Aloha Kitchen: Recipes from Hawai'i [A Cookbook] Kindle Edition

Gave this book to my husband for his birthday. He loves it. I felt it reflected on how he was raised by his parents who are also from Hawaii. His mother journeyed on and Dad is now 96 years young and most of these recipes are what they were raised on and the photos look like what was served at many family meals. This book truly touches on importance of tradition and family, the photographs are just beautiful. This is a book is not compiled of a slew of recipes and a bunch of pictures, it’s well thought out. Alana, this is a wonderful book; reflects such a beautiful way of cooking as well as life. Thank you.

So many delicious recipes in this book. Even better than what I was expecting. I highly recommend. Very giftable.

I am so glad; I got this book! It brings me back home and the party food that was made with the love of family and the gathering. When I miss the food, I can turn to the page and recreate the great flavor and memories that take me back....

This book is awesome, it reminds me of like those old hawaiian buddhist church cookbooks that everyone in the neighborhood contributed that one favorite recipe to sell as a fundraiser. In this book though has almost all the favorites i grew up withand i mean "all". It covers everything from true hawaiian, then i think mostly the japanese cultural foods, with a few chinese/portugese/korean/filipino recipes that make the typical plate lunch is here in this one book. I love that it has things like POG, pineapple, orange, guava juice that kids drank and would collect the POG caps to play a game with, and snacks like cone sushi, hurricane popcorn, boiled peanuts, manapua . Desserts they have malasadas, shave ice, haupia, things people relate to the islands. Love how they explain the ingredients like we use best foods mayo lol, and plate topology. Typically a plate will have carbs galore, large amounts of rice, mac salad, with main dish of some sort of protein, teri chicken, etc, and vegies like chinese chicken salad. That's typical, but a lot of times plates are overflowing with the sides, kim chee, poke, lumpia, poi, lomi salmon, but it's all here. These are the recipes great for potlucks and just enjoying with family and friends. If you want to be a hit at the next party, look no further.

Love the cookbook - old-style as far as images go, not splashy, but the book itself full of great, Island-style recipes and heart-warming stories - a little sad there was no malasada recipe from Leonard's but that was the only thing missing from this little gem of a cookbook. I love it.

I bought this book because another reviewer said he saw that Spam was an ingredient in various recipes and no serious cookbook could include Spam as an ingredient (so he sent it back)! If you know anything about local Hawai'ian food, it's that Spam is an integral ingredient in some favorites. I knew this cookbook had to be authentic and it definitely is. All the great local Hawaiian dishes are here. A lot of them take some time to cook: we as a family don't mind this as we get to spend quality kitchen time together and enjoy the results - but it can be some work. Some of our favorites: Loco Moco, Ginger Misoyaki Butterfish, Shoyu Chicken, Saimin (yes, we actually do make the noodles from scratch). If you want a taste of the real Hawai'i you will find it here. Besides the recipes, there are excellent discussions of the Hawaiian pantry (including spam), a little bit of history, and a short dissection of the plate lunch. Notes: On the mainland if you are looking for Alaea Sea Salt and you happen to live near a Cost Plus World Market, they usually carry the very authentic "Old Time Brand" Alaea Sea Salt and charge much less than you can get it for online. Also, if you like Red Boat fish sauce, try BLiS brand (albeit not cheap): they start with Red Boat and take it up several notches. A great and thorough book.

My Nephew got married in Hawaii. I gave this beautiful book as a gift with a book stand for displaying on their counter. Before gifting it I wrote down a few recipes from it and will make them when they come for dinner.

Made Chicken long rice that tasted like I remember! My Dad used to make it and put a little shredded coconut in…so good! I had no fresh coconut, so I added unsweetened shredded coconut and it worked. Also made the Chicken Hekka and it tasted like my Auntie made it! This cookbook is bringing back so many good childhood memories!