Recipes
Recipe: Mama Elena’s Lechon Special
Family-run Elena's Restaurant shares a traditional Filipino pork dish.
The Beloved Musubi Finally Gets a Cookbook of its Own
It features more than 80 variations of the iconic snack.
How to Make Hawaiʻi-Style Pumpkin Crunch, a Local Mom’s Recipe
It's just not the holiday season without it.
5 Anything-But-ʻAhi Poke Recipes from 5 Hawaiʻi chefs
We asked them to push the poke boundary.
Recipe: Homemade Banana Bread from Kauaʻi’s Hippie Café
This version is as delicious as it is healthy.
How to make Hawaiʻi-style Portuguese Sweet Bread (Pao Doce)
Bake this delicious bread in your home oven, following a traditional recipe.
How to make Hawaii-style Portuguese bean soup
This hearty and satisfying comfort food can be found at festivals, fairs and restaurants throughout the Islands.
How to Make Hawaii-Style Shoyu Chicken. Two Recipes.
Juicy, sweet-and-salty shoyu chicken is an Island favorite that deliciously showcases Hawaii's cultural fusion.
Recipe: Chef’s Favorite ʻAhi Poke and Portuguese Bean Soup recipes
We asked five Hawaii chefs to reveal their favorite local comfort foods and where in Hawaii you can get them—or recipes for making them at home.
Recipe: Polynesia Cafe’s banana cream pie
What makes this so magical? Perhaps the secret lies in the coconut macadamia nut pie crust.
Recipe: How to make Hawaii-style “pulehu” steak
Most pulehu-cooked steak is rubbed first with a seasoning mix that gives it a special flavor.
How to make Hawaii-style saimin broth (and find Sun Noodles on the mainland)
One take on an Island-style saimin broth using dried ebi (shrimp).
How to Make Hawaiʻi-style Misoyaki Butterfish
There are many fishes around the world called butterfish, but in Hawaii, butterfish is a preparation, not a species of fish.
How to Make Hawaiʻi Plate Lunch-Style Macaroni Salad
Because a local plate lunch without mac salad is unthinkable.
Recipe: How to Make Hawaiʻi-Style Barbecue (Teriyaki) Sauce
Order a barbecue mixed-plate lunch at a casual Hawaii eatery and your meat will probably be slathered with this sweet-and-tangy reddish-brown sauce.