Molecular Gastronomy

Michael Collantes sets high bar for Park

Details of a modern Mediterranean restaurant have been percolating through Honolulu dining circles for the past three weeks. In anticipation of an early August opening, I made some phone calls and scoured the Internet for any and all information about…

Best meal of my life: Alinea

I attended last year’s TEDxHonolulu in search of knowledge and inspiration. As part of the interactive conference, we had to fill in the blank to the following statement: “Before I die I want to…”I picked an experience that had piqued…

Fun with honey caviar

The fall semester recently started, which means that the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s apiary program is harvesting honey from the College of Agriculture’s beehives.This is the second year of Chef Alan Wong’s Adopt-A-Beehive program, and I didn’t hesitate to…