaiian music provided by top island artists and receive gifts and prizes from local merchants, including a free signature cookbook.  Continue Reading →

Pumpkin Crunch, Sweet Potato Haupia Pie, and Pineapple Cheesecake. Photo by Megan Fox

Sam Choy is a Hawaii favorite – and there’s good reason. Well-known globally as a James Beard Award-winning chef, prolific cookbook author, and Iron Chef America personality, Chef Choy’s roots and passion come from the oceans and farmlands of Hawaii. Continue Reading →

Rodman Machado (left) and celebrity chef, Sheldon Simeon. Daniel Lane photo

Rodman Machado teamed up with celebrity chef Sheldon Simeon for a 5-course dinner with cocktail and wine parings. Simeon, TV host, chef and owner of Tin Roof on Maui, is a Top Chef finalist who won Fan Favorite in Season 10; has two James Beard nominations; and two Food & Wine People’s Choice awards. Machado, a farm-to-table advocate, executive chef at the Kauai Beach Resort, and winner of the 2016 Tasting Kauai Coconut Cook-off, sources from more than 10 Hawaii producers. The chefs met when Machado was a teacher and Simeon was a student at the Culinary Institute of the Pacific and both embrace their Filipino heritage for this Celebrity Chef’s Feast at Naupaka Terrace. Continue Reading →

Girl Scouts learn where their food comes from by harvesting fruit with Village Harvest. Photo courtesy of Malama Kauai.

Opportunity for keiki to learn about the Hawaiian food system and enjoy healthy snacks

To celebrate National Nutrition Month, Malama Kauai is offering a free food preparation and nutrition class for keiki and their families on Tuesday, March 21 from 9 a.m. to noon, during Spring Break, at Kealia Farms’ Pavilion. Attendees will learn about whole foods, eating close to the earth, health benefits of food, and the Hawaiian diet based on the ahupuaa system – as well as making and tasting delicious snacks! Continue Reading →

Join Chef Sheldon Simeon of Tin Roof Maui at Merriman’s Fish House in Poipu on Dec. 18.

This blog post is sponsored by Edible Hawaiian Islands.

Two farm-to-table events in Hawaii will go toward a good cause. On Friday, Dec. 9, the Hawaii Island Paina takes place at Merriman’s Waimea with guest chef Mark “Gooch” Noguchi of Oahu. This farm-to-table culinary experience, in which Chef Noguchi of the Pili Group teams up with Merriman’s chef Vince McCarthy, is the first of two fundraisers for the Hawaii Islands Land Trust (HILT). Continue Reading →