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Pies in Paradise

By on June 19, 2012 in To Table: Ono Eats
Chocolate Coconut Macaroon Menehune Bites. Daniel Lane photo

Chocolate Coconut Macaroon Menehune Bites. Daniel Lane photo

Sandy Poehnelt, the owner and baker of The Right Slice, and Kauai’s favorite pie lady, makes deep-dish pies with tropical fruit packed into flakey handmade crusts. All pies are made with real food: Real butter, flour, sugar, eggs, nuts and fruit. No preservatives, no artificial flavors.

Pies are baked fresh everyday at her bakery in Puhi, and each pie is a work of art. Not in a visual kind of way, although they are attractive, but in a comforting, sweet indulgence kind of way.

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Guest Post by Daniel Shipley

By on April 9, 2012 in Guest Posts
21 year-old Daniel Shipley

21 year-old Daniel Shipley

Daniel Shipley lives in British Columbia and writes about food and travel at Northern Rambler, a blog about discovery. While living on Kauai for a year, he worked in the kitchen at Oasis on the Beach, a seaside restaurant that showcases farm-to-table cuisine. Inspired by this young man’s passion for food, I asked him to write about his island experience for Tasting Kauai.

It was an easy decision for me to move to Kauai. My parents had recently moved and I hadn’t spent time with them for a couple of years so it was really a no brainer. As a foodie, what drew me to the island were the alien-like fruits and vegetables that at that point were a mystery to me. Continue Reading →

Kauai’s Infinite Variety of Avocados

By on March 6, 2012 in From Seed

Wootens Produce of Kauai

Nandi and John Wooten at their farm near Anahola. Daniel Lane photo

Nandi and John Wooten at their farm near Anahola. Daniel Lane photo

Two of my favorite farmers are John and Nandi Wooten, of Wootens Produce of Kauai. Nandi, with a ready smile and easy laugh, is an excellent cook. At market, she furnishes clever tips about exotic ingredients while John plays with children, laughs at his own jokes, and cheerfully explains the virtues of jackfruit. He’s also very smart, and after interviewing him for MidWeek Kauai, he changed the way I bought avocados.

John grew up playing in a neighbor’s orchard in Southern California. A fascination for exotic fruit took root, and as a teenager, he became a farmer at a subtropical fruit farm.

In 1995, the couple moved to Kauai and began growing tropical fruit on a 20-acre farm near Anahola. Today, the farm’s garden rotates seasonally, and includes thirty varieties of avocado, as well as jackfruit, soursop, breadfruit, Meyer lemons, cilantro, basil, parsley, Indian curry leaf, spring onions, lettuce, kale, collard greens, carrots, eggplant, beets and fennel. Continue Reading →

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