• Health Blog

    pesto salmon over kale and garlic angel hair

    Ah, the simple luxury of being able to cook some pasta and broil a piece of salmon. Last night we made the move to our friends home, where well be staying until we leave the island in 10 days. The fir...

  • Health Blog

    seafood cioppino from The Food Company

    Yesterday the take-out spot du jour was The Food Company. Its been rainy here, so I was craving soup, but also wanted to get a serving of seafood in. So the seafood cioppino was the perfect fit. Tonig...

  • Press Release

    Statement on WTO Dolphin Safe Tuna Ruling

    Household tuna brands Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea and StarKist are disappointed in the World Trade Organizations (WTO) appeals court ruling because it is likely to create consumer confusion about w...

  • Health Blog

    The Truth About That Sushi Tuna and Radiation Report

    You may have heard some breathless reporting about radiation in tuna recently. But the fact is the actual scientific testing done does not conclude there is a food safety or public health concern rela...

  • Health Blog

    tuna sandwich with mangoes, strawberries, and papaya seed dressing from @AlohaSalads

    I ended up switching spots before lunch on Wednesday, so I didnt get my Blue Hawaii Lifestyle tuna melt. But I made up for it with a tuna sandwich from Aloha Salads for lunch yesterday. Now that Im pr...

  • Health Blog

    California Sport Fish Findings Primed to Confuse

    Remember the time journalists misread that CDC report and wrote that imported seafood was a danger and a growing one at that? Right but then they looked closely at it and found they were conflating il...

  • Health Blog

    red curry grilled mahi mahi from Uahi Island Grill

    Monday we had our pack out, which means a handful of very hardworking gentlemen came to our home, packed everything in it, and sealed it up in wooden crates to make the journey to South Carolina. Im c...

  • Sustainability Blog

    Washington Post Blog Cites Laughably Out of Date Statistic

    In 1973, The Washington Post was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service for its Watergate investigation, due in large part to its focus on the details. Nearly 40 years, later the digital versio...

  • Health Blog

    sushi rolls from @tokonamekailua

    We shipped our car to the mainland this week and our household goods will follow on Monday. Just three weeks left now in Hawaii, which means were in full-blown soak it up while we can mode. Im not sur...

  • Health Blog

    salmon, wild rice, and mushrooms en papillote from @finecooking

    We had one salmon fillet left from our Alaskan souvenirs, and decided to use it up before we get too close to our move. This salmon, wild rice, and mushrooms en papillote recipe was well-balanced with...

  • Health Blog

    Seafood buffet at @FSHualalai

    Lloyd and I got back late last night from our very last Hawaiian island hop. We knew the second we found out we would be stationed on Oahu that the next few years would be our very best/maybe only opp...

  • Blog

    Facts On The Western Front

    The Western Farm Press recently asked in a headline, when does trade and commerce trump food safety? and then linked to a story about the now infamous catfish provision from the 2008 Farm Bill. Cavali...

  • Health Blog

    Please Leave Nutrition Advice to the Experts

    A Huffington Post column by Moms Clean Air Force Senior Director and Co-Founder Dominique Browning is a perfect example of poorly sourced, emotionally based nutrition advice that scares people away fr...

  • Consumer Protection News Item

    FDA Debars Importers Guilty of Fish Fraud

    FDA published in the May 7, 2012, Federal Register debarment orders for David Phelps and Karen Blyth preventing them from importing food for a period of 20 years. Mr. Phelps and Ms. Blyth pled guilty ...

  • Health Blog

    Setting the Record Straight even on the Radio

    In a perfect example of the changing media attitude toward science-based information concerning seafood advice, NFIs registered dietitian, Jennifer McGuire, was given the opportunity last week to clea...