edible Hawaiian Islands
eNewsletter
supplement to our quarterly magazine
edible Hawaiian Islands
Celebrating the Harvest of the Aloha State, Season by Season
 4/4/08
Spring Issue will be here soon, don't forget to subscribe or renew.

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WINTER 2008

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SUMMER 2007

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Featured Articles in the Spring 2008 Issue

Ag Tourism - O`o Farm on Maui
Tsukemono - Japan's Gift To Hawai`i
The Foods And Colors Of The Merri Monarch Festival
Ma`o Farm - O`ahu - Turning Young Hands To The Soil

AND MUCH MORE
Aloha,
Spring is in the air, and we would like to tell you about the exciting new features on our website.

Our EVENTS page is growing, you can find wonderful things to do on each island, while supporting the efforts of all things grown or produced in the state of Hawai`i. You can submit events for consideration at info@ediblehawaiianislands.com

Check out our IN THE NEWS page, for interesting articles from Michael Pollen and Alice Waters to what's happening locally, also read about our 2008 Local Hero Award Winners.

For our travelers, we are working on a page called TRAVEL HAWAII here you will find interesting information about our islands, where to eat and what to do, including information on Ag Tourism, which is growing in leaps and bounds.

Of course our FARMERS MARKET page and our RECIPES page continue to be a favorite.

We are in the process of building our RESOURCE and PHOTO GALLERY pages, and will let you know when they are ready.

You can sample a few articles from our magazines on the ARTICLES page, which should entice you to SUBSCRIBE or to ADVERTISE.

We now average between 3500 and 4500 hits per month to our website, and we are not a year old yet. Mahalo to you all.

Our Current ADVERTISERS may submit logos to be included on your choice of 2 pages (advertisers, events, recipes or travel Hawai`i pages), just email us for specifics.

If you are not in our ohana of advertisers and would like a media kit and internet rates, email us.

FEATURED RECIPE

RED CABBAGE AND PINEAPPLE SALAD
from the Editors

1 small head local red cabbage
1 cup finely chopped celery
½ cup peppers (for eye appeal, try to find orange ones)
1 cup fresh pineapple, cut in ½-inch pieces
Salt and pepper to taste

Dressing:
Reduced Balsamic drizzled over mixture

Balsamic Reduction:
4 cups balsamic vinegar
Reduce by slowly simmering on low heat down to 1 cup. This should take about 2 hours. Simmer slowly until it evaporates to a heavy syrup. Needs to be watched ... do not boil or place on high heat as it may burn. It takes a lot of patience but is worth it.
Save in a bottle; no refrigeration needed.
You can save bottles from other vinegars for this purpose.
HELP!
STYROFOAM BILL!!
Some of you may be aware that a recent bill seeking to ban Styrofoam in Hawaii was killed in the state legislature. However, two resolutions are now being heard in the in both the Senate and the House.
The first resolution urges state agencies and departments to voluntarily use Styrofoam alternative products in their procurement, contracting and day-to-day operations, and the second resolution seeks to establish an education campaign to encourage communities and businesses around the state to voluntarily convert to using Styrofoam-alternative products.

The scope of the problem can't be overstated--there is currently a giant patch of plastics floating to the north of the Islands that's roughly equal in area to the continental US. I am not exaggerating.

We all know that Hawaii is far behind the environmental curve on this; even health food stores don't stock biodegradables, opting instead for cheaper styrene-based products. Styrofoam never biodegrades, leaches toxins into the ground, takes up landfill space, and makes its way into the food chain, biomagnifying in fish we all love to eat.

Please take a moment and sign this petition sponsored by my friends over at Styrophobia to get the ball rolling on curing Hawaii's addiction to plastic. Pass it on!
Thank you to Lee Roversi for the above information.

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