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zellreads's review
4.0
Delicious sounding food and beautiful pictures! The recipes are clear and well-written, and I felt like the pictures really demonstrated what the dishes should like like. Substitution suggestions were great, but I feel like this book assumes you have a strong grasp of Asian flavors already as some things aren't explained super well.
moviebuffkt's review
4.0
Made the local chicken, saving loco moco for a special occasion. So many delicious looking recipes but some harder to find ingredients.
zellm's review
4.0
Delicious sounding food and beautiful pictures! The recipes are clear and well-written, and I felt like the pictures really demonstrated what the dishes should like like. Substitution suggestions were great, but I feel like this book assumes you have a strong grasp of Asian flavors already as some things aren't explained super well.
thecatwood's review
4.0
It’s not a cookbook I would cook from regularly, but it what I did cook was delicious and the book is beautiful.
uncle_remus's review
5.0
I especially liked the introduction and the history (albeit short on the global scale of history) of the Hawaiian (food) culture. It really puts things in perspective given the history and dates and introductions and the cuisine in the book. The overall feel of the book is ohana, even in each recipe in the intro gives the feeling of oneness in the community, and kudos and callouts to friends, family, local restaurants, bars, where the entire island feels like a local neighborhood.
While you may or may not like the foods in the book, the recipes do deliver the authentic Hawaiian foods, and what it means to the islanders. And delivering recipes is what a recipe book is all about. Great photos, clear directions, a piece and place in history for each.
Well done! If you like Hawaiian food, this is your book. Even if you don't, you still might learn a bit.
While you may or may not like the foods in the book, the recipes do deliver the authentic Hawaiian foods, and what it means to the islanders. And delivering recipes is what a recipe book is all about. Great photos, clear directions, a piece and place in history for each.
Well done! If you like Hawaiian food, this is your book. Even if you don't, you still might learn a bit.
dray's review
4.0
The only Hawaiian cookbook i have read, I learned a lot from it. i was not aware of the waves of influence on the islands. There's a lot to like.
apparatinglibrarian's review
4.0
I'm instantly back to Kaua'i. (sigh). I wanted to eat everything in this book, cook everything, and take a nap on the beach. This book may not be other's jam, but it was mine.
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