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[Clare Bobo]

Yum.  Chocolate.  Tasting.  Savory and dessert.  March 20 4-7.  Honaunau.  Need I say more?

 

Wine dinners on the horizon:  Mar. 25 Miner Family Vineyards, May 20 Groth (both Manta at Mauna Kea) 

 

Save the date: Friday,  April 29.  Lunch with Slow Food Hawaii.  Kealakekua.  Local Pig.  More to follow.

 

Save another date:  Friday, April 15.  Food and Farmers Facing Future, a forum on food.  Leeward Community College.

 

John Heckathorn of Honolulu Magazine hit the island this month, and obviously enjoyed himself.  Read his review of Merriman's where he calls our own Allen Hess "legendary" for his wild boar bacon.  (Note:  you can no longer buy slab bacon at the restaurant, but stay tuned because great minds are working on alternatives.)  Heckathorn also reviewed Hawaiian Style Cafe which makes its own Portuguese sausage and kalua pork hash.  And he stopped by Pau Pizza. 

 

Nice article about the new Wednesday afternoon farmers market at Anna Ranch in Waimea in West Hawaii Today this week.  Don't forget that Hawi has a mid-week market now too (Tuesday 2-6pm) along with its usual Saturday market.

 

Finally, if you care about food you had better care about beetles:

 

1.  Read the recent Star Advertiser article about the coffee beetle.  http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/117480473.html

                     

2.  Be aware of the damage being done by the Small Hive Beetle.  The Small Hive Beetle (SHB) may be tiny but it has wreaked havoc in Hawaii. Federal agricultural

experts currently in Hawaii are finding the insect attacking bee colonies here in quantities hundreds of times greater than they’ve seen elsewhere. To help beekeepers save Hawaii’s bees from decimation by the SHB, the Big Island Beekeepers Association will conduct a free SHB Trap and Equipment Expo on Tuesday, March 15 in Hilo.  For more information, contact Cary Dizon at 966-7421.