King Kamehameha II couldn't have known that he was helping make way for the first lūʻaus when he made the once unthinkable decision to eat with his mother in 1819, ending the longstanding system of ...

Charmaine Ocasek, center, and daughters Nanea Ocasek, left, and Kainoa Friel, with boxes of their famed poi mochi. Musician Sean Na‘auao oversees the recipe for the cafe’s beef stew. Behind him, a ...

With only about 1,000 full-blooded Hawaiians left in the world, preserving native island culture is a huge challenge. One way to do this: teach... Poi: Hawaii's Recipe For Revitalizing Island Culture ...

SEATTLE — Many cultures are connected by food and there’s one from Hawaii that represents the people more than any other: poi. Poi is made from the root of a Taro plant. Taro is called Kalo by the ...