Category: Made Fresh
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Made Fresh: Taimane Gardner
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Made Fresh: Mylen Yamamoto
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Made Fresh: Hannah Tomita
Part of doing something fresh and original is stepping out in faith and doing something that no one has done before, but breaking away from tradition and convention can be especially difficult for Asian Americans.  Many Asian parents encourage traditional vocations and financial stability over pursuing a career of passion which was the case for Hannah…
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Made Fresh: Nakamura Mochi Pounding
Mochi is an internationally enjoyed Japanese food made from steamed, pounded and formed balls of rice. Over the centuries, it’s become a product of mass production made by machines rather than men and women.
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Made Fresh: Erin Kanno Uehara
Made Fresh: Erin Kanno Uehara This episode of Made Fresh features Mililani native, chocoholic Erin Kanno Uehara. A few years back, Erin found a way to turn a divine appointment into a truffle-filled career when she co-founded Choco le’a LLC (a boutique chocolate shop in Manoa, Hawaii) with her family.
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Made Fresh: Raina Amey
This episode of Made Fresh features Kauai-born, Kailua resident Raina Amey. As the daughter of a single father, who was a woodworking construction worker by trade, it was no wonder that Raina found a passion for crafting works of art from planks of wood.