Spam used to be quite commonplace in American homes after World War II, but one particular Spam-centric dish has been ...

King Kamehameha II couldn't have known that he was helping make way for the first lūʻaus when he made the once unthinkable decision to eat with his mother in 1819, ending the longstanding system of ...

Love it or hate it, Spam has developed a cult following since it was invented in 1937. Though the salty canned meat may be off-putting to some, its versatility, convenience, and flavor can be used to ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Hawaii staple canned meat “SPAM” turns 86 this Wednesday! It’s name emerged during a New Year’s Eve party in 1936. The inventor, Jay Hormel named his “canned ham ...

The impulse to turn one’s nose up at Spam reflects a lack of understanding of how, exactly, Spam accrued its popularity — not just in Hawaii, but also in the Philippines, South Korea, Okinawa and ...

Owner and chef of Ulam Dallas Anna Swann prepares Spamsilog, a breakfast dish made with Spam, garlic fried rice and fried eggs. Liesbeth Powers / Special Contributor There’s a certain kind of ...

In 1937, in Austin, Minnesota, Hormel Foods combined pork, water, salt, sugar and sodium nitrate, looking for a way to profit off the then-undesirable pork shoulder. The result was a nonperishable ...