Coffee At Its Best: “Crackulated” Kona Coffee, Big Island, Hawaii
The Ue Shima Coffee Company (UCC) is the only coffee company that “crackulates” its coffee beans. Not just once, but twice. The first “crack” is a gentle popcorn pop that sends out hints of freshly...
View ArticleGeckos Like Chocolate, too – Before it’s Fully Processed.
(right) Pam and Bob Cooper, in a previous life, didn’t know that chocolate grew on trees. Now, at their Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory in Kona, Hawaii, they produce 100,000 pounds of chocolate per...
View ArticleCelebrating 50 Years of the Magnificent Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa
Those of you who have frequented the beautiful Hawaiian island of Maui over the years will remember the queen of Ka‘anapali Beach: the Sheraton Maui. The hotel was new and glamorous in 1963. Back then,...
View ArticleAloha Chef Sam Choy, The Hawaiian Godfather of Poké
Along with fellow International Food Wine & Travel Writers, we arrived in the parking lot of Sam Choy’s Kai Lanai restaurant on the Big Island of Hawaii, to be served poké shooters. Quite an...
View ArticleHawaii’s Fungal Jungle
When Janice and Bob Stranga were ready for career changes, they wanted to be involved in the changing agricultural scene in Hawaii. Janice was an interior designer, Bob a helicopter pilot. “I had fun...
View ArticleMaui Bakeries: A Feast for the Senses
Maui bakeries are something to behold like the waves on the shoreline and sunsets. I often think of Hawaii as proud of poi and dishing out lots of fish and pineapple. A drive around the island of Maui...
View ArticleUn-Cruising in Hawaii
The Un-Cruise’s Safari Explorer is for people like me, who never had the urge to go on a cruise ship that resembled a huge floating resort village. On my first trip to Hawaii I wanted to see as many of...
View ArticleThe Sweetest Suites for Two on the Golden Princess
Our goal in taking a month-long cruise around Hawaii and Tahiti on the Golden Princess was to experience – and then write about – how a major cruise line like Princess caters to its suite passengers....
View ArticleCombine St. Regis and Kaua‛i for an Unforgettable Hawaiian Holiday
Often referred to as Hawaii’s “Garden Island,” Kaua‛i is a lush tropical paradise of towering cloud-crested green summits. The island has 50 miles of sandy beaches perpetually polished by translucent...
View ArticleHanging Loose in an RV in Hawaii
As RVers, we had visited every state in the US except Hawaii. That all changed when we flew to the island of Oahu for a travel writers’ conference. Before we left Canada, we booked an RV rental with...
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