There will be two vivid fireworks displays in Maui County skies this week. LahainaTown Action Committee will go pyrotechnic at 8 p.m. from a barge off Front Street, and restaurants from Kimo’s down to Pioneer Inn Grill & Bar will have optimum viewing. The 26th annual Lanai Pineapple ...

It felt like walking onto the set of a famous Food Network show last week in Salons 1 and 2 at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua. Sound and light mixers put on a show of upbeat music and iridescent colors. A video screen that rivaled the massive size of Celestial Cinema set a backdrop for the tables, ...

As I waited for my haircut at Lori’s Hair Shack in Wailuku the other day, a Hawaii cover of the June Food & Wine issue with “Aloha, Summer” as the headline jumped out at me. I picked it up and discovered that the huli-huli chicken cover photo was a dish by Maui superstar Chef ...

DINING WITH DAD . . . You have two more days to enter Dad to win the Father’s Day Contest Upcountry at Pukalani Superette. The grand prize is a six-foot Barefoot Surfboard, followed by gift cards, combo platters from the store’s catering department and gift certificates. Winners will be ...

UNCORKING SUMMER . . . It was a cloudy and breezy Saturday afternoon during the Maui AgFest & 4-H Livestock Fair in Wailuku. But things heated up as 13 top Maui chefs competed in the Grand Taste event to vie for first place in the Judges’ Choice and the Fan Favorite awards ...

ISLAND HAPPENINGS . . . One of the island’s best family-friendly events is the Maui AgFest & 4-H Livestock Fair. On Saturday, it will saddle up to its new Wailuku venue at the War Memorial Complex. One highlight is the Maui Legacy Farmers Pancake Breakfast that lets you wake up to ...