Catherine Toth Fox

Born and raised on O‘ahu, Catherine Toth Fox worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for more than 10 years and has freelanced—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications since 1997. She earned her master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1999, with a focus on magazine writing and publishing. And she received her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, graduating with distinction in 1996. She was previously HONOLULU Magazine’s food and dining editor, editor of HAWAI‘I Magazine, editor of HONOLULU Family and HAWAI‘I Magazine’s editor at large.

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Splash Bar Leather Apron

A New Kind of Bar

Bar Leather Apron, which opens in late December, is all about the experience.

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Our Top 5: Comfort food

There are those days. When you’ve been sitting in traffic for hours — and not during rush hour. Or when you’ve got two project deadlines that day — and the Internet craps out. Or when you’ve run out of printer…

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Our Top 5: French fries

French fries are an utterly subjective thing. Some like the skinny, slender shoestring variety; others prefer the meaty, thickness of steak-cut frites. Some like them deep-fried in duck fat; others like them drizzled in truffle oil. They can come curly…

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Our Top 5: Bakeries I’m obsessed with

Dessert is never an afterthought for me. If it’s not part of every meal, it could qualify as its own. I’ll seek out bakeries every change I get, whether I’m in Amsterdam or ‘Aiea. And every bakery has something special…

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My cell phone pet peeves

The other morning I was walking along the trail to the Makapuu Lighthouse and heard a noise behind me. It sounded like chatter at first. But as it got closer I realized the noise sounded vaguely familiar. Like Pharrell. Turns…

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Being a quitter isn’t so bad

Growing up, I never wanted to be a quitter. A quitter was someone who gave up, who walked away, who admitted defeat. That wasn’t going to be me. Then life happened. It turned out, quitting was pretty easy — and…

So glad Clooney didn’t bus’ Pidgin

I was a little surprised “The Descendants” won Best Motion Picture in the drama category in Sunday’s 69th annual Golden Globes.The movie, based on the novel written by Kaui Hart Hemmings, beat out “Hugo,” “The Ides of March,” “The Help,”…

Have dogs, will travel to Kona

It sounded like a bad idea.We wanted to see if our dogs, Sunny and Indy, could travel. So we booked our flight to Kona to visit family — and made reservations for the dogs, too.It was the first time either…

FUUD: Opulicious Restaurant in Moiliili

I was really sad when HK Restaurant closed in September after more than 30 years.No more teri hamburgers, fried noodles or its popular Yum Yum Chicken.HK’s was one of my go-to spots before UH volleyball games or after the beach.…

Cat Chat: Say Thanks

I love stationery.Yes, I’m one of those.I write letters, I send thank-you notes, I even have a pen pal from second grade.So of course I was thrilled to hear a new stationery boutique opened in October in Kapahulu. South Shore…

Ozoni and other New Years traditions I don’t get

Every New Year’s, our family always eats two things: Hawaiian food and ozoni.The Hawaiian food tradition started with our neighbors, a Hawaiian family, would kill and imu a pig and make a feast of foods including poi, lau lau, chicken…