WAIKAPU — Some of last year’s harvest from sunflower fields that dazzled motorists along Kuihelani and Honoapiilani highways has been transformed into cosmetic-grade sunflower oils to lubricate ...

Outdoorsman and writer Euell Gibbons famously said the naturally sweet flavor of Grape-Nuts cereal “reminds me of wild hickory nuts.” The implication, of course, is he had eaten wild hickory nuts and ...

Avocado oil is extracted from the pulp of the fruit and contains the same heart-friendly, monounsaturated fats found in olive ...

Supermarket shelves are packed with oils from budget bottles of sunflower and vegetable oil to pricier olive, avocado and coconut oils claiming health benefits. Oils and fats have been at the centre ...

The trick is getting the sunflowers in the right season. The flowers should be well past their peak, with the petals falling off, or just about to. You pull off the petals, if there are any, and use ...