When the first humans arrived in Hawaii, edible nutritional kernals or nuts were hard to find. About the only native nut was the mahoe, or Alectron macrococculus. They brought with them the coconut ...

A handful of nuts is an easy and healthy snack, but if you’re growing a bit tired of the same rotation of almonds, walnuts, cashews, and pistachios, enter the pili nut. Pili—pronounced “peeley”—is a ...

Virtually unknown in the West, this Asian delicacy reigns supreme in oil content -- over 70 percent -- among all the world's nuts. There is a hint of almond in the taste of the pili nut, which is ...