Wild Fermented Strawberry Guava Soda

WILD FERMENTED STRAWBERRY GUAVA SODA.

This post is sponsored by Foodland and the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture as part of Foodland’s Eat Local Today initiative. My friend Caiti does something magical every summer: she wild ferments the ripest, juiciest, most delectable fruit into varying stages…
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Yogurt & Fig Tart

YOGURT & FIG TART (GLUTEN-FREE).

I am never not contemplating a sexospiritual relationship with figs. This year, a bounty came to me from the tree of dear friends in Highland Park. I grew up with a fig tree in my backyard on Maui, and I’ll…
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Melon Tomato Salad with Herbs & Feta

MELON & TOMATO SALAD WITH HERBS & FETA.

The first tomatoes are coming in full flush in my backyard greenhouse, and I couldn’t be more grateful. Here, paired with sweet summer melon, briny quick-pickled shallots, soft feta, and fistfuls of herbs, they’re in perfect form. This salad is…
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Aloha Kitchen: Recipes from Hawai'i by Alana Kysar

SOY-GLAZED TOFU MUSUBI FROM ALOHA KITCHEN BY ALANA KYSAR.

The Hawai’i depicted on tv and in film, on people’s Instagram accounts during and post-vacation, in advertisements and commercials—that Hawai’i does not exist. Hawai’i is wildness and scent and taste, smoke and lava and sweat and the pounding of poi,…
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Apricot Rose Cream & Summer Fruit Fantasia.

APRICOT ROSE SUMMER FRUIT FANTASIA DESSERT PLATTER.

This post was created in partnership with Bonne Maman. All opinions are my own, including my obsession with Bonne Maman’s beautiful, traditionally made preserves and fruit spreads. I’m writing to you from a cool nook in my house—a perch on my bed where the…
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