Kahala Hotel and Resort

#HFWF16: Hukilau Beach Cookout

The Hawaii Food and Wine Festival celebrates its sixth year of bringing the world’s top chefs and producers to Hawaii in the name of charity. Proceeds from the festival support local beneficiaries committed to sustainability and cultural and education programs…

A week of Jim Beam Bourbon tastings

Jim Beam’s master distiller, Frederick “Fred” Booker Noe III has had a busy week in Hawaii meeting with Bourbon fans and conducting tastings at various locations around Honolulu.We were able to catch up with Noe this week at tasting events…

Did this: Kahala Wine & Food Classic

The Kahala Hotel & Resort held the first gourmet dinner of the weekend for their annual Wine & Food Classic last night, a Hollywood-themed evening on their Kokohead Lawn. The menu was created by Chateau Marmont’s executive chef, Carolynn Spence,…

Cat Chat 18: Have wine, will eat

You put a glass of wine and a plate of braised lamb shank in front of me, well, neither will last very long.So when Hoku’s, the award-winning restaurant at The Kahala Hotel and Resort, invited me to sample its wine…

FUUD: Hoku’s at the Kahala Hotel

I had been having a rough few weeks.I had been working the equivalent of two full-time jobs, which entails everything from writing 2,000-word stories to grading papers. That, combined with everything else I do, had been taking a toll of…