Plant of the Month for February 2024: Moringa
With our climate here in Hawaii getting drier almost every year, we need to start planting more drought tolerant plants. The moringa tree is definitely drought tolerant and a good choice for your garden. It has many uses and can thrive with limited water.
Dip into Chicago’s Italian beef history: From peanut weddings to ‘The Bear,’ how this sandwich became a staple
CHICAGO — Every great city deserves an easily identifiable sandwich of its own. Whether it’s the Philadelphia cheesesteak or the New Orleans po’boy, a gut-busting sandwich is a matter of civic pride.
Let’s Talk Food: Pot pies
Pot pies have been around since ancient Greece and they were called artocreas. These pies had a bottom but no top crust. When the Romans started to make artocreas, they added the top crust.
Tropical Gardening: For fragrance don’t miss the Plant People Road Show Saturday, Feb. 10
Days are a bit chilly but are getting longer. However, there is a noticeable spring fever effect when it comes to local gardeners because many fragrant flowering plants start blooming at this time. Also, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner so it is time to shop for gifts.
Island Life for January 25
Big waves at Royal Kona Beach. (Alan Tharp/Community contributor)
Island Life for January 24
A Mahukona sunset. (Susan Grant/Community contributor)
Let’s Talk Food: Muffins for breakfast
Muffins for breakfast are always a nice treat for the family. The aroma from the kitchen from warm muffins is a great way to start the day.
You can go home again, but the food won’t be the same
I went back to Ohio, but my city was gone.
Diana Duff: Kona Sea Salt Farm
Harvesting salt from the sea is a practice that goes back millennia in Hawaii. The Polynesian voyagers likely found crystallized salt collecting in the rocks along the shoreline when they arrived in the islands around 400 A.D. They certainly collected and used it to preserve and season their food.
Tropical Gardening: Canoe plants are the foundation of the Polynesian culture
If you are looking for tough, resilient and useful plants to develop a new landscape or enhance an established one, consider the first introductions by the Polynesians. Then look forward to other introductions by each culture and ethnic group to make our islands their home.
Indigenous faithful and Christians work with environmentalists to conserve India’s sacred forests
SHILLONG, India — Tambor Lyngdoh made his way through the fern-covered woodland — naming plants, trees, flowers, even stones — as if he were paying older family members a visit.
January is prime citrus season. Capture some of the shine with these 4 recipes
PITTSBURGH — It’s pretty easy to feel blue on a dreary, colorless day in January in Pittsburgh.
Let’s Talk Food: Mexican casseroles
I have a yearning every once in a while for Mexican food and when that happens, an easy casserole usually fits the bill. It is so much easier than the authentic dishes of Mexico.
At CES 2024, tech companies are transforming the kitchen with AI and robots that do the cooking
LAS VEGAS — Chef-like robots, AI-powered appliances and other high-tech kitchen gadgets are holding out the promise that humans don’t need to cook — or mix drinks — for themselves anymore.
Volcano Watch: Where is magma stored in Kilauea?
Over the past several months, periods of increased earthquake activity and ground deformation in the summit region of Kilauea volcano indicate that magma is accumulating beneath the surface. Where does magma reside, and how do we know?
Tropical Gardening: Hawaiian paradise almost perfect, but be aware of dangers
Our islands have few dangers except for rare volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and hurricanes. Excessive exposure to the sun can be dangerous, and carelessness can cause accidents while hiking in the mountains or swimming in the ocean. Although there are few poisonous native plants, some common exotic landscape plants are toxic such as oleander, crotons and angel trumpets. Some people can experience skin reactions like exposure to poison ivy from cashew and mango trees.
Let’s Talk Food: Salads in January
In January, many folks eat salads and vegetarian items as the eating frenzy that started at Thanksgiving, and continued through Christmas and New Years has people watching their food intake for the beginning of the new year.
A healthy start: 4 recipes to help you keep those 2024 resolutions
Many of us start a new year by promising ourselves we’ll do better — save more money, perhaps, or lose those extra pounds by starting an exercise program.
California restaurant’s comeback shows how outdated, false Asian stereotype of dog-eating persists
FRESNO, Calif. — David Rasavong’s cultural pride is evident all throughout his restaurant.
Volcano Watch: Separating signals — what matters to seismologists?
Whether they originate above or below the Earth’s surface, a wide array of signals appear on the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s earthquake-detecting (seismic) data streams. Part of a seismic analyst’s duty is identifying normal versus irregular seismic activity.