Ingredients Hawaii movie premiere
A documentary on Hawaii's growing local food community
Martha Cheng
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Happy Chinese New Year! Here’s What to Eat to Celebrate the Year of the Dragon
Some traditional Chinese new year eats and their meanings. Also, where to go tonight.
Voyaging Foods: gluten-free and vegan baked goods with taro flour
A local business innovates with gluten-free products and taro.
Q&A: Joanne Chang of Boston's Flour Bakery
This week, she comes to Honolulu for demos and a brunch at the Halekulani.
Oxtail Soup: Four Bowls in Honolulu
Tasting oxtail soup at Aiea Bowl, Zippy’s, Ethel’s Grill, Asahi Grill.
New brunch restaurant: Sweet E’s Cafe
Standard breakfast and lunch fare in a charming Kilohana Square spot.
2012 Hale Aina Awards
You voted, we counted, and here they are, the best 128 restaurants in Hawaii. On these pages, you’ll find a complete list of the winners and a closer look at some of the specific, delicious dishes that put these eateries on top.
Coming soon: Alan Wong's Amasia at the Grand Wailea, Maui
Menu will include Wong's signature plantation-inspired style, as well as street food influences.
More January events: Hawaii dairy and eggs, Cacao Festival, Enter the Dragon
A sale on local dairy and eggs at Whole Foods and a celebration of locally-grown chocolate at Haleiwa Farmers' Market Cacao Festival.
O my buns: Hokkaido bread from Panya Bakery and roti buns from Tutti Frutti
Soft and sweet buns, but each with a twist.
New: Adriatic Foods
Croatian food in a kiosk by Mark's Garage.
Coming soon: The Whole Ox Deli
Bob McGee's latest project: a deli in Kakaako, with a crowdfunded smoker.
Honolulu's first urban rooftop farm
A certified organic, 28,000 square foot rooftop farm on top of AutoMart in Kakaako
Andrew Rose Gallery
Bringing Art to Bishop Street: Fine art may be Hawaii's newest export.
January food and dining events: rare scotch, celebrity chefs, farm dinners
Sip scotch or wines from Chile, taste Jonathan Waxman, Ming Tsai and Tyler Florence's food.
New restaurant: Papa's Burgers
Creative burgers—Bibimbop Burger, Pork & Shrimp Thai Burger—but the beef patties need work
Is coffee cherry the new acai?
Antioxidant-rich coffee cherry is touted as the superfruit du jour in two new products: KonaRed and Hawaiian Tisane.
Try this: jackfruit and other exotic fruits
Paradise Fruit and Vegetable stand at farmers' markets offers lesser known fruit like sapodilla, canistel, abiu
Favorite dishes of 2011
Fennel panna cotta, grilled goat cheese pound cake, tater tot nachos top my list.
Top 10 posts of 2011 on Biting Commentary
From Hawaii Regional Cuisine chefs to a small plates bar to new outposts of family-run stalwarts.
Goodbye John
John Heckathorn, who launched Biting Commentary, passed away this morning.
Two gifts to bring to a holiday party
Hawaiian red chili toffee and Petit Custa bears
Il Gelato in Hawaii
A German makes gelato in Hawaii. And he makes it remarkably well.
Falafel and shawarma from Da Falafel King's second location
Da Falafel King expands to a minibus in Moiliili
Shop and drop in for a bite
Lei Chic senior editor's picks for where to refuel while shopping.
New Year's Eve and Day dining out options
A round-up of places to ring in the New Year.
Country Market at Kahuku Farms
Hot grilled banana bread with Hawaii-grown vanilla ice cream and more
Update: Lobby Bar at The Modern Honolulu
Food and drink quality upheld post changeover
Lesser Known, Locally Grown
These unusual ingredients can spice up your dishes.
New restaurant: Opal Thai ditches the truck
Opal Thai has moved into a brick-and-mortar and the food is as good as ever.
Christmas dinner options if you're going out
For Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, a dining out round-up
Looking forward to 2012 food trends
No, NOT donuts, but pop-ups, Chinese food, rosé, throwback food and cocktails, cooking at home.
2011 trends: looking back at food
New restaurants Prima, Heeia Pier, Wada, Home Bar and Grill top my list. Trends of 2011 include chocolate, coffee, pizza ovens and food trucks.
Get your fix: biscuits and gravy
A biscuits and gravy round up from Soul Patrol, Morning Glass, Kiss My Grits
Eat and drink this now: cereal milk latte; stollen; local, cage-free eggs
Cocoa Krispies milk latte at Morning Glass; a Kahala stollen that's dipped in clarified butter; Maili Moa eggs, the first cage-free eggs on a commercial scale
New restaurant: Red House
A Korean version of Shokudo, with modern touches in both the decor and dishes.
Sweet Treats in Honolulu
These lesser known desserts elicit joy when presented at a party, even if it’s a party of one on the couch. Here are a few of our favorite confections in Hawaii.
Update: no naked sushi
Letters of protest by Safe Zone Foundation/Girl Fest Hawaii and the Department of Labor take naked sushi off the table.
Speakeasy: Bar&D
In R&D's first one-night-stand speakeasy, four courses of throwback cocktails by Dave Newman of Nobu and Kyle Reutner of Town
Eat sushi off naked models, carrotmob Kale's Deli and more
Naked sushi at RaKuen, carrot mob at Kale's Deli, Outstanding in the Field farm dinners, and other news from Nobu and The Modern.
