No matter how you celebrate, the holidays are all about hopes, dreams and good food! Here on Maui, food and unique local dishes create cravings which become particularly intense during the holiday season.

If humans are primarily big bags for putting food into, may as well fill ‘em up with good stuff! Happy Thanksgiving! Dine well, be hearty!

Knowing you would want something simple but special, Chef Will Hawkins shared the following method of preparing Potatoes Dauphinoise, originally created to coaxed young “Dauphine,” later known as King Henry II, to eat his vegetables.

News of local brews, head’s up on what’s upcoming, dining deals, wine dinners, and more!

We have some of the freshest produce right here in our own back yard in West Maui! If you haven’t discovered the small farms in the agricultural subdivisions of Launiupoko, Malika, Puunoa, or Olowalu, located just south of Lahaina, you are in for a wonderful surprise.

For the first few years after arriving on island it seemed every social gathering was marked with at least one discussion of the “things we wish we had here.” The conversation always started, “Maui is wonderful, but I miss _______” (a food item unobtainable on island.)

If you’ll be off island for a while, an alternative is to rent a car for your trip to the airport. Kaanapali’s Budget location picks you up at your home or office, checks you in at their convenient location and has you on your way in minutes.

Instead of the much ballyhooed hurricane, it having petered out into a pathetic whimper without ever having blessed the citizens of Hawaii with a good dousing, we got humidity instead! How shall we cope?!? Find out here…

When I came up for air, eyeball to horizon over the infinity edge of the saline pool, I pretended to be somewhere far out to sea on an adventuresome day trip — sans threat of sharks.

So many fun things to do in Maui this weekend! The 11th Annual Keiki Hula Fest and a Coral Spawning Spectacular, among others. Plus, recent restaurant and food news.

The Ali`I Lavender Farm in Kula is one of my favorite places to take island visitors for lunch or to pick up some special hostess or birthday gifts.