Creating enchanting fall tablescapes
Here are some tips for a beautiful and festive table this fall holiday season.
Quick Fix: Chicken Korma
Chicken Korma is an exotic, South Asian dish with a creamy sauce with aromatic spices. It’s a comforting meal that can take several hours to make. I love the flavors but wanted to make it for a weeknight meal. Here’s a simple version that captures the flavors without the hours of marinating and slow cooking. Once the ingredients are assembled it takes less than 15 minutes to cook this meal.
The original ‘Great British Baking Show’ winner is betting on small batches
From a recipe for Emergency Chocolate Chip cookies to an ode to Girl Scout Cookies, Edd Kimber understands what we want to bake right now.
3 quick recipes to boost your lunch routine
Lunch is undeniably tough. I am often too busy or distracted to take that noonday pause: Trying to make and take time for a nutritious, delicious meal can feel like a battle.
Let’s Talk Food: History of umami
The Hilo Meishoin Mission monthly newsletter is often full of history and interesting facts about the people and places of Japan. Reverend Junshin Miyazaki is great if you are interested in getting information about your family tree or knowing where your grandparents lived in Japan.
The Rhine River: Raging with history
Jostling through crowds of Germans and tourists in the Rhine River village of Bacharach, I climb to the sun deck of the ferry and grab a chair. With the last passenger barely aboard, the gangplank is dragged in and the river pulls us away.
Volcano Watch: First light (and flight) for HVO’s new airborne lidar system
Topographic mapping has been a key component of volcano monitoring for decades, helping scientists to study morphologic changes and predict the paths of lava flows during eruptions. Lidar systems are a preferred mapping tool and the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory now has a lidar system of its own to generate mapping products more frequently than ever before.
Plant of the Month for October 2024: Gingers
The Ginger family (Zingiberaceae) has nearly 1,000 members. The roots of two well-known spices, turmeric or ‘olena (Curcuma longa) and ginger (Zingiber officinale) have been highly prized in international trade for more than a thousand years. Most of the species in the family are tropical plants that grow well here. Several exotic specimens can add interest and beauty to a Kona garden. These plants usually grow from fleshy rhizomes, have aromatic tall, cane-like stems with large leaves and stunning flowers.
Let’s Talk Food: Palamanui Culinary Program updates, and more
Here are some updates about the Hawaii Community College’s Palamanui Culinary Program in Kona.
Restaurant customers aren’t tapped out. They’re just bored
The restaurant business has been through a volatile stretch. Restaurateurs battled through the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic (when no one was eating out); the “reopening” period (when everyone was eating out, but there weren’t enough workers); and the inflation surge (when ingredients and other input costs surged). Overall, restaurants prospered despite the turmoil, thanks to innovation and nimbleness at every turn.
TV dinners: Try these recipes from your favorite shows
It’s not enough these days to look and talk like our favorite TV characters. Now we want to eat like them, too.
Steves: Iceland’s rugged beauty comes from within
Iceland’s remote location and harsh climate aren’t exactly welcoming. But its striking scenery, draped with glaciers and punctuated by craggy peaks and steamy geysers, makes this destination increasingly attractive to nature-loving travelers.
Volcano Watch: Understanding magma storage and migration in Kilauea’s active East Rift Zone
Kilauea is one of the most active volcanoes in the world with eruptions common both at its summit caldera and within its two rift zones. Frequent earthquakes associated with volcanic activity can help us understand the magma structures below and the East Rift Zone (ERZ) of Kilauea has proven to be a perfect laboratory recently.
Versatile wood furniture staples
I love it when I can make simple changes in my home to keep it feeling fresh, whether through seasonal decor swaps, textile tweaks or rearranging larger pieces of furniture. Playing with furniture arrangements might mean changing the layout of a particular space, or swapping pieces found throughout the house.
Quick Fix: Singapore Noodles
One of my favorite dishes at a local Chinese restaurant is Singapore Noodles. It’s made with shrimp and rice noodles that have a light curry flavor and a yellow hue. I was surprised to learn that the dish is not from Singapore, but an American version found in many Chinese American restaurants.
How two Minnesota companies teamed up to create Cinnamon Toast Crunch bacon
MINNEAPOLIS — Like many food trends these days, the genesis was TikTok.
Let’s Talk Food: Honokaa Heritage Center Cookbook
Honokaa Heritage Center was originally established in 2011 by UH-Hilo as its Honokaa satellite campus.
Volcano Watch: A new Kilauea eruption
A new Kilauea eruption began in a remote area of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park on Sunday, Sept. 15. This is the first eruption on Kilauea’s middle East Rift Zone (MERZ) since 2018 and it poses no immediate threat to life or infrastructure. The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is closely monitoring this eruption.
Diana Duff: Fire and water issues in Hawaii
The Landscape Industry of Hawaii (HILA), in partnership with University of Hawaii Cooperative Extension, is offering a conference addressing important topics of interest to us in Kona and to all of Hawaii. Their 10th Landscape Management Conference takes place on Friday, Oct. 11 at the Westin Hapuna Beach Hotel on the Kohala Coast here on the Big Island. The day-long conference will begin at 8 a.m. and feature numerous informed speakers until 4:30 p.m.
Japanese grilling style yakiniku offers ‘zen community experience’
PITTSBURGH — Gathering with family or friends for a backyard cookout is always a good time. But for the person tasked with manning the grill? Maybe not so much.
