Remember When Our Moms Used the Same Island Cookbooks
This series of Favorite Island Cookery books is still the go-to for simple to make dishes that are part of nostalgic local family traditions.
Classes and Recipes
Make Gorgeous Holiday Gifts at These Local Classes and Workshops
Create custom plant pots, block print your own tea towels, whip up wonderful wreaths (both botanical and charcuterie) and more.
5 Tasty ‘Ulu Recipes for Your Hawai‘i Thanksgiving
From a creamy starter to a sweet dessert, here are five recipes that give breadfruit the starring role.
Hana Kitchens Incubates New Culinary Community
A first-of-its-kind commissary kitchen in Honolulu offering space for retail, pop-up restaurants and cooking classes.
ChadLou’s Coffee Tasting in Kailua Is Fun for a Nerd or Novice
Yes, you’ll be buzzing—but you get to taste locally grown coffees side by side with blends from around the world.
HONOLULU Family Recipe: Easy Guacamole
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with this simple—and healthy—guacamole your kids can help make, too.
HONOLULU Family Easter Recipe: Easter Hot Cross Buns
Keep keiki’s hands busy by kneading, rolling and customizing these traditional treats.
HONOLULU Family Easter Recipe: Colorful, Layered Springtime Treats
Your go-to Rice Krispie Treats make a colorful statement this spring.
HONOLULU Family Recipe: Quick Malassadas
Skip the lines at the bakeries today and make these simple Portuguese yeast doughnuts at home for Fat Tuesday.
HONOLULU Family Recipe: Easy Banana Muffins
Celebrate National Banana Bread Day with this simple, kid-friendly recipe that uses ingredients you probably already have.
HONOLULU Magazine 2021 Gift Guide for Food Lovers: The Best Farm Tours and Baking Classes on O‘ahu
Whether your friends and family are naughty or love spice, you’ll find the right gift for everyone with great taste on your list.
We Tried It: 9 Recipes from Sheldon Simeon’s New Cookbook
Pork belly adobo, nori chicken, chocolate birthday cake butter mochi: Sheldon Simeon is proudest of the people, places and poke of his home—and we found all of these in Cook Real Hawai‘i.
10 Restaurants Are Creating 26 New Dishes for Honolulu’s July 10 Natto Day Takeout Dine-Around
We’re celebrating 10 years of Natto Day feasts in Hawai‘i with all kinds of savory, sweet, slime-licious creations.
Streamline Weeknight Dinners with Foodland 5
Foodland’s newest lineup of recipes—featuring just five ingredients—will have you in and out of the kitchen in no time.
We Tried It: Recipes for Baking with Local Cornmeal, Kiawe and ‘Ulu Flour
We made ‘ulu cacao nib, kiawe brown sugar and kiawe poached orange shortbreads from locally grown flours.
Hawai‘i Parent Hacks: 22 Cooking Tips and Tricks to Try at Home
Make your life easier with drip-free ice pops, no-mess bacon, perfect-peel eggs and more.
6 Local-Style Soup Recipes to Make at Home
From old-school oxtail to a cheesy spoonful with bacon on top, here are some of the HONOLULU’s team’s favorite homemade soups.
Hawaiʻi Comfort Food: Portuguese Bean Soup Recipe
What happens when you combine two family recipes in one pot? A simple, hearty version of this favorite dish.
Hawai‘i Comfort Food: A Homemade Recipe for Oxtail Soup
Slow simmering makes oxtail fall-off-the-bone tender. Feel free to eat with your fingers.
Hawai‘i Comfort Food: Tom Yum-Style Soup Recipe
An easier version of a Thai soup, this recipe is simple to make vegetarian or vegan for your family.
Keiki Snack: Witch’s Brooms and 5 Other Halloween Snack Ideas
Looking for more healthy Halloween treats? Try cheese witches brooms and 5 other neat ideas to dress up everything from your pizza to fruit cups.
The Local General Store Offers Pastry Boxes and Virtual Butchery Classes Focusing on Local Farmers
Jason Chow and Harley Tunac, a butcher and baker couple, return home to fill a void in butchery and baking.
HONOLULU Staff Picks: The Best Pickles and Pickle Recipes on O‘ahu
Looking for more activities to do at home or just searching for that extra oomph of flavor to add to your sandwiches, salads, hot dogs, burgers … we could go on. Our team has very strong opinions about locally pickled goods and their own pickling hacks.
7 Tips for Kid-Friendly Plant-Based Eating in Hawai‘i
How one mom in Honolulu introduced meatless meals to her husband and son.
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From plantation towns to planned communities, Central O‘ahu has its share of secret spots, a bumper crop of bowling alleys and neighborhood eats.
We celebrated National Take a Hike Day (Nov. 17), with a round up of our top picks for the best hikes on the Island.
Not willing to change her identity to be part of the industry, Mahina Florence is at the height of her career because of her flawless Hawaiian complexion, strong athletic build, and friendly aloha spirit.
These restaurants and cafés hold themselves to a higher eco-standard that make deciding where to eat for ocean-minded people an easy decision.