‘Ulu and Kalo Bakery is one of the vendors participating in the Made in Hawaii Festival this weekend at the Blaisdell. This modern & healthy bakery integrates indigenous Hawaiian crops in its recipes.

Reporting From HANA, Hawaii — Before I was asked to judge the breadfruit cook-off at Hana’s week-long Festivals of Aloha in October, I had never actually sampled the fruit, a member of the fig family.

A grove of ‘ulu about half a mile wide once stretched across Kona from above the modern town of Kailua-Kona to as far south as Honaunau, at an elevation of about 800 to 1,200 feet elevation.

KAHULUI — Ancient scripture says man can’t live on bread alone, but after visiting the third annual La ‘Ulu (Breadfruit Day) festival in Central Maui, it seems like man could live on breadfruit alone.

Maui Nui Botanical Gardens will host an ulu cooking class from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the gardens at 150 Kanaloa Ave. in Kahului. John Cadman of Pono Pies and Maui Breadfruit Co. will show ...