These sweet Maui onions can be grown in locations other than Maui, but nothing beats the islands for a celebration of this type.  Over a thousand pounds of onions and five local celebrity chefs will provide cooking demonstrations and compete for the Best Onion Recipe prize.

If you’ll be visiting Maui during this time be sure to head into Kaanapali – all you’ll have to do is follow the fragrance of those sweet, sweet onion wafting about the place!  Take a look at the schedule of events, and plan some onion enjoying vacation time.

Photo credit: SXC

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Island Flavor at Maui’s Onion Festival

Location: On an upcountry hiking train on Maui 
Destination: Hawaii
Country: United States
Year Taken: 2008

Photographer: Jody Reale
Blog: The Hawaii Traveler

A Jackson’s chameleon, or three-horned chameleon, is native to the humid, yet cooler regions of East Africa, notable Tanzania and Kenya.

In the 1970s, a subspecies, seen above, was introduced to Hawaii. It established itself, flourished and became a source for export in the exotic pet market.  Since then, exploring it has become illegal.

Adults grow to about 12” (30 cm) and a have a 5-year life expectancy.  This example is of a male, identified by it’s three horns, as females do not grow the horns.

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A Three-horned Chameleon on Hawaii