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View From Here - Hawaii Travel Blog - Food & Drink

Total Number of Entries - 80

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A Weekend On Kauai

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Tue 7/20/2010

Destination: Kauai

Saturday night found us at the Kapaa Jodo Mission for their annual bon dance festival. We ate “pronto pups” (you may know them as corn dogs) and “flying saucers” (a.k.a sloppy joe’s) and chili rice, the staple foods of these events happening most every weekend throughout the summer across the Hawaiians Islands.
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In Hawaii: Expect Nothing. Be Ready for Anything.

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Wed 7/7/2010

Destination: Maui

Last month, I flew to Maui for the Kapalua Wine & Food Festival. I arrived at the Saturday afternoon Kapalua Wine Tour at The Ritz-Carlton promptly at 12:45 p.m. I hauled my laptop, two cameras, digital voice recorder, phone, notepad and pens in my favorite traveling backpack—the Sherpani Tosca. That meant my hands were free for things like, oh, wine.
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Wines and Flowers from Hawaii and the World

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Mon 6/28/2010

Destination: Maui

On Friday evening, I arrived at the Kapalua Wine & Food Festival with no plan—other than to enjoy some wine. When I entered the Aloha Garden Pavilion at The Ritz-Carlton for “The Grand Tasting,” I quickly realized I would need a plan. I settled on pinot noir as the sun set behind Molokai across the open ocean channel.
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The Secret of Gazebo Restaurant Revealed

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Sun 6/27/2010

Destination: Maui

I stood in the hot sun for 35 minutes yesterday morning waiting for a table at The Gazebo Restaurant on Maui. I ordered the White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Pancakes. When I asked Sherrie, my server, what was the secret to the famous pancakes, I fully expected her to shake her head and say, "Sorry. Can't say." Or, "There is only one person here who knows and that's the chef. He's not talking." But she didn't.
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Headed to Maui's Kapalua Wine and Food Festival

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Wed 6/23/2010

Destination: Maui

Tomorrow, I head to Maui for the Kapalua Wine & Food Festival. I've been treating myself to a glass of wine the past two evenings to get in shape for the event. Here is what I am looking forward to on my island-hopping, weekend vacation to Maui....
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How to Open a Coconut

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Thu 6/17/2010

Destination: Kauai

Coconuts are harder to open than a care package encased in tape and mailed from my mother in Missouri, and so, under sweltering skies, I hit the Kapaa Farmers Market this past Wednesday afternoon. My mission: Determine once and for all the best way to open a coconut.

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Our Oceans Connect the World

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Thu 6/10/2010

Destination: Kauai, Oahu

According to a press release from The Ocean Project, the goal of World Oceans Day is “to raise awareness about the crucial role the ocean plays in our lives, and the important ways people can help to protect our shared world ocean.” In the United States, Hawaii became the first state to recognize and celebrate World Oceans Day. On Tuesday, volunteers around the state participated in beach clean ups and reef surveys. Seminars and movie screenings educated the public on the prevalence of plastic in our Pacific Ocean.
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What's Your Favorite Hawaii Adventure?

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Wed 4/28/2010

Destination: Hawaii Island, Kauai, Maui, Oahu

A few weeks ago, we conducted an informal poll on Facebook. We asked, “What’s your favorite Hawaii adventure?” 168 of our fans responded. Many of you could not make up your mind and reeled off a laundry list of your favorite adventures. We ran all those responses through our not-so-very-scientific analysis—called hand tabulating—to give you this report.
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Get Your Fill of Spam in Waikiki

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Fri 4/23/2010

Destination: Oahu

Tomorrow, some 20,000 people are expected to crowd Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki on Oahu between 4:00 and 10:00 p.m. for—of all things—SpamJam. (Officially, Waikiki SpamJam.) Yes, we’re talking about the canned, spiced ham here.
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Pancakes Hawaii-Style

Kim Steutermann Rogers on Wed 2/24/2010

Destination: Kauai, Hawaii Island, Maui, Oahu

I missed National Pancake Day yesterday and, for some reason, I feel like I missed out on something. Pancakes—particularly pancakes topped with bananas and macadamia nuts—are steeped in the food culture of Hawaii. Especially topped with coconut syrup.
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