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DAY 29 WILDBIOME PROJECT HAWAII

DAY 29 @wildbiomeproject Red spiderling roots (Boerhavia diffusa) are so delicious - great texture and as a rasayana (longevity) herb used in over 30 Ayurvedic formulas quite potent indeed. Invasive, and…
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DAY 28 WILDBIOME PROJECT HAWAII

DAY 27 & 28 @wildbiomeproject Yup, I ate eyeballs and all. Another pan fried taape, with wild lettuce & wild amaranth greens, pōpolo berries, and wood sorrel flowers. So, yesterday was tough food wise but joyful…
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DAY 25 WILDBIOME PROJECT HAWAII

DAY 25 @wildbiomeproject Wild boar roast with inkberry leaves, capiçoba greens, and wood sorrel greens sautéed in coconut oil, java plum vinegar, couple turns of the grinder with Christmas berry & Peruvian pepper tree, and…
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DAY 24 WILDBIOME PROJECT HAWAII

DAY 24 @wildbiomeproject Wanted to try making something like chia pudding using wild basil seeds and coconut milk. Took 2 full movies on Netflix to process 1 tbsp, so I think this was a once-in-a-lifetime dish! Scored some feral mangos…
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Spider Wisp (Cleome gynandra)

It's baaaack! I've been seeing these plants pop up over the past month as the land drinks in the winter rains. Not to be confused with several species of Cleome spp. grown in flower gardens, the spider wisp (Cleome gynandra) is yet another…
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Wild Amaranth Chimichurri – Eat Local Maui Challenge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG9wL5lnXnY&feature=youtu.be A montage of wild amaranth helps you see the many sizes and shapes this plant can take. This was Day 23 of eating 100% local foods from the Hawaiian Islands. Part of…
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Wild Foods Road to Hana – Eat Local Maui Challenge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAloxMkKfag&feature=youtu.be Want to learn about edible invasive species along the Road to Hana? Did you know inkberry (Ardisia elliptica) is edible? How about false awa (Piper auritum),…
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Make Your Own Coconut Milk – Eat Local Maui Challenge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhiZdc-qiFo&feature=youtu.be Get a glimpse into eating 100% local foods from the Hawaiian Islands. This video highlights the process of making homemade coconut milk, from opening the coconut all the…
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Making Chocolate & Grandma’s 90th Birthday – Eat Local Maui Challenge

A glimpse into Day 9 of eating 100% locally grown and raised foods from the Hawaiian Islands. I pretty much ate leftovers all day, but attempted to make a banana cake topped in chocolate for my Grandma's 90th birthday.
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Maui News Article, “Take a Walk on the Wild Side”

Thanks to writer Sarah Ruppenthal for writing a piece in the Maui News on the release of my new app Savage Kitchen. She did a great job of covering what the app is and I am so grateful that it is my home island of Maui that is the first news…
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edible Hawaiian Islands

Mahalo to Dania Katz of edibleHawaiianIslands for this fun write-up of wild greens found growing right outside her front door. As she mentions in the article, Dania invited me over to her house as she was curious if she had anything of interest…

This Is What Local Food Looks Like

  We ran some fabulous dishes during the Hawaii Local Food Challenge! Everything 100% local ingredients from the Hawaiian Islands. Be sure to check out our location, by scrolling to the top of our website.