If you shop at the Wednesday farmers market in Kapa’a, you just might see Antwon Brinson, the chef de cuisine at Makana Terrace (located in the St. Regis Princeville Resort). He’s not only shopping for family meals at home, he’s experimenting with exotic produce that may end up on the St. Regis island bistro brunch [...]
One of the most iconic views of Kaua’i is the Hanalei Valley scenic overlook. A patchwork of taro fields fed by the Hanalei River stretch across the basin. Encircled by mountains draped in waterfalls, endangered birds flourish in the valley, a National Wildlife Refuge. Tucked on 30 acres is W.T. Haraguchi Farm, a six-generation taro [...]
If you’re lucky (as I am), you have a mother who loves you so much, she looks for opportunities to bring joy into your life. She may buy you a thoughtful gift, spoil your kids, gauge your mood by the tone of your voice or know just what to say to make you laugh. While [...]
Grow Culture is hosting a pop-up dinner this Mother’s Day at Na Aina Kai Botanical Gardens. This will be its 23rd dinner, which is more of an experience than a typical meal. In fact, these events are so hyper-local and innovative that even owner Collin Darrell has a hard time defining them. Pop-up restaurants, also [...]
As far as raw food goes, eating salads and drinking smoothies was as daring as I got. In fact, the whole idea of a raw food diet left me feeling hungry. Even a 2012 study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences stated, “If you eat only raw food, there are not enough [...]
In November 2012, Maxime Michaud left his sous chef position at St. Regis’s Nalu Kai to become chef de cuisine for the resort’s premier restaurant, Kaua’i Grill. Around the same time, fans of internationally acclaimed and Michelin-starred chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten thought he no longer created the food when Kaua’i Grill became part of the Culinary [...]
During the school year, student groups from Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School put on one tasty fundraiser on the second Saturday of each month. Kaua’i-based vendors and food trucks line up in the bus lane to sell their most popular menu items. There’s also music, crafts, face painting, a bounce house, keiki games and a bingo [...]
In 1871, Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana’ole was born near the Po’ipu coast, where Prince Kuhio Park is today, and was educated in California and England. As a descendant of Kaua’i’s King Kaumuali’i, Prince Kuhio’s chance for ascending the throne was thwarted by the overthrow of the monarchy in 1893. Kuhio spent two years in jail as [...]
Danny Hurtado grew up in a blue house next to Kukuiula Market in Po’ipu. As a boy, he’d eat at Taqueira Nortenos, aka Da Crack, a small restaurant wedged in between the market and what is now Outfitters Kaua’i. For 24 years, locals called it Da Crack before it closed in 2007. Hurtado spent his [...]
In the Feb. 13 issue of MidWeek Kauai, I wrote about a horseback ride and picnic lunch with CJM Country Stables. Typically, on adventure excursions you have a great time, but for me, it’s diminished by lunch. Usually it’s processed “meat” slipped between dry, hard bread. But the sandwich on that picnic was so delicious [...]
