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Chefs of Aloha: Favorite Recipes from the Top Chefs of Hawai'i | 
 enlarge | Publisher: Island Heritage Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $20.95
Buy Used: $11.43
You Save: $9.52 (45%)
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 300487
Media: Spiral-bound
Pages: 154
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 8.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0896103986
UPC: 089279242571
EAN: 9780896103986
ASIN: 0896103986
Publication Date: November 2002
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Condition: HARD COVER spiral bound. A beautiful book! 2nd ed. Your purchase benefits world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.
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| Editorial Reviews:
Book Description
Volcanic Ahi, Lollipop Shrimp, Toy Box Tomato Salad, Golden Temple Bananas - the recipes in this book are as intriguing as the top Island Chefs who created them. In just a little over a decade, these culinary wizards have become household names among gourmets around the world. They've put Hawai`i on the epicurean map - and have had a great time doing it. In this beautifully photographed book, the acclaimed Chefs of Aloha share some of their favorite recipes, cooking tips and presentation ideas. All ingredients are readily available in Hawai`i, and most of the dishes are very easy to prepare. Have fun in your kitchen - then savor the fabulous results!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good Reference on Hawaiian Regional Cuisine August 31, 2007
Douglas Appelt (Palo Alto, CA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I did not find all the recipes in this book difficult to follow, and I have made a number of them. I don't consider complexity to be a valid criticism. After all, we're talking about A-list Hawaiian chefs here, not Rachel Ray. But these recipes do assume a fairly high level of knowledge on the part of the reader. For example, the "Lemongrass Coconut Cream" recipe has as one of the ingredients "1 cup thick bechamel sauce". I hope you know how to make that, because the cookbook doesn't say. Similarly, some recipes call for demi-glace without further explanation.
The editing of this book was sloppy and could have been better, and it would have avoided some rather ridiculous snafus like the "Rotisserie Island Chicken" that has "Huli-Huli Sauce" as an ingredient. Not so helpfully, the recipe is immediately followed by something called "Huli-Huli Style Sauce", one of the ingredients of which is 1/2 cup of Huli-Huli sauce! I'm still wondering what the hell Huli-Huli sauce is.
My number one criticism of this book is that many chefs include unusual, local-to-Hawaii, and hard-to-find ingredients in the recipes. Even those of us who live in an area with many Asian markets may have a hard time finding some of the ingredients like sambal olek, or ogo seaweed. It would have been good if the chefs would give the reader who does not have a lot of experience with this particular style of cuisine just what it is about these ingredients that make them special, and what one might substitute when the preferred ingredients are unavailable.
I do give this book 4 stars, because many of the preparations are indeed delicious.
 Complicated recipes, not enough from Roy's January 20, 2007
Robert A. Meinke (Rocklin, CA USA)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've been an avid home chef for years, and the recipes seem complicated to me.
 Snobby Chefs May 15, 2005
Kel (Hawaii)
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
When you purchase a cookbook like this, most people are hoping that the recipes would be written so that someone with a fair amount of cooking experience can follow the instructions and make the recipes. Not in this cookbook. The chefs often leave out important details so that only experienced cooks can follow and make the recipes. The worst one in the book is Eric Favre. His directions are so unclear it's as if he is being intentionally snobby and put his recipes in the book just for the royalties, not so you can make them. I'm sure there are many good recipes in this cookbook, you're not a chef, I'd strongly recommend buying another book.
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