Each fall, some 100 “cheese specialists” with the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association gather in a different European city and taste a few thousand cheeses with the goal of naming one the world champion. Tough life, isn’t it?

I like breakfast. I like to wake up late and eat breakfast late.

Who knew? Who knew a couple of decades ago that Hawai’i could grow lavender or that it would become a viable business for more than one farm here?

You can put together these quick Senegalese parcels in no time and the ingredients are widely available. The recipe calls for one or two banana leaves (available on O’ahu in Chinatown’s markets), but kitchen parchment is a perfectly acceptable substitute.