Hawaiians have made baskets and plant holders out of palm fronds, as Melinda Augustina wrote to LAist. But these trees weren’t always in the L.A. area, so it's unclear how widely they were used ...

If using banana or palm leaves to create ‘dishes’, do this by dividing each leaf in half and cutting out a circle from each half using a pan lid as a guide. Bring a wide saucepan of water to ...