Will Barack Obama Bring Buzz to the Hawaiian Plate Lunch?

Travel Blog  •  Joanna Kakissis  •  11.13.08 | 1:31 AM ET

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It could happen. The President-elect, born and raised in Hawaii, grew up loving the cheap, carbo-rich traditional Hawaiian lunch of white rice, macaroni salad and some kind of pan-Asian protein—kalua pork is a favorite.