Jackfruit hijacks meat’s place in main dishes
Jackfruit, a large, bumpy and intimidating piece of produce, is being touted as the next miracle food — low in calories; high in fiber, antioxidants and other good things. Read more
Betty Shimabukuro
Betty Shimabukuro served as the editorial page writer at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and the editor of the Star-Advertiser's weekly food section, Crave. She has worked in newspapers in Guam, Florida and California, in positions from news reporting and editing to page layout.
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Sweet-savory treat defies easy description
Bite into this morsel and you might have problems assigning it to an exact dessert genre. Read more
Kauai’s Sueoka Store marks its 100th and final year as family business before ABC Stores takeover
Kauai’s Sueoka Store, founded in 1918 by Mankichi and Yoshi Sueoka, celebrated its centennial Saturday, but also a last hurrah. Read more
Mina’s Fish House brings happy hour into the sunshine
Mina’s Fish House at the Four Season’s Resort at Ko Olina has two major selling points: The beach and chef Michael Mina Read more
Lychee shines in this spectacular summer sipper
An excess of fresh lychee can be used to jazz up plain vodka and create a base spirit from which to make quality martinis — or whatever kind of fruity cocktail you prefer. Read more
Potato tots prove worthy in variety of recipes
Tot churros have the cinnamon-sugar flavor of churros, those Mexican fritters made of fried bread dough. But at the center of each is a fried potato tot. Read more
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Fisherman’s Wharf tartar sauce a relic from decades-old newspaper files
Leland Pang’s recipe request was more than 36 years in the making. He wrote to ask for the formula for tartar sauce as made at the old Fisherman’s Wharf restaurant. Read more
Peter Merriman’s new Kakaako restaurant opens after construction delays
If all had gone according to Peter Merriman’s original plan, he’d be celebrating the one-year anniversary of Oahu’s first Merriman’s restaurant this week, rather than its debut. Read more
Merriman’s in Honolulu set for Saturday opening
Restaurateur Peter Merriman’s Honolulu restaurant opens Saturday in the Anaha complex in Ward Villages. Read more
Chewy cookies come together without flour
It seems counter-intuitive that you can bake a cookie without flour, or at least some kind of starch. And yet, you can. Read more
Enjoy cookie goodness without the gluten
These chocolate babies are delicious and easy to make — the only trick is to use an extra-large mixing bowl. The powdered sugar and cocoa tend to fly around when stirred, so you need a big bowl to keep everything contained. Read more
Great wine pairings are possible, with practice
Diners gathered at Vino Italian Tapas & Wine Bar last month to observe as four top restaurant sommeliers presented wines they’d selected to match two dishes. The theme was not competition, though, it was education. Read more
Tight but tasty menu brings happy-hour joy to Roy’s Waikiki
Unless you start work at 6 a.m. the new happy hour at Roy’s Waikiki doesn’t really fall at pau-hana time, limited as it is to 2 to 4 p.m. daily. But it is a happy time. Read more
Biscuits, scones share close family connection
In general, a scone should have some outside crunch and inside fluffiness. That’s not a universal standard, though. Some people like their scones a bit more dense, like a biscuit. Read more
Hawai‘i Food & Wine’s 2018 lineup a mixed plate
The Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival’s 2018 incarnation will celebrate both extremes and most levels in between. Read more
Wasabi peas add crunch, color to chicken’s crust
Wasabi peas have a bullet-to-the-brain spiciness that can clear your sinuses. Crush them and they lose most of that pungency. Their flavor is quite mild, yet adds enough seasoning to a dish that you don’t need anything else, not even salt. Read more
Olino in Kapolei to serve special ‘Deadpool’ menu in May
In honor of Friday’s opening of “Deadpool 2,” the latest Marvel superhero movie, Consolidated Theatre’s Olino in Kapolei is launching a selection of chimichangas. Read more
Old stack of recipes conceals a treasure
Here at Crave we like mom recipes. They’re generally tried-and-true, user-friendly and they speak of family. Plus, Sunday is Mother’s Day, so it seems apropos that I pass on something from my own mother. Read more
Whole Foods Market Queen now open in Kakaako
The new Whole Foods Market opening in Kakaako is the biggest of the four in the state — at 72,000 square feet it dwarfs the original Kahala store’s space and the Down to Earth that opened a few blocks away. Read more
Sodexo contest a little bit fancy, a lot delicious
Six chefs from Sodexo, an international food-service company that runs 26 dining facilities statewide (including UH-Manoa’s), competed at a benefit for the Hawaii Foodbank and the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation. Each chef drew the name of a country and a protein out of a basket. Read more
Down to Earth set to open store in Kakaako this week
Non deMello, former owner of Agnes’ Portuguese Bake Shop, closed his 48-year-old Kailua bakery in January and almost immediately went to work for Down to Earth. Read more
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