Here in Hawaii, we can grow lots of wonderfully exotic tropical plants year round. The vanilla orchid vine is one of these that requires special care but can produce lovely flowers and a tasty product ...

Vanilla vines take two to four years to fully mature, and their flowers only bloom for one day of the year. In order for the plants to produce beans, they have to be pollinated that day. In most ...

Vanilla beans aren’t cheap (for good reason – it’s a labour-intensive two-year process to grow them!) so it makes sense to get all the use you can out of them, right? And that’s why we love chef and ...