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Pau Hana Friday for August 9

By on August 9, 2013 in Pau Hana Friday
Pele’s Passion at RumFire. Daniel Lane photo.

Pele’s Passion at RumFire. Daniel Lane photo.

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Tasting Kauai

I’m happy to announce that our paperback Tasting Kauai: Restaurants, From Food Trucks to Fine Dining, A Guide to Eating Well on the Garden Island, is available on Amazon. They set the price, which was at $17.18 when it went up last week, but today I see it’s at $13.06. The digital version is still available at the introductory price of $3.99, but it will raise to $7.99 within the next day or so. Either way, the books pop with hubby’s gorgeous color photographs and whimsical graphics.

This morning on Hawaii Public Radio, Chris Vandercook, co-host of The Conversation, and I spoke about why locally-sourced food tastes so good. If you want to know why, listen to “A culinary romp through paradise with Marta Lane” on HPR2’s website. Continue Reading →

Pau Hana Friday for May 31

By on May 31, 2013 in Pau Hana Friday
This pork belly bau is one of the images for a listing in our restaurant guide. Daniel Lane photo

This pork belly bau is one of the images for a listing in our restaurant guide. Daniel Lane photo

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Tasting Kauai on Hawaii Public Radio

This morning, I was interviewed on Hawaii Public Radio for our new book, Tasting Kauai: Restaurants. I share poolside lunch bargains, little known dining options as well as food trends on Kauai. Here is a link: Tasty Finds on the Garden Isle.

If you listen to HPR, here is when it will run today:

KHPR ~ 4:30 p.m.
KIPO at 12:30 or 1:30 p.m. Exact timing inside the news programming is subject to change.

KHPR ~ Fine Arts & Classical Music

  • KHPR 88.1 Honolulu (Oahu and Kaua’i)
  • KKUA 90.7 Wailuku (Maui) heard on Maui, Moloka’i, Lana’i & West Hawai’i
  • KANO 91.1 Hilo (Hawai’i Island)
  • K234AN 94.7 Waimea (Hawai’i Island) Continue Reading →

Pau Hana Friday for March 22

By on March 22, 2013 in Pau Hana Friday

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Four stages of noni growth. Daniel Lane photo

Four stages of noni growth. Daniel Lane photo

Hawaiian Health Ohana

If you’ve perused these webpages for awhile, you likely know that I am a huge fan of noni. As a freelance writer, I write. A lot. Awhile back, my right forearm was seriously complaining and I couldn’t type. I had deadlines, so I used my left hand! Lucky for me, I’m pretty ambidextrous. I may have even been left handed before school put me in the right hand box. Anyway, I posted a picture of me writing with my left hand on my personal Facebook page because I thought it was kind of funny. My friend Ryan Wooton of Kauai Kunana Dairy suggested I use Hawaiian Health Ohana’s noni lotion. They squeeze a lot of udders for their yummy goat cheese, and that’s what they use. Now, this is no lie. I spread some on and it took away the pain. Completely. And it hasn’t come back! When I did a story about owner Steve Frailey in MidWeek Kauai, I learned that noni is 75 percent as effective as morphine at removing pain and that noni heals the problem, with no side effects.

Now, you have a chance to learn about noni at Steve’s organic farm. Hawaiian Health Ohana now offers Farm and Wellness Tours at their Kaakaanui Plantation in Moloaa. The centerpiece of the tour is the whole, raw food Steve makes from the noni grown on the plantation. “Let Food Be Thy Medicine,” from Hippocrates certainly is appropriate in this case. Kaakaanui is USDA Certified Organic, and Steve will be showing you the “best farming practices” he and his family have developed over the last 30 years here on Kauai. You will get a behind the scenes look at one of the more interesting examples of food becoming medicine, as well as a taste of wellness on Kauai.

The tours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. and advance reservation are required. The normal cost is $40, but for the rest of March it’s $20 per person. Call 888-882-6664.  Continue Reading →

Flavors of Kukuiula

By on February 3, 2013 in Events

Wednesday, February 6

Kauai Culinary Market at The Shops at Kukuiula in Poipu. Daniel Lane photo

Kauai Culinary Market at The Shops at Kukuiula in Poipu. Daniel Lane photo

The Shops at Kukuiula, 4 to 7 p.m., free

The Kauai Culinary Market is a partnership between the Kauai County Farm Bureau and The Shops at Kukuiula. On Wednesday, Feb. 6, they are putting on a special event called Flavors of Kukuiula during the Kauai Culinary Market. At 5 p.m., Laura Cristobal, owner of Salty Wahine Gourmet Hawaiian Sea Salts,will do a cooking demonstration using her Mango Java rub on Kauai-raised, grass-fed beef from the Andrade Cattle Co. Grass-fed beef is lower in fat and requires a different cooking technique. If you’ve been wondering how to cook up a juicy, flavorful steak, stop by and learn how then sample afterwards.

If you like it, and I know you will, you can buy gourmet cuts straight from The Rancher’s Daughter. Sharleen Andrade-Balmores will be there to sell her father’s filet mignon, rib eye steak, top sirloin, tri-tip, N.Y strip, London broil and steer burger. Steer burger is ground from prized steers, and not like hamburger which is usually ground meat scraps. Ask Sharleen how they raise their meat, she’s passionate about it and the paniolo tradition. Continue Reading →

Pau Hana Friday For Dec. 14

By on December 13, 2012 in Pau Hana Friday

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Happy Pau Hana Friday! This Garden Island Punch is made with Koloa Rum and was created by the guys at Oasis on the Beach. Click the image for the recipe. Daniel Lane photo

Akamai Juice Co.

“We all know fresh juice is good for you, but what about fresh tea?” Asks Cas Schwabe of Akamai Juice Co., who says she’s using it to help people with cancer. “Six months ago, a friend in California was riddled with cancer and given four to eight weeks to live. Knowing I could help, I invented a tea, made with soursop, noni, mamaki, tulsi basil, kefir lime and turmeric.

“Now, chef Wayne is functioning at 90 percent, back to work full time, and headed to Maui for two weeks this Saturday. YES! I’m going to Maui to feed him soursop for the first time, as he’s only tasted the leaf.

“I’m seeing very positive results for those cancer patients drinking the tea with the western medicines prescribed. However, those with the disease that avoid non-natural cures, have experienced very positive benefits too. I have been mailing the fresh, organic leaves to the Mainland for months now and am eternally grateful for the farmers, smart friends and my little juice company for exposing me to the healing powers of these miracle plants. Watch out world, here comes help in the land of natural cancer treatment!” Continue Reading →

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