All photos courtesy of Sean Hower, howerphoto.com There was a time when restaurant owners hid their kitchens behind closed doors and high walls. They bought their ingredients from factory farms and big agri-businesses, which traded relatively low prices for food grown under industrial conditions with pesticides, hormones and, ultimately, genetic modifications. Those days are … [Read more...] about MauiTime Food Issue 2012 From the Ground to your Plate – Top Maui Restaurants 2012
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MAUITIME FOOD ISSUE 2011- Top Maui Restaurants 2011
Milk and cookies. Burgers and shakes. Wine and cheese. To say food goes well with drinks is an epic understatement. Adding the right sippable to your munchable catapults your culinary experience from mundane to spectacular. And that doesn’t only apply to fine dining—it’s a philosophy that works for all kinds of meals. The trick is not only finding complementary tastes, but … [Read more...] about MAUITIME FOOD ISSUE 2011- Top Maui Restaurants 2011
THE FOOD ISSUE – Top Maui Restaurants 2010
Maui Cattle Company Do happy cows make happy beef? by Nancy Kanyuk If you’re a diehard vegetarian, the idea of a kinder, gentler cattle ranch might not be enough to win you over. It might even seem like an oxymoron. But the Maui Cattle Company is doing its darndest to make the rest of us feel better about what’s on our plates. Granted, beef on the hoof still ends up on … [Read more...] about THE FOOD ISSUE – Top Maui Restaurants 2010
The Food Issue- Top Maui Restaurants 2009
Fish has been a staple food on Maui since the island was first inhabited. That’s no great surprise; when you’re living on a tiny rock in the middle of the Pacific, surrounded by the bounty of the sea, where else would you turn for sustenance? Of course, the Hawaiian people didn’t just live off the fish, they lived with them, developing innovative fishing techniques and creating … [Read more...] about The Food Issue- Top Maui Restaurants 2009
Just Desserts – Top Maui Restaurants 2007
I believe it was the astronomer Carl Sagan who once noted that, “If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.” Brilliant about the birth of stars and the search for extraterrestrial life, perhaps, but Sagan must have been a lousy cook—do you have any idea how long it takes to broil a universe? Since most people don’t have the … [Read more...] about Just Desserts – Top Maui Restaurants 2007