Poke is Hawaii s food, popular everywhere in the Islands and now in many places on the mainland U.S. as well. There are so many ways to make poke so many directions to go. Just about anything can be done. Anyone can become a creative chef mixing and matching their favorite seafood or other ingredient with the basics …
Portuguese Kitchen: Traditional Recipes With an Island Twist
Portuguese cooking is at its heart very, very simple. This is what makes it difficult. The cuisine relies on the freshest, most carefully selected ingredients. Made with flavorless, mass-produced products, it is comforting, but not edgy. It also requires experience: the use of the nose, the eyes, the hands, the tongue to tell when the stock is …
Hawaii’s culinary terms can be baffling, whether supermarket shopping, looking for recipe ideas in local cookbooks, or reading restaurant menus, particularly at fine dining ones where chefs like to show off by using new and fancier food terminology. While newcomers to the islands are at the most disadvantage, even longtime residents can get stumped by forgotten meanings …
Cooking Hawaiian Style the TV show and website documents and preserves a vital part of island culture: its food. Anyone who lives in the islands knows that food both making it and sharing it is at the top of everyone s list of favorable activities. And when we talk food in Hawaii, we are also talking ohana …
Poke is a dish that is usually built around raw seafood, cut into cubes and dressed with sauces and spices. Hawai’i’s ambassador of poke, Chef Sam Choy, has collected more than thirty of the Islands’ very best poke recipes for Sam Choy’s Little Hawaiian Poke Cookbook. You’ll find such delicacies as Red Hot and Blackened Poke …
Hawaii Cooks with Spam: Local Recipes Featuring Our Favorite Canned Meat
Hawaii loves to eat SPAM! Hawaii Cooks with SPAM celebrates our favorite food with dozens of recipes collected by celebrated food lover and cookbook author Muriel Miura. These treasured SPAM recipes will warm your hearts, satisfy your cravings, and delight your family and friends, and all are easy to prepare. In this beautifully illustrated book, you’ll find scrumptious …
The best of from A Korean Kitchen. Kalbi, kimchi, meat chon and mandu are some of the delectable Korean dishes we love in Hawaii. But did you know that some of these dishes are unique to Hawaii in the way they are prepared and served? Food writer Joan Namkoong, a second generation Korean American, draws on her island …
The best of from Hurry Up and Wait is a collection of local-style recipes designed to make the best use of these devices. If you are new to using them, if you cook with one but not the other, or if you are a veteran in search of fresh ideas, these recipes will open your eyes to the …
A Chinese Kitchen: Traditional Recipes with an Island Twist (Hawaii Cooks)
Chinese cooking is one of the most popular in the world and in Hawaii its undoubtedly the favorite cuisine. After two years of gathering recipes from family, friends, and the community, Hawaii food writer Lynette Lo Tom has captured the delicious cooking of her mother Lorna Lee Lo, extended family, and friends. There is a wide range …
Little Holiday Gift-Giving Recipes (Little Hawaiian Cookbooks)
With an ardent passion for food and unique gifts, Muriel Miura shows us how to add the personal touch of aloha – island style – to the holidays. With over 40 recipes and ideas features, these homemade gifts come in all flavors and textures: there are herb-infused butters and oils, silky salad dressings, nutty fruit breads, …