Alan Wong's Eggscellent Recipe Contest
Celebrates the centennial anniversary of a Wahiawa egg farm
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Hawaii Ranchers Ground Beef now available
It's time for Honolulu consumers to step up to the plate and buy locally raised beef
Hawaii Ranchers Ground Beef, a 100 per cent local, grass fed, pasture raised ground beef product is being launched March 10 at three Foodland stores in Honolulu – Market City, Beretania, and Foodland Farms in Aina Haina.
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Naked Cow Dairy: O‘ahu's Only Dairy
Bringing fresh and natural island milk back to the table
Sisters Monique van der Stroom and Sabrina St. Martin thought about naming their all-female (both of the human and bovine kind) dairy the Diva Dairy. Except, well, none of them are really divas.
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North Shore Cattle Company: Doc Lum’s Legacy
Former state vet pioneers 100% Hawai‘i Grown Beef
When Calvin “Doc” Lum retired, he leased a parcel of land high above the North Shore, quiet and breezy with expansive views of the ocean and the Wai‘anae range. Not so uncommon for retirees looking for a peaceful place to rest, but it wasn’t for himself. Rather, these thousand acres were for his cattle, and it was the beginning of the North Shore Cattle Company.
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Asparagus: Signs of Spring
Twin Bridge Farms provides a unique crop
What started as a moonlighting project has made Milton Agader and Al Medrano some of the most sought after farmers on Oahu. They are the main producers of island asparagus, found on many a fine-dining plate, in Alan Wong’s to DK Kodama’s restaurants.
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Hawaiian Red Veal: 100% Hawaii born and raised
Sustainably and humanely raised
The buzz is starting about Hawaiian Red Veal, a new product from Hawaii's cattle ranchers that's making its debut in Honolulu the week of April 20, 2009.
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The Incredible Edible Egg
Hawaii eggs from hen to table in three days
Easter may be over, but Hawaii's local egg industry still needs your support. Why buy local eggs? For one thing, Hawaii eggs are fresher. A mainland egg can be up to two weeks old by the time it reaches your hands, whereas Hawaii-laid eggs take about three days from hen to table.
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Two Heart Salad
Two-Heart Salad Carries Love Through the Year
The ivory-white heart of the peach palm adds a soft crunch to salads and is delicious when sliced and sautéed in a little olive oil. I like foods that have a heart, that require a little stripping away of outer shells to get to their inner core.
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Makaha Mangoes Unpeeled
The broad swath of Makaha Valley wends well on its way toward the heart of the Waianae Mountains before Mark Suiso’s place comes into view. At a dusty corner where an old monkeypod arcs over the road, Suiso sits at a picnic table in his back yard, behind a neatly arrayed line of mangoes.
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Know Your Mango?
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Mango Season in Waianae
Editors note: This article was published in 2008. Since then, the Waianae market has moved to Waianae Comprehensive Health Center and is held every Saturday morning.
Every first and third Saturday this summer, Candy and Mark Suiso have set out boxes of mangoes at the Waianae Farmers’ Market. Pirie, Rapoza, Gouveia, Momi K—the names fall on the ears of mango devotees like a melody of summer’s bursting promise.
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From Hook to Plate
Check Out the Honolulu Fish Auction
Brooks Takenaka steers us through the high-intensity world of the Honolulu fish auction.
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