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Hawaii Cooks:

Flavors from Roy's Pacific Rim Kitchen
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Ten Speed Press, Mar 14, 2003 - Cooking - 176 pages
For five seasons, Roy Yamaguchi has explored the ingredients and growers of Hawaii on his public television show, Hawaii Cooks with Roy Yamaguchi. Now, in a companion volume to the sixth season, he brings his rich culinary discoveries to home kitchens. In HAWAII COOKS, Roy introduces a comprehensive pantry that describes his favorite ingredients in detail and carefully explains how flavors, textures, and colors play off and complement each other on the plate. As a classically trained chef, Roy combines fresh, Hawaiian-grown ingredients with French cooking techniques to produce a mouthwatering collection of recipes with eastern and western influences. Recipes such as Crab and Taro Cakes with B?©arnaise Sauce, Lamb Steaks with Sweet Potato Mash and Apple-Curry Sauce, and Crab with Vanilla Sauce pack an unexpected punch in every delicious bite, bringing out the flavors of ingredients in ways that only Roy can. The companion book to Roy Yamaguchi'¬?s sixth season of Hawaii Cooks with Roy Yamaguchi, broadcast on public television. Includes an in-depth pantry section that comprises nearly a quarter of the book, a detailed description of Roy'¬?s cooking style, and 60 of Roy'¬?s signature recipes. Features full-color ingredient and styled food photography.Roy received the 1993 James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: Pacific Northwest.

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Review: Hawaii Cooks: Flavors from Roy's Pacific Rim Kitchen

User Review  - Stephen - Goodreads

One of the best meals we've ever eaten was at Roy's Poipu Bar & Grill in Koloa on Kauai. We have since eaten at several of his other restaurants and never been disappointed by his innovative fusion of ... Read full review

Review: Hawaii Cooks: Flavors from Roy's Pacific Rim Kitchen

User Review  - Lia - Goodreads

The thing that irks me about this book is that it is so geared towards Hawaii specific ingredients, that it is nearly impossible to replicate most of the recipes in Mass. Yamaguchi IS brilliant though. Read full review

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Cookbook Profile: Hawaii Cooks
Cookbook Profile: Hawaii Cooks. The Global Gourmet's Cookbook Profiles includes links to hundreds of top cookbooks, with several sample recipes per book
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Roy's Restaurant - Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine
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Roy Yamaguchi Cookbooks
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PEBBLE BEACH FOOD & WINE — CHEFS — Roy Yamaguchi
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Hawaii Hospitality Online
“Two Skinny Chefs” is filmed at the Snaidero Kitchens and Design showroom in Gentry Pacific Design Center. Producer Michael Harris (top) ties a quilt to the ...
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American Liver Foundation - Roy Yamaguchi
Select your State/Region, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California (Los Angeles), California (Northern California), California (San Diego), Colorado ...
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uexpress.com: Cookbook Nook by Peter D. Franklin -- (09/03/2003 ...
"Hawaii Cooks: Flavors From Roy's Pacific Rim Kitchen," by Roy Yamaguchi with Joan Namkoong (Ten Speed Press, $32.50) is the companion cookbook to a new ...
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features
Hawaii-based duo is chef's choice for his TV series. "The Kitchen Sessions with Charlie Trotter" 5:30 pm Saturdays, KHET/PBS ...
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Chef Roy Yamaguchi - Roy's - Las Vegas
... Roy has written a cookbook, Roy's Feasts from Hawaii. A companion book is also available, entitled: Hawaii Cooks: Flavors from Roy's Pacific Rim Kitchen.
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About the author (2003)

JOAN NAMKOONG is the coauthor with Roy Yamaguchi of Hawaii Cooks, and author of The Food Lover's Guide to Honolulu and Go Home, Cook Rice. She lives in cool, misty Waimea, Hawaii.


After growing up in Japan, ROY YAMAGUCHI moved to New York to train at the Culinary Institute of America. In 1988, he left the mainland to open the first Roy's, in Honolulu. In 1993, he was named Best Chef in the Pacific Northwest by the James Beard Foundation, and he now operates 33 Roy's restaurants worldwide.

Bibliographic information

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TitleHawaii Cooks: Flavors from Roy's Pacific Rim Kitchen
AuthorRoy Yamaguchi
Photographs byMaren Caruso
ContributorJoan Namkoong
Editionillustrated
PublisherTen Speed Press, 2003
ISBN1580084540, 9781580084543
Length176 pages
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Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / General
Cooking / Regional & Ethnic / Pacific Rim
  
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