Recipes from “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Raw” might require a bit more preparation time than the average meal, but yield fresh, healthful results.
The pictures here (to the right) and on Page D1 (in today’s Honolulu Star-Bulletin) exhibit the dishes with slight variations from the recipes in the book, which are listed here.
The new trade paperback, [...]

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With the sudden death of Kauai Mayor Bryan Baptiste, who was recovering from bypass surgery, some may wonder what happens during this medical procedure. The thought of a surgeon cutting into your beating heart makes many people squirm. And some may think its a last resort to treat heart problems.
But this procedure is a [...]

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The State Department of Agriculture has placed an emergency quarantine prohibiting the movement of shrimp from Limaloa Farm on Kaua’i.
The quarantine was issued on Monday when tests confirmed White Spot Syndrome Virus in the shrimp.
White Spot Syndrom Virus, also referred to as WSSV, is a highly contagious and fatal disease for shrimp and other crustaceans. [...]

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The mayor of Kauai has a heart bypass performed on Oahu
Kauai Mayor Bryan Baptiste is “his usual feisty self” after heart bypass surgery Friday, Kauai public information officer Mary Daubert said yesterday.
Baptiste, 52, went in for a routine checkup last week, and doctors apparently did not like what they saw.
“They recommended he go for surgery,” [...]

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The Summer Solstice Celebration takes place June 21 at the Malama Kaua‘i Sustainability Center in Kilauea.
That was the message extended by Katherine Fisher, co-founder of the Hawai‘i Health Guide, when she accepted a grant from the Young Brothers Community Advisory Board, Thursday.
“Through an arrangement with the Kaua‘i Bus, people going to the solstice event, June [...]

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Other Factors Make Research Difficult
One of Hawaii’s top researchers released findings Tuesday that found vog is bad for you, but not as bad as you might fear.
Thick vog blanketed the state numerous days in May. A new eruption at Kilauea Volcano and days of Kona weather made miserable from Hilo to Honolulu and even Kauai.
Dr. [...]

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