The mango festival has come a long way in eight years since Mark and Candy Suiso first started it in Makaha. Starwood now puts on a big event, featuring cooking demos, a silent auction, a mini farmer’s market, mango tasting,…
Can you believe it’s been seven years since the first mango festival at the Moana Surfrider came to be? I remember when it was held out at the Sheraton Makaha, coordinated by Mark and Candy Suiso of Makaha Mangoes right…
Summer brings mango season, which means it’s time for the annual Mangoes at the Moana. Chefs from the Moana Surfrider, Sheraton Waikiki, MW, Town, Koko Head Cafe and more were on hand with mango-themed dishes to celebrate the popular tropical…
Mango season is in full swing, which means that it’s time once again for Mangoes at the Moana.All things mango were available at the Moana Surfrider Saturday. Guests were greeted with mango-infused water in the hotel lobby before partaking in…
Last Year, for an April Fool’s Day blog post, I wrote about a botanist living on the Big Island who created a pog fruit though plant grafting. This story was complete fiction, but little did I know that I was…
Last year, I wrote a post about a botanist who created a pog fruit. This story was created as an April Fool’s Day prank. However, the key to any good lie is that it contains a grain of truth. While researching…
Photo by Candy Suiso“Wine tastings are old school,” said Makaha Mangoes’ Mark Suiso, at Friday’s Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers Conference at the University of Hawaii. “If you want to do something really special at your party, have a tropical fruit…
Mangoes at the Moana 2012 ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 36 Residents and visitors celebrated the peak of mango season at the Moana Surfrider's annual "Mangoes at the Moana." Makaha Mangoes was one of the big sponsors —…
I tagged along with Nonstop Honolulu foodie Mari Taketa last night to the Moana Surfrider’s “Tree to Table Mango Throwdown,” a food and wine event that doubled as a fundraiser for the Culinary Institute of the Pacific. There were 17…
