Featured Hawaiian Foodblogs

There are four recent additions to the Hawaii Foodblogs sidebar. Never noticed it? It's on Maʻona homepage, down a bit to the right. None of the additions are new sites, but I've just been neglectful about keeping my list current. I'm going to step out on a limb and assume that, because you're reading this site, you'd have an interest in all the sites listed there, not just these recent adds:

→ HawaiiDiner.com has been writing about food for a lot longer than I have, but I haven't included it before now because the site is so hard to categorize. Take two parts online magazine, one part blog, one part social activism, shake vigorously then garnish with the best damn podcast in the islands. Ahh, that goes down nicely.

→ The Tasty Island Pomai writes about local eateries with the familiarity of someone born and raised. Reading his reviews, I'm building a long list of places I've driven by but never tried. This is the kind of site you should bookmark for every time someone asks, "Where should we go to lunch?"

→ Sonia Tastes Hawaii shares recipes from her home on the Big Island, where she has run a bed and breakfast, cooking school and published a cook book! The recipes on the site are an intriguing mix of cultures, combining her diverse experience, Cuban heritage and local ingredients.

→ Lindy's Ono Recipes is cookbook author of a different sort, choosing to share her recipes serially on color-coded recipe cards. Check her out for dishes crafted for local tastes yet that can be appreciated by anyone who loves ʻono food.

Reading the sites above, I realize I'm out of my league--and I like it. When I'm the novice in a group, there's all the opportunity in the world to learn.