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A half-smoke is a "local sausage delicacy" found in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding region. Similar to a hot dog, but usually larger, spicier, and with more coarsely-ground meat, the sausage is often half-pork and half-beef, smoked, and served with herbs, onion, and chili sauce.
Numerous hot dog carts in Washington, D.C. sell steamed half-smokes, with those on Co...
Hali'imaile Distilling Company produces handcrafted, locally made, authentic Hawaiian brand spirits. Located in the heart of Maui’s pineapple region, Upcountry Makawao, Maui.
Products:
Pau Maui: distilled using Hawaiian Pineapples, with no hint of pineapple flavor in the finished product.
Sammy's Beach Bar Rum
Paniolo Whiskey
Maui Moon Vodka
Awards...
Halo-halo is a popular Filipino dessert with mixtures of shaved ice and evaporated milk to which are added various boiled sweet beans, jello and fruits. It is served in a tall glass or bowl.
Ingredients include boiled kidney beans, garbanzos, sugar palm fruit (kaong), coconut sport (macapuno), and plantains caramelized in sugar, jackfruit (langkâ), gulaman, tapi...
Halušky are a traditional variety of thick, soft noodles or dumplings cooked in the Central and Eastern European cuisines (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Romania and Hungary). Halušky can refer to the dumplings themselves, or to the complete dish.
The dumplings can be made from dough spread in a thin layer on a wooden cutti...
Halva (also halvah, halwa, and other spellings) is any of various dense, sweet confections made in the West Asia, Central and South Asia and the United States. It is also served in the Balkans, the Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Malta, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and in the Jewish diaspora. In some Indian cultures, the dish is known as a soup-based sweet. Identical s...
Hāngi is a traditional New Zealand Māori method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven still used for special occasions.
To "lay a hāngi" or "put down a hāngi" involves digging a pit in the ground, heating stones in the pit with a large fire, placing baskets of food on top of the stones, and covering everything with earth for several hours before unco...
Hangikjöt ("hung meat") is a traditional festive food in Iceland, served at Christmas. This Icelandic smoked lamb, mutton, or horse meat is usually boiled and served either hot or cold in slices, traditionally with potatoes inbéchamel sauce and green peas, or in thin slices on bread such as flatkaka or rúgbrauð or Laufabrauð. It takes its na...
Hangtown fry is a type of omelette made famous during the California Gold Rush in the 1850s. The most common version includes bacon and oysters combined with eggs, and fried together. The dish was invented in Placerville, California, then known as Hangtown. According to most accounts, the dish was invented when a gold prospector struck it rich, headed to the Cary Hous...
Harðfiskur, what's basically fish jerky, is wind-dried fish (often cod, haddock or seawolf), served with butter that is a traditional Icelandic food. It comes in various forms: as thin chips, feathery-soft strips, or brittle crunchy pieces. A word of caution about harðfiskur: this stuff is really fishy.
Har gow is a traditional Cantonese dumpling served in dim sum.
The dumpling is sometimes called a shrimp bonnet for its pleated shape. This dish is often served together withsiumaai; when served in such a manner the two items are collectively referred to ashagaau-siumaai(Chinese: 蝦餃燒賣; pinyin:xiājiǎo shāomài; Cantonese Yale:hāgáau sīumáai).
These ...
The plate lunch is a quintessentially Hawaiian meal, roughly analogous to Southern U.S. meat-and-threes. However, the pan-Asian influence on Hawaiian cuisine, and its roots in the Japanese bento, make the plate lunch unique to Hawaii.
Standard plate lunches consist of two scoops of white rice, macaroni salad, and an entrée. A plate lunch with more than one entr...
Heatree Seafood is a small, hard to notice shack by the road. It opens around noon just for a few hours and serves Thai dishes. Its main focus is on seafood though that comes fresh and makes the clients' stomachs happier than ever.
The Hilo Farmers Market is a must-see experience when you are on the Big Island. Over 200 local farmers and crafters sell their produce, crafts, gift items and tropical flowers in a festive outdoor atmosphere that recalls back to the old "plantation" days of early Hilo.
The market is located at the corner of Mamo Street and Kamehameha Avenue in historic downtown Hilo...