The first time someone questioned if I was from Hawaiʻi, I was standing in a Wailuku supermarket, holding the remnants of some poke that had made me sick. Two days earlier, my wife and I had arrived on Maui from Europe to visit my family. Before long, craving shoyu poke and marinated white crabs, we’d … Continue reading Makana Eyre: Can You Still Be ‘Local’ Once You’ve Left Hawaiʻi?
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Makana Eyre: Can You Still Be ‘Local’ Once You’ve Left Hawaiʻi?
The first time someone questioned if I was from Hawaiʻi, I was standing in a Wailuku supermarket, holding the remnants of some poke that had made me sick. Two days earlier, my wife and I had arrived on Maui from Europe to visit my family. Before long, craving shoyu poke and marinated white crabs, we’d … Continue reading Makana Eyre: Can You Still Be ‘Local’ Once You’ve Left Hawaiʻi?