King Kamehameha II couldn't have known that he was helping make way for the first lūʻaus when he made the once unthinkable decision to eat with his mother in 1819, ending the longstanding system of ...

Butter mochi is the best! The perfect mixture of chewy, squishy, dense and sticky, these coconut and rice flour cake bars (a cousin of Filipino bibingka) are one of the most beloved island desserts ...

When I was growing up, my mom coated slabs of niangao, a dense and sugary glutinous cake, in egg and fried them French-toast style. It was a dessert you had to eat right out of the pan. I’ve found ...

Last week’s dreary weather had us craving something tropical. Pineapple upside-down cake? Butter mochi? Why choose, when you can have both? Because coconut’s best friend is pineapple, we thought we’d ...

Honor the multicultural and complex foodways of Hawaiʻi at your next celebration from creamy mac salad to tangy huli huli chicken. Molly McArdle is Food & Wine's Updates Editor. She has written and ...