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Bananas for Beer Nuts – COCONUT PORTER BANANA BREAD
Macadamia beer nuts If you know me or even read this blog you will know that I enjoy a beer or two on occasion. Last week while enjoying a cool Maui Brewing Co. Coconut Porter in the breezy sunshine of...
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In The Clouds
Engulfed We’ve been living in Olinda since mid June. Olinda is close to 4000ft up Haleakala volcano on Maui. The mornings and evenings are cool and there are more eucalyptus than palm trees but it has...
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Saved by Pele
The bathroom floor I woke up on the bathroom floor in the middle of the night, covered in a thin blanket with a small white dog named Cuba curled up at my side. I could still hear the wind outside. I...
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Honest Food Tales – Farmhouse Kitchen
Alaska, truly the last frontier. Somehow Alaska had never entered my “places I have to visit” category. It just seemed so far away…from everything. But a wedding invitation from someone dear to our...
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We’re going on a diet!
Moving on Well, here we are at the end of our second “house sit” on Maui and moving on to number three. We are heading back to Kipahulu on the East side of the island, nicely snuggled into a 26 acre...
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Zushi: No Reservations Required
Two wonderful women Years ago I was lucky to work with two wonderful women, one from Beijing, China and the other from Bangkok, Thailand. Both were employed as maids for the embassy where I cooked but...
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Leaving Maui
Leaving Maui In a week we’ll be leaving Maui, it’s hard to believe that we’ve been here for nearly 5 months. Time does zip by. We’ve met so many great people and have had plenty of adventures on this...
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Monsanto Part 1 | Questions and Answers
Monsanto Part 1 – Q & A A while back we asked our Facebook readers and newsletter subscribers if they had the opportunity to ask Monsanto any question, what would it be? We brought your questions...
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Monsanto Part 2 | The Visit
Your last Hawaiian vacation Have you ever enjoyed a Hawaii grown papaya? There’s nothing quite like it. You’re so happy when you find it at your local grocer, you buy it, even though it’s overpriced,...
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Tiki Tau
Damn you Bobby Brady On our first trip to Maui there were two things that I just had to bring back home, one was an ukulele and the other was a tiki. Blame television and that crazy Brady Bunch for...
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Haleakala in Black & White
The crater Maui’s Haleakala crater covers almost 75 percent of the island. Temperatures can get very cold and the wind unrelenting at the top but the views are astounding, something reminiscent of a...
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Our own piece of paradise – PAW PAW
Wild mangoes As the road to Hana winds its way passed Hana town and along some of the best shoreline views the island has to offer, including the legendary Koki and Hamoa beaches, we dove deep into...
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Live your passion: a visit to Haliimaile Distilling Company
Haliimaile Distillery Company We love meeting people who do what they love, Mark Nigbur, master distiller at Haliimaile Distilling Company is one of those people. We recently had the opportunity to...
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A tour through the pineapple fields
Maui Gold Pineapple tour We were picked up for the Maui Gold Pineapple tour just outside the Haliimaile Distilling Company. We boarded the air conditioned bus and our informative driver shuttled us...
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8 of our favourite tropical fruit
We’ve had the privilege of spending time on Maui a few years in a row and had the opportunity to eat and cook many different types of tropical fruit. Some we were already familiar with, others were new...
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Li hing mui, the traveling plum
Li hing mui Directly translated “li hing mui” means traveling plum and it is no wonder since it is exactly that, a small deeply coloured plum that is cured with salt and then dried, preserving it for...
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Monsanto Part 2 | The Visit
Your last Hawaiian vacation Have you ever enjoyed a Hawaii grown papaya? There’s nothing quite like it. You’re so happy when you find it at your local grocer, you buy it, even though it’s overpriced,...
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Tiki Tau
Damn you Bobby Brady On our first trip to Maui there were two things that I just had to bring back home, one was an ukulele and the other was a tiki. Blame television and that crazy Brady Bunch for...
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Haleakala in Black & White
The crater Maui’s Haleakala crater covers almost 75 percent of the island. Temperatures can get very cold and the wind unrelenting at the top but the views are astounding, something reminiscent of a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Our own piece of paradise – PAW PAW
Wild mangoes As the road to Hana winds its way passed Hana town and along some of the best shoreline views the island has to offer, including the legendary Koki and Hamoa beaches, we dove deep into...
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