Farmers on the Hawaiian island of Kauai say their state should brace for a shortage of its taro crop, a staple of the traditional Hawaiian diet, after record-breaking rains flooded their fields. The ...

Taro, a crop whose roots date back centuries in Hawaii, will be celebrated this month in the remote Maui village of Hana. Taro is best known as the plant from which poi is made, but it can take ...

If you’re familiar with the Hawaiian lūʻau plate — laden with dishes like kalua pork, huli huli chicken, tuna poke, and macaroni salad — you’ve probably seen poi. Maybe you tried it and thought it ...

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People always seem surprised to find that taro, the root vegetable from which the gluey Hawaiian porridge poi is made, isn’t only Polynesian. In ancient times it was cultivated throughout the Old ...

Kauai farmers say the state should brace for a shortage of taro after record-breaking rain flooded their fields. The deluge hit the north shore community of Hanalei particularly hard. The region grows ...

Not everyone finds poi, the grayish-purple mash made from the root of the taro plant, as appetizing as Hawaiians do. Taro was a source of sustenance for the early Polynesian settlers, and poi retains ...

There are only about 1,000 people of pure Hawaiian descent left in the world, but island residents are cooking up an idea to keep native island culture from fading away. The key ingredient? Reviving a ...