Waialua Estate Chocolate

L’ulu food porn

While at the L’ulu fundraiser at Leeward Community College on Saturday, I couldn’t resist the various opportunities to photograph some of the beautiful produce displays that were featured throughout the event. Virtually every station presented an opportunity for food porn.The…

Hawaii: In Real Life ~ holiday hot chocolate

Derek Lanter with cacao pods from his north shore farm, and me with my cup of chocolate goodnessI was at a tweetup recently at Blue Hawaii Lifestyle’s Bishop St. store, and they were experimenting with Waialua Estate Chocolate to make…

Experimenting with Waialua Chocolate

A few weeks ago, Melissa Chang visited a Waialua Estate cacao farm while doing a story about how an overgrown cacao orchard became one of the top single estate chocolates in the world. After her tour of the estate, she…

Visiting the Waialua cacao farm

My friend Dan Nakasone has his hand on the pulse of everything that’s happening in Hawaii agriculture, and always tells me about the latest and greatest developments around the state. So when he told me the amazing story behind Dole…