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April 1, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

Here’s an easy vegetarian dish filled with vibrant flavors, from a blend of curry powder, cumin, turmeric and ginger. To simplify the preparation, I use frozen okra which comes pre-slice...

April 1, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

The celebration of chocolate on the Big Island will be a 3-day event and will be held from April 10-12.

March 30, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How far will the magma go, and will it erupt? But even long after the a...

March 30, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

France’s easternmost region, Alsace, is also one of its most enchanting — thanks largely to its location. Pressed up against the German border, along the Rhine, the region flip-flo...

March 29, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Warm days have caused our gardens to flourish, but this can mean too much of a good thing.

March 25, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

Like a lot of Mexican food fans, I could stuff my face with tacos every day of the week and consider myself wonderfully fed.

March 24, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Mutual Publishing has a mini cookbook out, ‘Hawaii’i Does Desserts.’

March 23, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Ka‘u district. However, this m...

March 23, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

Climbing the Acropolis, communing with the druids at Stonehenge, or marveling at the sprawling remains of Pompeii — exploring the remnants of Europe’s distant past brings a special...

March 22, 2025 | 6 MIN READ

If you are maintaining turf on a golf course, it has to be almost perfect. However, most folks aren’t held to such high standards when it comes to a home garden. The important thing to k...

March 18, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

Mutual Publishing has two new little cookbooks out this month, “Hawai‘i Cooks with Coconut” and “Hawai‘i Does Desserts.”

March 18, 2025 | 2 MIN READ

When I was thinking about making a comforting meatloaf but wanted to make a quick dinner, I created a way to cut down on the baking time. I divided the meatloaf into two small loafs and placed...

March 17, 2025 | 7 MIN READ

Jon Stollenmeyer, 42, grew up in Ohio and studied architecture at the University of Cincinnati. In 2005, he visited a classmate in Japan with the idea of seeing the work of modern architects l...

March 16, 2025 | 4 MIN READ

As a young backpacker, I first fell in love with the picturesque village of Rothenburg, in Germany’s Franconian heartland. At that time, the town still fed a few farm animals within its...

March 15, 2025 | 5 MIN READ

After 45 years of living in the cool mountain mists of Kaloko Mauka’s Kona Cloud Forest Sanctuary, we have decided to move.

March 11, 2025 | 3 MIN READ

Curry just might be one of the most misunderstood culinary terms.