Month: October 2017

Celeb chef

Niki Nakayama: In the kitchen we are neither men nor women

Niki Nakayama became an international food name in 2015 when the Netflix series Chef’s Table dedicated a segment to the Los Angeles–based talent and her restaurant n/naka. In the show, her voice is soft, but her words are bold. Although it would seem she had a head start—her family business is the seafood distributor Unified Seafood Co., and relatives in Japan own a ryokan, where … Continue reading Niki Nakayama: In the kitchen we are neither men nor women

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Eat tacos, help the ‘āina

For the past decade the fertile, historic area from He‘eia to Kahalu‘u on the Windward Side has been become a locus for agricultural activism. A standout organization is Kako‘o ‘Ōiwi, a nonprofit that secured a 38-year lease on more than 400 acres—known as the Hoi marshland—where it is restoring agricultural and ecological productivity. Every second Saturday of the month all kinds of people volunteer for … Continue reading Eat tacos, help the ‘āina

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