A bartender named Harry Yee at the Hilton Hawaiian Village (now Resort and Spa) was petitioned in 1957 by beverage company Bols to craft a novel libation containing the company's just-introduced Blue Curacao liqueur. Yee brainstormed the Blue Hawaii. Here's…

This is part of a series of five excerpts from a book I like very much by Jessica Ferracane and Yvonne Biegel, "50 Thrifty Maui Restaurants". Foodies trolling for blue collar grubs should dig in. And a hat tip to…

Long before Coke and Pepsi dominated the soft drink landscapes, dozens of local sodaworks served up cold, lovely sweet libations all over the Hawaiian islands. On the North Shore of Oahu, Waialua Sodaworks made cola that quenched the thirst…