But the Hawaiian pizza, topped with ham and pineapple, was not an Italian invention. And despite the name, according to a popular story, it might not have come from the US island state of Hawaii ...
there were about 10,000 acres of pineapple growing on different parts of the island,” Balala says. Over time, Hawaii couldn’t compete with the overseas competition and the canning industry ...
Lanai is known as the "Pineapple Island" because it once was home to a plantation that produced 75% of the world's pineapples. In 1922, pineapple tycoon James Drummond Dole purchased most of the ...