Merrie Monarch is in the air here in Hilo as it started a few days ago. There is a feeling of excitement in the air with all ...

This plant nourishes her second-born son, Hāloa, the first Native Hawaiian. For Native Hawaiians, kalo, also known as taro—a tropical plant prized for its starchy, nutritious, rootlike corm as well as ...

The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo Pahia started growing taro, or kalo in Hawaiian, under the tutelage ... Much of the food is grown and sold locally. The remainder is consumed by individual ...

This story appears in the December 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Hawaiian legend holds that taro is the sacred ancestor of all Hawaiian people. The staple root crop is so valued that ...

Eating Hawaiian food is a culinary adventure that captures the essence of ... Poi is a pale purple paste that comes from the root of the taro plant. The root is mashed and pounded until it forms a ...

"Hawaiian food is truly traditional food native to the Hawaiian islands, such as poi, laulau, kalua pork, taro, luau leaves, sweet potatoes, and raw and cooked seafood. However, it is also a blend ...

Poi Belly, a Hawaiian on-the-go baby food concept company using locally sourced ... “It all came together when I talked to a local taro farmer about the viability of this product, and I guess ...

After a five-year hiatus, the Queen’s Challenge competition—honoring Queen Emma and celebrating the skills and pride of ...