Posted on: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Cookbooks for worthy causes
By
Wanda A. Adams
Advertiser Columnist
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Second in a series on cookbooks for holiday giving
One way to feel even better about giving a cookbook at Christmas is to give one that benefits charity. Two that have been released recently come to mind:
"Flavors of the Islands" (Island Heritage, spiral-bound, $13.50) is a particularly worthy project because every penny above the cost of production goes to the beneficiary, the Adrie and Erika Fund of the Hawaii Bone Marrow Donor Registry. (The registry signs up prospective bone marrow donors and links them with those in need of a transplant.)
Adrie is Adrie Yonashiro, 16, a Punahou student who pulled together this homey collection of recipes after she met Erika Tsuchihashi, 5, of Sacramento. Erika, who received a bone marrow transplant in 2002, was in Hawai'i to meet her donor, David Yamada, at the registry's 16th anniversary dinner event. Adrie's parents, Roy and Annie Yonashiro, are longtime registry volunteers, and her father is donor recruitment coordinator. In fact, they got involved even before there was a registry program.
The book contains recipes from celebrity chefs (Alan Wong, Chai Chaowasaree and so on), but the bulk of the dishes are the kind you and I would use on an everyday salad, such as tomato-paste chicken, the dish Adrie and Erika prepared together when the Yonashiros visited Erika's family in Sacramento a while back — chicken and vegetables baked in an easy tomato-mushroom sauce. Erika did the artwork that separates the chapters. Perhaps reflecting its young producers' tastes, the book is heavy on desserts.
This book is not in stores; by selling it themselves the Yonashiros are able to give more of the proceeds to the registry. Find the book, starting tomorrow, at Salon Nanea, 320 Ward Ave., Suite 220; the office of Dr. Dennis Nagata, 1520 Liliha St., Suite 703; Ulupono Academy, 1123 11th Ave., Suite 102; Shiatsu Therapists of Hawai'i, 1365 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite 4, or Nouveau Hair Design, 1365 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite 9. Or e-mail Adrie at flavorsoftheislands@gmail.com.
"Ohana Cookbook" Mililani High School Project Graduation, 2007 ($14, plus $4 shipping and handling if you mail order). This recipe collection, from parents and friends of Mililani High's class of 2007, will help fund their alcohol-free Project Graduation celebration. It's a folksy collection of contemporary recipes that range from apricot mochi to baked ziti — and even how to make modeling clay. For sale at Surprise Store, Mililani Town Center and Baldwin's Sweet Shop in Waimalu or the following craft fairs: Mililani High School, Saturday; Mililani Uka, Dec. 16 and Friday and Saturday from 5:45 to 9 p.m. at Mililani Shopping Center. Send check or money order to: MHS SPADA Class of 2007, P.O. Box 894174, Mililani, HI 96789. Or e-mail to find out where to get it: b2007@hawaii.rr.com.
Among new local cookbooks:
"Aloha Days, Hula Nights" by the Junior League of Hono-lulu Inc. ($32, JLH, hardback). Junior League cookbooks are always eagerly awaited because cooks know they can trust the recipes; each one is tested at least three times by volunteers. The 375 recipes in this third Junior League of Honolulu collection went through more than 1,000 trials! The proceeds support league projects that affect the lives of women and children in Hawai'i. This book — 386 pages with full-color photos — is just making its way into stores now, but to order books at a 20 percent discount, call 946-6466 or visit www.JuniorLeagueofHono lulu.org. More on this book in a later story.
"alohacuisine" by Sam Choy (Mutual, closed spiral, $24.95). If you don't own a Sam Choy cookbook, this is the one to get, because it's a compilation of his favorites from previous books, including his Big Aloha Fried Poke Wrap, Papa Choy's Beef Tomato, garlic ginger salmon, lup cheong fried rice. Beautifully photographed, this would make a great gift for homesick Islanders living elsewhere.
"Cookies From Hawai'i's Kitchen," by Muriel Miura (Mutual, spiral, $13.95). As a home economist for 30 years, Muriel Miura had plenty of opportunity to collect recipes, test them and winnow them down to only the best. These are her favorite cookie recipes in a collection she developed for her grandchildren. The book opens with a detailed primer on cookie-baking. This would be a good gift for a young person interested in cooking.
Send recipes and queries to Wanda A. Adams, Food Editor, Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802. Fax: 525-8055. E-mail: wadams@honoluluadvertiser.com. For more information about our 150th
anniversary cookbook, call 535-8189 (message phone; your call will be returned). You can order the cookbook online.
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