Restaurants and food artisans in Kauai
(From left) Noah Hester, Nate Hayward and Leo Woods. Daniel Lane photo
Nate Hayward navigates a 15 passenger van along a rutted farm road in North Kohala. A steady drizzle of warm rain splats across the windshield. Eight foodies Continue Reading →
Cara cara marmalade with fresh ginger. Daniel Lane photo.
Aletha Thomas, owner of Monkeypod Jam, is in her shop’s kitchen cutting rounds of cara cara oranges. The deep orange flesh perfumes the air. She puts them in a pot, covers them in water and leaves them to sit overnight. In three days, they will transform into a thick marmalade mixed with fresh ginger. Two hundred pounds of Kauai Sunrise papayas are piled in boxes, waiting to be made into fruit butter with cinnamon and nutmeg, or papaya and vanilla bean jam. Aletha walks to a gas stove and stirs 25 pounds of Meyer lemons in a copper pot. Bubbles slowly burst in the thick syrup and she turns off the heat. Continue Reading →
There are more than 60 wines at Palate Wine Bar. Daniel Lane photo
Palate Wine Bar is a terrific place to relax with family and friends and enjoy esoteric wine, craft beer, or sake, and share cured olives, imported cheese, cured meat and handmade flatbreads. There are more than Continue Reading →
Beans in the cacao pod are soft, sweet, and a little tart. Daniel Lane photo
The Big Island Chocolate Festival is in its fifth year, and the gala’s theme is Lavalicious-A Chocolate Salute to the 100th Birthday of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Indulge in both savory and sweet temptations prepared by top chefs and chocolatiers while watching award-winning Chef Donald Wressell of Guittard Chocolate Company, sculpt one of the largest volcanoes ever created in fine chocolate. Culinary stations will be judged on their depiction of the popular park, plus a host of “best” culinary categories such as savory, plated dessert, bon bon, bean-to-bar, Hawaiian cacao and People’s Choice. Continue Reading →
Award winning craft beer and locally sourced pupus at Big Island Brewhaus. Daniel Lane photo
Tom Kerns, owner of Big Island Brewhaus, sits across from me at a picnic table on the bar’s lanai. His wife, Jayne, and their cook, Dan Leishman, sit on either side of him. Inside, boisterous conversation punctuated by laughter pour from customers who drink Tom’s award-winning craft beer and nibble on a large variety of pupus, some made with Continue Reading →
