Here's the latest tidbits. Over at Planet Kauai, Charley Foster is doing an admirable job of eating his way around the Garden Isle. He opines on the Kilauea Farmer's Market -- no, t he store, not the weekly event -- and finds it to be a bit of epicurean bliss on the North Shore in that hippy, dippy crystal loving town. Local Kauai goat cheese -- yum! Here's a link to John Heckathorn's latest posted reviews, of the two newest celeb chef joints, Nobu and Cassis. The results of Hawaii Magazine's "Best of Hawaii" reader poll issue confirmed that the readers don't have the same food taste as I do (and probably don't share much with the publication's editor, John Heckathorn, who, in my mind, wouldn't be eating at Jameson's unless he was plowed).

Maui News scribes on Cafe Pukalani, a golf course restaurant in upcountry Maui that may have the best view of any eatery serving traditional Hawaiian cuisine. Maui Time Weekly does an extended an excellent piece on where locals go for cheap, tasty grinds. The Honolulu Weekly's own "Best of Honolulu" awards (editor's picks and reader polls) is online, as well. I found the food picks at best uninspiring and at worst pretty inaccurate. I also found the first online review of Yudi's Deli in Manoa (a lovely nabe in Honolulu) online here. I had been telling my foodie friends about the place for ages -- great deli sandwiches and knishes. IIt is a real kosher deli and better than most outside of the true kosher meccas like L.A. or NYC. Also, looks like Hawaii is about to get another food magazine, this one the outpost of a franchise organization that helps produce and develop local food pubs. The cover looks pretty. HQ does national ad sales, giving the local pubs a huge leg up. Good luck, Edible Hawaiian Islands!

—Alex, 08/31/07