Peter Merriman will return to the James Beard House on Thursday, 25 years after he and his Hawaii regional cuisine co-founders served dinner there for the first time.
Merriman and his executive chef Neil Murphy will showcase a Hawaii menu at the New York City event, which sold out on the first day.
“Thinking back on that dinner we did back then makes me happy because of how far we have come,” Merriman told Pacific Business News. “The goal of the Hawaii regional cuisine association was to…