‘The tree is the soul of the house’: How saving an olive tree inspired a modern remodel
LOS ANGELES — Under the canopy of the enormous olive tree that shades his home, Daniel Gerwin’s 11-year-old son ascends the tree’s gnarled trunk like an expert climber while his brother, 7, reads a book a few feet away inside the house.
Volcano Watch: Hawaii represented at the Cities on Volcanoes conference in Antigua, Guatemala
In February, the volcanological community gathered for the 12th edition of Cities on Volcanoes (COV12), a conference of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior.
Latest meat substitute being developed is beef-infused rice
A South Korean research team has created a new way to get protein — by creating beef-infused rice.
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Plant of the Month for March 2024: Mountain apple
The Polynesian-introduced mountain apple is a lovely fruit tree you might consider growing if you have space in a corner of your garden, or you can let it grow to full size as a landscape tree. It provides a beautiful array of pink flowers in spring followed by lots of tasty fruit.
Tropical Gardening: Vireya rhododendrons and azaleas bloom in Hawaii
Tropical Asia is well known for its spectacular rainforests loaded with many species of palms and carnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants but it is easy to miss the tropical Vireya Rhododendrons growing as epiphytes high in the tops of gigantic trees. Most folks spend their time looking at terrestrial plants, or avoiding leeches, snakes and other jungle critters.
Volcano Watch: Kilauea intrusion was a textbook example of dike propagation
From Jan. 31 to Feb. 3, a magma intrusion into Kilauea’s flank, southwest of the summit caldera, was the focus of attention at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO).
How to take a recipe from good to great
Imagine working hard on a dish for dinner. You’ve chopped, sliced, sautéed and simmered and the aroma of what will surely be a culinary masterpiece fills your home. Then you taste it. Is it good? Yes. Is it great? No.
Let’s Talk Food: Leap Year is this Thursday
This Thursday is February 29, which occurs only once in four years. This is because the Earth actually goes completely around the sun 365 days, 5 hours, 38 minutes and 46 seconds, which means every four years — if you are a mathematician — would mean an extra day.
Tropical Gardening: Native epiphytes and lithophytes not well represented in Hawaii
If you were to visit the humid tropics of Asia, Central and South America you would be amazed at all the plants that grow on the branches of trees and even on rocks with no soil. We do have lichens, mosses and even ferns that have evolved here to festoon rainforest and cloud forest trees, but there are few compared to the rest of the tropical world.
Duff: Growing moringa in Kona
If you have been reading my articles, you have some information about moringa, the ‘miracle tree’ native to India. On a visit with Geoff and Misa, owners of the Maruyama Jones Moringa farm in Kona’s ag lots, I learned a lot more about this wonderful plant and its uses.
Volcano Watch: Appreciating the contributions of ʻOlelo Hawai‘i to volcanology
For the ‘Olelo Hawai‘i version of this article, please see https://tinyurl.com/34day2pr.
Every week is World Interfaith Harmony Week for devotees of Swami Vivekananda
NEW YORK (RNS) — At a Sunday morning service on Feb. 4, a priest gave a sermon, a choir sang devotional hymns and a congregation bowed heads in a joint prayer.
Spicy pork meatball sandwiches burn through winter’s chill
Being a huge fan of hand-held meals, one of my favorite February sandwiches is a hot meatball sub. Both filling and wonderfully saucy, it’s the perfect comfort food to combat the last days of winter.
Let’s Talk Food: Monjayaki in Tokyo
We took several trains to get to the Tsukishima District in Tokyo to meet our friend Keiko to eat monjayaki, or Tokyo-style pancakes. Monjayaki means “grilled letters” because school children would come to the snack shop and practice writing letters in the gooey monjayaki sauce. This dish dates back to the Meiji era, at a snack shop called Dagashiya in Tsukishima.
Tropical Gardening: Are you for or against genetically modified food?
The question is, are genetically modified organisms good or bad? The answer is that it all depends on how the technology is used.
Cool cats and tiki treats: Inside the outrageous Midcentury Modern Shag House in Palm Springs
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — In a neighborhood filled with homogeneous Midcentury Modern residences, Brandon McBurney’s Palm Springs home stands out thanks to its 10-foot-tall lime green doors that face the street.
Volcano Watch: Dear valentine, will you be my lab partner?
The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory “lavas” working with our partners at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo (UHH), and for Valentine’s Day we wanted to highlight some of the things we appreciate about this relationship.
Roasted peppers perk up any appetizer plate
Whether it’s the Super Bowl or the Oscars, a watch party calls for finger food, a food that’s easy to serve, easy to eat and easy on the cook.
Let’s Talk Food: Shinshu soba of Nagano
Shinshu soba is from Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Shinshu soba’s name comes from Shimano, which is the old name of Nagano Prefecture. What makes this soba so distinctive is the great temperature difference between the day and night and the well-drained mountain fields, which are suitable for the production of buckwheat. The taste of buckwheat flour is delicious because of the cold climates.
