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Hot Shots in Kilauea

Cas Schwabe-Lutton of Akamai Juice Company. Daniel Lane photo

Cas Schwabe-Lutton of Akamai Juice Company. Daniel Lane photo

 

On October 26, The Garden Cafe in Kilauea will start selling Akamai Juice Company Wellness Shots and Hot Shots. When Dan and I covered Akamai Juice, and owner Cas Schwabe Lutton, for the January 18, 2012 issue of MidWeek Kauai, we got to try these shots.

The Hot Shot is hot! It’s a fiery blend made with local, organic Hawaiian chili peppers. We call them nioi or nioi pepa here, but they are in the bird pepper family. There is also local, organic ginger; local, organic turmeric; organic garlic, and local, organic lime. Continue Reading →

Growing, Buying and Cooking Bell Peppers on Kauai

Typically, tomatoes, summer squash, melons and bell peppers are hard to grow on Kauai. The fruit fly “stings” them, borrows inside, and lays eggs. The only evidence is a small, inward dent. Other than that, the fruit looks perfectly edible. But when you cut into it, it’s either teeming with eggs, or rotten. Continue Reading →

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