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Hashi is the Japanese word for chopsticks, but is also defined as a bridge. Many theorize that the word hashi evolved to describe chopsticks because of the method in which chopsticks are used — to connect food from one’s dish to...
Read MorePosted by Library Creative | Aug 11, 2020
Hashi is the Japanese word for chopsticks, but is also defined as a bridge. Many theorize that the word hashi evolved to describe chopsticks because of the method in which chopsticks are used — to connect food from one’s dish to...
Read MorePosted by Denise Yamaguchi | Aug 11, 2020 | Features, Food & Culture, Food & Travel, Issue 1 - August 2020
Chef Rick Bayless discovers the intersection of Hawaiian and Mexican cuisines at the Papahana Kuaola ahupuaa.
Bayless, who was named Hawaii Food & Wine Festival’s second Culinary Hero in April 2019, made history in Hawaii at Papahana Kuaola and created his traditional Mexican dish, using Hawaiian cooking traditions. He had planned to prepare locally-raised pork for his dish, but rather than cook his pig in an oven, he cooked it in a Hawaiian imu (or pit) which is similar, yet different, from the Mexican method of cooking a pig in the ground.
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