Macadamia nuts are not indigenous to Hawaii. Mr. E. W. Purvis introduced macadamia trees to the Islands from Australia in 1885. Macadam...
Star anise is reddish brown and shaped like an irregular, eight-pointed star. In fact, its Chinese name means eight points. This spice’s...
Chicken Hekka is one of those dishes that show up at every lu’au or party in the Islands. It’s kind of Chinese, kind of Japanese, kind o...
When I hear “snap peas” I think of this recipe—sweet, crispy, tender sugar snap peas speckled with black goma (sesame) seeds, with a hin...
