A NEW CAN IN TOWN
Hawaiian Sun has a new flavor, Beach n’ Berry Punch, with blueberry, raspberry, passion fruit, acai and pomegranate flavors.
It’s showing up in stores this week and will officially debut at the Made in Hawaii Festival this weekend.
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FOODFEST ON THE HUNT FOR KIDS WHO COOK
Calling all culinary whiz kids: The Hawaii Food and Wine Festival wants you.
Through Sept. 30 the festival invites students to submit healthful, original recipes for the Localicious Recipe Contest. The entries must include locally grown ingredients.
The top three finalists in each of two age categories — grades 4 to 8 and grades 9 to 12 — will cook live at the festival’s Keiki in the Kitchen event on Nov. 5 at Bishop Museum. Chef judges Michelle Bernstein (of Crumb on Parchment bakery-cafe in Miami), Rory Herrmann (Sprout Restaurant Group, Los Angeles) and Sven Ullrich (Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort & Spa) will deem the grand prize winners.
Speaking of which, top prize in each age group is a two-night stay at the Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, with an additional $500 scholarship for the winner in the teen category.
Details: hfwf.me or email contest@hawaiifoodandwinefestival.com.
– Joleen Oshiro, Star-Advertiser
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3 LOCATIONS BOLSTER FARMERS MARKET SCENE
Oahu welcomes three new farmers markets to the thriving market scene:
>> In Waikiki on Thursdays, find the Waikiki Beach Walk market along Lewers Street, 4 to 8 p.m. Thursdays. It features an all-local product lineup, presented by Outrigger Hotels and Resorts.
>> On the Leeward side, Waikele gets its first farmers market, the all-local Waikele Marketplace, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays at Waikele Center (near the old Kmart). It is presented by Waikele Center.
>> On Wednesdays in Kapolei the Ka Makana Ali‘i farmers market resumes after a short break. Now run by Nalo Farms, the market is open 4 to 8 p.m. at the mall’s center court.
Also worth a mention: EBT Double Bucks customers at Makeke markets in Kapolei and Waianae will enjoy more savings. For a limited time, in addition to the value on fruit, vegetables, poi, paiai and honey, the program also includes meats, fish, eggs and low-fat dairy.
The markets run 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays at the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, 3 to 6:30 p.m. Thursdays at Kapolei High, and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays at Waianae Mall.
– Joleen Oshiro, Star-Advertiser
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ECLIPSE, LOCO STYLE
Monday’s upcoming solar eclipse has inspired astronomers, budding scientists and a couple of restaurants.
>> At L&L Hawaiian Barbecue, a commemorative eclipse T-shirt featuring the elements of a loco moco — fried egg and hamburger patty moving into place like the moon and the sun in an eclipse. The shirts will be given to the first 100 customers who buy loco moco plates Monday at the Keeaumoku Street or Airport Trade Center locations, beginning at 10 a.m. After the giveaway ends, the shirts will be sold for $12 at those locations or online at 808ne.ws/l-leclipse.
>> Maui’s Krispy Kreme outlet is joining a national promotion to go dark ahead of the solar eclipse. The doughnut chain is giving its signature glazed treats a chocolate sheen for the first time ever — to recognize the total sensory experience that is an eclipse. The doughnuts will be available Monday and for limited hours on Saturday and Sunday.
