Roy Yamaguchi and Dean Okimoto have teamed up for some island style fusion. Roy Yamaguchi is Hawaii’s most famous chef and Dean Okimoto is the owner of Nalo Farms and president of the Farm Bureau. They paired up to create a new line of salad dressings and marinades. There are three flavors, Tangy Sweet Onion, Exotic Thousand Island and Creamy Honey Herb, for you to bring a little Hawaii to your kitchen. You can find these at Hawaii stores and farmers’ markets or online at dafarmerandthechef.com, 808-545-3276.

The Hawaiian Alphabet
The Hawaiian Alphabet has only 13 letters:
A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, V, W, ‘
Yes that last little guy is a letter, the Okina!
If you are interested in learning some Hawaiian words, check wehewehe.org.

Hawaii is an archipelago made of 18 island and atolls, but we usually only see 8 “main islands” on a map of Hawaii. All the islands were formed by volcanic activity from a hot spot in the Earth’s crust. The tectonic plate under the Pacific Ocean just keeps sliding over the hot spot moving the older islands away from the the source of the magma. Of course, this has all taken place over a long period of time, not on any kind of human scale.

The current volcanic activity is on the Island of Hawaii, The Big Island. Kilauea just keeps erupting and the Loihi Seamount will keep growing and might become the 19th Hawaiian Island.