Easy to admit those kitchen phrases still bring the intrigue. If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Out of the frying pan into the fire—meaning, how much worse can the Covid pandemic challenges get? Melissa Kaiawe and Chris Shultz, owners of Gil’s Lanai, take the heat and then some. Gifted restauranteurs for several decades, helming myriad roles from dishwasher to general manager, they bring plenty fire to cook ono menu items at their outdoor café in Kapaau, northenest north tip on Big Island, which is North Kohala.

Every human stomach has a story and if we sent an archeology team to yours, excavators might discover particles that signify a relationship to nature, a connection to environment’s history, culture, and economy. Or you could simply bring food remnants known as table scraps (organic matter) to Dragon Heart Farm where Tyler Russell and Brooks Thomas will talk story.