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| Dec 22, 2019 | On the Scene with Jan TenBruggencate | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
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Jan TenBruggencate’s newest book, “Menehune Mystery,” explores in fascinating detail the origins of stories about menehune and how the origin stories cha... |
| Oct 20, 2019 | Star-Advertiser keepsake book on historic Kilauea eruption now available | STAR-ADVERTISER
“Fire & Fury” recalls the different phases of each eruption at Kilauea Volcano and includes eyewitness accounts of the awesome sights and terrible destruction wrought by the volcano as fountains of fire spewed from newly... |
| Aug 15, 2019 | ExtraFamily: ‘Korean Cinderella,’ ‘Hide and Seek in Hawai‘i,’ surfing pets contest | “KOREAN CINDERELLA” KICKS OFF HTY SEASON
Honolulu Theatre for Youth kicks off its new season with a reboot of one of its most beloved productions of all time, “A Korean Cinderella,” opening Friday at Tenney Theatre.
The play is a new tellin... |
| Apr 21, 2019 | Bible offers parallel text in Hawaiian and English | COURTESY PHOTO
Hawaiian and English language texts lie side by side, facing each other for easy cross-reference on every moon-white page.
This year, Good Friday and the start of Passover fell on the same day, April 19, also coinciding with ... |
| Dec 27, 2018 | Classic children’s tale retold with Hawaiian twist | COURTESY BEACHHOUSE PUBLISHING
“Honu and Moa,” written and illustrated by Edna Cabcabin Moran.
What better way to start 2019 than by sharing a story with your keiki that teaches qualities such as perseverance and kindness?
“Honu and Moa,” a... |
| Dec 20, 2018 | Enchanting Christmas books depict holidays in Hawaii | COURTESY PHOTOS
“The Hawaiian Christmas Mouse,” left, and “Hawaiian Christmas Day” are two new children’s books that provide island-style holiday images.
Keiki dancing hula as auntie strums her ukulele on the beach, “broke da mouth” haupia ... |
| Nov 20, 2018 | Cooking was Lorna Lee Lo’s expression of love | COURTESY LYNETTE LO TOM
The cover of “Back in Day,” by Lynette Lo Tom, left, and the author’s mother, Lorna Lee Lo.
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Lorna Lee Lo’s Krispy Krunch Kookies use corn flakes or Rice Krispies cereal to give them their crun... |
| Nov 1, 2018 | Delve into Hawaiian mythology with books for keiki | COURTESY BEACHHOUSE PUBLISHING
“Hi‘iaka Battles the Wind” by Gabrielle Ahuli‘i, illustrated by Jing Jing Tsong.
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“Maui Slows the Sun” by Gabrielle Ahuli‘i, illustrated by Jing Jing Tsong.
Introduce your littles... |
| Sep 6, 2018 | New beach reads for littlest keiki | COURTESY BEACHHOUSE PUBLISHING
“Dogs at the Beach in Hawai‘i,” illustrated by Kat Uno and “Ten Little Surfers in Hawai‘i,” written by Catherine Payne and illustrated by Jamie Meckel Tablason.
September is here, but summer doesn’t have to en... |
| Aug 28, 2018 | Elevate corn chowder by adding taro | COURTESY MUTUAL PUBLISHING
Taro corn chowder from “With Same Choy: Hawai‘i’s Easy Cooking From the Heart.”
Chef Sam Choy takes a popular dish and makes it better with a version of corn chowder that includes morsels of taro. He confesses tha... |
| Oct 24, 2017 | Sponge Drops a favorite local dessert | COURTESY MUTUAL PUBLISHING
Sponge Drops from Jean Watanabe Hee’s new cookbook, “The Best of the Best Hawai‘i Local Desserts.”
Cookbook maven Jean Watanabe Hee, author of the “Best of …” series of local cookbooks, has a new collection of fav... |
| Oct 10, 2017 | New cookbook features dishes from school cafeterias | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
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Spanish rice was a staple of many cafeterias in Hawaii.
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A coffee cake fl... |
| Sep 26, 2017 | Japanese cookbook includes ‘old standbys’ developed over decades | COURTESY KAZ TANABE
Cone sushi is one of the basic recipes Muriel Miura features in “A Japanese Kitchen: Traditional Recipes With an Island Twist.”
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Swiss chard salad with tofu dressing from “A Japanese Kitchen: Tradition... |
| Aug 1, 2017 | Recipe: Frank Abraham’s Guava Chicken | COURTESY LEIGH ANNE MEEKS
Frank Abraham’s take on a particularly local-style chicken preparation.
Local boy Frank Abraham, producer of the television show “Cooking Hawaiian Style” on the Lifestyle Network, loves sharing favorite local recip... |
| Dec 20, 2016 | New chef, new direction at Halekulani’s Orchids | COURTESY HALEKULANI
Homemade Lasagnette is quickly becoming the signature dish of the new Orchids menu. It incorporates fresh sheets of pasta with Kahuku prawns, scallops and avocado.
