Grand Tasting

Coming of Age

Savoring the 2008 Kapalua Wine & Food Festival.
maui wedding sites

Say I Do to What’s New

Maui's wedding coordinators give the inside scoop on the latest wedding trends.
komoda's donuts

Donut Dynasty

Ninety-two years after Takezo Komoda started the family business, the last of the Makawao mom-n-pop stores is still winning customers, still making dough.
Hale Pa'i

Hale Pa’i

One hundred seventy-four years ago, Maui's first print shop published the first Hawaiian-language newspaper...and launched a small revolution.
Tita Kathy Collins

Da Bes’ Fo Real Kine

Tita has writer's block, but comes out alive.
chef illustration

2008 Maui Chef of the Year Brian Etheredge

The votes are in: Chef Brian Etheredge is named Chef of the Year by his peers.
boy flag tradition

Wave If It’s a Boy

Fish-shaped streamers are part of the celebration of Boys’ Day, a Japanese holiday that arrived in the Hawaiian Islands with early plantation workers.
Chef Bev Gannon

Leading Ladies

Meet the women behind Maui's winning restaurants.
publisher's note

From the Publisher

It’s clear to me what I love most about Maui—our sense of connection: to our past, to our island culture and environment, most importantly, to each other.
Maui designer home

Sandcastle

A beach house inspired by child's play
wedding rings

Ring Around Aloha

Flaunt your passion for each other--and Hawai'i--with tropically inspired custom wedding sets by island designers
ono gelato paia

Sweeeet!

At Ono Gelato, everything gets made fresh every day: twenty-seven flavors, made in five-liter batches.

10 Most Intriguing People

They inspire and infuriate us, make us cheer or boo. But there's no denying their commitment to these islands they call home.