Press: Honolulu Weekly

Just short of the two month birthday of this site, I've received a mention in the press! Okay, so most every other food blog on the planet has been showing up in article after article, but this is a first for me.

I was minding my own business down at the local coffee shop, sipping a cuppa joe and flipping through the Honolulu Weekly. Right there, in a write-up titled 'e-food', the text practically jumped off the page at me:

Sophisticated Mā'ona (maona.net), by "Alan," covers the food-and-wine scene with expertise and humor. The wine-tasting notes and suggested pairings alone are worth a visit. Alan also writes about things such as how to select and cut a pineapple and posts recipes that run from cha gio to ginger-pineapple sorbet. Don't miss "Valentine's at Alan Wong's: A Dinner Drama in Four Acts." [The hyperlinks are my addition. It's a newspaper, people.]

I had no clue a food themed issue of the paper was in the works, nor that it would mention Yours Truly. The short article recommended local food sites, noting that while Hawai'i has fewer food blogs compared to major mainland cities, "ours are more strongly focused on local cuisine, local ingredients, farmer's markets--even the Legistlature's opening day offerings." Other food blogs mentioned by name were 'Ono Kine Grindz, She Who Eats, Nattokun and the article author's own Free Range Gourmet.

My wife, bless her heart, is threatening to send a copy of the writeup to all my family members.