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Introduce Your Kids to Culinary Arts

My husband and I always knew our kids would grow up with some kind of “food” interest, since both of us are restauranteurs. What surprised us though was our children’s early interest in wanting to take cooking classes, repeatedly asking us to sign them up for one. We notice their interest in becoming budding Chef’s …

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How to Turn Your Kids Into Foodies

Trying different cuisines is like picking different colors of clothes from your closet. It gives you a sense of novelty, adventure, and it opens your eyes to something new allowing you to be creative. Jaf and Lou Lou, if you haven’t guessed, are Multicultural. I, their Mom am Hawaiian and their father Lebanese, which automatically …

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Best Japanese Cakes in Hawaii

We spent early Sunday morning at Ala Moana Shopping Center since we had to pick up new swimwear from Macy’s and get new LEGO’s from the Lego Store. A couple hours later the kids wanted to go to their favorite dining place, Shirokiya. It’s the most popular Japanese shopping outlet that offers traditional Japanese foods, …

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Oahu Eats: A Taste of Manila

The kids and I decided to venture out to “Little Manila” to see what we could find to eat for dinner last night. The City of Waipahu on Oahu, is a former sugar plantation town. Back in the early 1900’s, Oahu Sugar Company imported laborers from many different countries, including Portugal, China, Japan, Norway and …

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