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7 Things You Thought Were From Hawaiʻi—but Aren’t!

More often than not, iconic Hawaiʻi things like plumeria, slippers and the ʻukulele are so ingrained in the culture and history of the Islands, many visitors—and locals too!—think that they’re from here. But many are not. That’s right, those oh-so-Hawaiʻi things, in fact, were brought over to the Islands from travelers who came to Hawaiʻi post-Western […]

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So What’s the Deal with Hawaiian Pizza?

When Oʻahu-born chef Mark “Gooch” Noguchi attended the Culinary Institute of America in New York, he was horrified to find the bakery at this prestigious school served a pineapple-laden pizza and called it Hawaiian. “I made a compelling enough argument in my first year there,” Noguchi says. “They pulled it off the menu.” The Hawaiian

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