Tag: gather essentials food correspondent
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November 01, 2008 07:04 PM EDT --
Hawaii is a true melting pot. We have a melding of as many foods, traditions and observances as there are ethnic groups who call these islands home.
I recently attended an all day . . .
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August 15, 2007 09:58 PM EDT --
The word poke (poh-keh) in the Hawaiian language means to cut up food in tiny bite size pieces.
Poke was traditionally made with . . .
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September 02, 2008 08:00 PM EDT --
You can't get a more typical Hawaiian dish than a Laulau and you can be sure to find it served at any lu'au. The original 'recipe' predates the arrival of Captain . . .
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March 03, 2009 07:48 PM EST --
From January 30th, 2007 until February 5th, 2009, I was one of the Gather Essentials Food Correspondents. My articles were published under the 'TROPICAL TASTE' . . .
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February 02, 2008 04:26 PM EST --
The Ginger Root ( Zingiber officionale ) is actually a rhizome (underground stem or corm) that has been in use both as a culinary spice and a medicinal herb for more than five thousand . . .
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April 24, 2008 07:49 PM EDT --
I thought I would be home by now, but instead find myself still on the mainland...in North Carolina, to be especific. I came to help my siblings settle our parents . . .
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July 07, 2008 10:45 AM EDT --
I've written about mangoes before (check the links below), but here it is....mango season is upon us again and I'm surrounded by the lovely aroma of ripe mangoes.
Anyone who knows . . .
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October 01, 2008 12:04 AM EDT --
Most people know this exotic fruit as the starfruit for obvious reasons, but its proper name is the carambola (Averrhoea Carambola). It is native to Southeast Asia and Indonisia, but it is now commercially . . .
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December 03, 2008 01:14 PM EST --
A couple of months ago, the Hawaii Papaya Industry Association and the University of Hawaii School of Agriculture held a day-long conference in Hilo to discuss among other industry concerns, . . .
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December 17, 2008 06:57 PM EST --
Although they are members of the same family, there are differences between plantains and bananas. Plantains are higher in starches and lower in sugars than the 'fruit' . . .
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January 10, 2009 02:30 PM EST --
Recently a friend of several years moved back to the mainland. Before he left, I was reminiscing with him about the time we met in person for the first time, a few years ago when . . .
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February 17, 2008 11:38 PM EST --
Flying red banners announcing "Kung Hee Fat Choy" or Happy New Year in Chinese; Taiko Drums; Lion Dances; a children's Chinese costume contest; traditional Chinese dancers performing . . .
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August 07, 2008 01:01 PM EDT --
"It is hard to envisage any cooking without lemons" wrote Elizabeth David, an Englishwoman, considered to be one of the best food writers in the world. In total agreement, I would add . . .
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August 22, 2008 06:01 PM EDT --
Today's Tropical Taste is a little bit different from my usual.
During these hot days of late summer we have . . .
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September 16, 2008 08:06 PM EDT --
From the very first time we met several years ago, I knew that Big Island Waikoloa resident Olelo pa'a Faith Ogawa was `the real thing'.
Since . . .
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July 03, 2008 09:44 AM EDT --
The beauty of preparing a paella is that there are no fast rules to follow except to prepare a rice dish with other ingredients in it. It can be just a vegetable paella, a chicken paella, a seafood . . .
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February 05, 2009 07:16 PM EST --
With this article I end my series of Tropical Taste articles I have been sharing with you as a Gather Essentials Food Correspondent for the last couple of years. . . .
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October 18, 2008 09:57 PM EDT --
I was asked to do a food demonstration at the Kinoole Farmers Market in Hilo this morning, one of several farmers markets in our area and one where I have been a guest "demoer" . . .
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February 27, 2008 03:04 PM EST --
Although salmon is not found in our tropical waters, it is nevertheless a very popular item in many of our island restaurants and it lends itself to tropical and Asian touches.
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July 16, 2008 04:52 PM EDT --
During my recent trip to the mainland I got to visit in Miami for a few days...Of course, friends and Cuban food were the order of the day!
A group of friends, people I have met through . . .
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