It’s been only two months since chef Christian Testa wal... |
| Dec 11, 2016 | Adult coloring book offers therapy with beauty of Hawaii | COURTESY MUTUAL PUBLISHING
The adult coloring book trend that exploded last year shows no sign of slowing down. And while there is no shortage of books full of New Agey celestial designs and repetitive floral motifs, now there is an entry t... |
| Sep 20, 2016 | Chef Adam Tabura’s cookbook explores Filipino cuisine | KAT WADE / SPECIAL TO THE HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER
A tray of pigs feet is washed and ready for to be fried to make Crispy Pata.
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Chef Adam Tabura works with Jannah Simmons on the proper cut ... |
| Oct 21, 2015 | Try pono dishes, local favorites at home | COURTESY MUTUAL PUBLISHING
Mini Kimbap Spam Musubi is part of “Cooking Hawaiian Style Two.”
Enthusiasm for local recipes never wanes, and Mutual Publishing continues to feed home cooks’ interest with two new releases.
The first, a joint pro... |
| Oct 14, 2015 | State’s ubiquitous fish dish gets professional treatment | COURTESY MUTUAL PUBLISHING
Sam Choy’s latest book explores many faces of poke.
So many of us think we know poke. We know it involves raw fish, onions, seaweed, soy sauce, maybe some oils and chili peppers. We also know it can involve cooked... |
| Oct 2, 2013 | Cook Korean isle style | COURTESY MUTUAL PUBLISHING
Cubes of daikon and strips of leeks top yukkaejang
The popularity of Korean food in Hawaii never wanes. It’s one of the many cuisines that make up our islands’ mixed plate. But the Korean food of Hawaii — bold, ... |
| Oct 2, 2013 | Cook Korean isle style | COURTESY MUTUAL PUBLISHING
Cubes of daikon and strips of leeks top yukkaejang, a spicy beef Korean soup.
The popularity of Korean food in Hawaii never wanes. It’s one of the many cuisines that make up our islands’ mixed plate. But the Kor... |
| Sep 25, 2013 | Cook fast, cook slow, isle style | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
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| Mar 23, 2011 | Da Kine | CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / 2005
Volunteers added to the pile of stuffed animals at the 2005 Teddy Bear Round-Up at Pearlridge Center.
Wanted: Your family recipes
Friday is the deadline to submit a favorite family recipe for our upcoming cookbook... |
| Mar 2, 2011 | Evolution of the family recipe | PHOTO BY FL MORRIS / [email protected], ILLUSTRATION BY BRYANT FUKUTOMI / [email protected]
Malia Ogoshi prepares her late father’s best dish: roast pork and taro. Her mother, Jennie In, and daughter Jade keep her compan... |
| Oct 17, 2010 | Readers challenged by dialect | BRUCE ASATO / [email protected]
Although Melnick writes in the book's afterword that he knew of three young people who died from drug abuse, he insists "Tweakerville" isn’t "my life story, and it isn’t the life o... |
| Muriel Kaminaka loomed large among Hawaii’s home cooks | STAR-ADVERTISER / 2006
Muriel Kaminaka holds a first printing of her Japanese food cookbook. Some of her dishes are in front of her.
Muriel Miura Kaminaka was my lunch buddy, my cookbook partner, my inspiration in matters of common sense, w... |
| A cocktail with a cause | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
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In honor of Honolulu Pride Mont... |
| Recipe: Tongchimi (White Radish Kim Chee) | COURTESY IAN GILLESPIE
Daikon, or white radish, goes into this kim chee side dish.
In Korean cuisine the freshness of white radish is believed to whet the appetite, so items like this kim chee side dish are served at the start of a meal.
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| ExtraFamily: Shark Week, Keiki Day!, Ready2React | GET IN ON ANNUAL SHARK-FILLED FUN WITH LOCAL BOOKS
Shark Week, Discovery Channel’s popular summer television event, airs from Sunday to Aug. 4 with eight days of shark specials. But some of the programming may be a bit scary for younger one... |
| Recipe: Maui Onion and Orange Salad | CRAIG T. KOJIMA / [email protected]
Oranges and onions provide sweetness and bite to a salad.
Julie Robley’s salad recipe calls for a combination of fresh citrus and sweet onion that make for a refreshing, flavorful dish. It came f... |
| Cornbread that’s light, sweeter and just right | BETTY SHIMABUKURO / [email protected]
Hannah Kawakami is on a cornbread mission. She’s tried several recipes, "but none of them are as fluffy and tall as those that we get from Napoleon’s Bakery. My little granddaughter loves he... |
