Kathy Weber reacted to three little words ubiquitous in Hawaii the way many people do: She scrunched up her face. Her mouth started watering — and not in a good way. And she said almost breathlessly, ...

To assess how the (mostly) uninitated reacted to li hing mui, the pungent snack found all over Hawaii that’s the basis for new derivations, eight colleagues from the travel, food and photo departments ...