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LIHUE — Tom Kowach has made thousands of musubi since he married Kauai girl Ashley Oshiro Kowach in 2004. “We love musubi,” said Tom, creator of a nine-piece musubi maker. “I’m surprised more people ...

While the world continues to debate Hello Kitty’s feline and human attributes, Roy Choi will be busy crafting his version of a super-cute Spam musubi in her honor. It’s all connected to Hello Kitty’s ...

In 1987, Alvin Okami produced the first acrylic Spam musubi maker. It sold at Longs, Marukai, Holiday Mart and other stores for $3-$5. Corum said the creator may have been Mitsuko Kaneshiro, who first ...

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When it comes to handheld snack food, the ballpark hot dog has nothing on the Hawaiian classic Spam musubi. Sticky rice is sprinkled with furikake, topped with glazed Spam, and wrapped in nori for a ...

Perhaps you've heard somewhere that Hawaii eats a lot of Spam. We love the stuff with the whole of our hearts, ever since it was introduced here during the rationing days of WWII. We eat more of it ...

Who doesn't love a good and simple Spam musubi recipe? Compact, convenient, and delicious, each Spam musubi is satisfying and satiating. However, enjoying them is usually a one-person affair, during ...