The Hawaii Farmers Market Cookbook: The Chefs' Guide to Fresh Island Foods

Cooking Fresh With Island Chefs! No one knows homegrown food products better than Hawai'i's celebrity chefs. Now Sam Choy, Alan Wong, Roy Yamaguchi and 15 others share their secrets for cooking with fresh Island foods.This companion volume to the original Hawai'i Farmers Market Cookbook contains more than 75 great recipes by Island culinary stars, including their cooking tips and advice on ingredient use. Cookbook editor Joan Namkoong instituted a key rule for the chefs, making these recipes home cook-friendly: no more than five ingredients, plus cooking oil, salt, pepper and the assigned featured food items.

The Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation (HFBF)was organized in 1948 by a group of Windward Oahu farmers. Formally incorporated in 1950, HFBF today consists of 1,600 member families in 10 county chapters throughout the state of Hawaii. HFBF is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to analyzing the problems affecting farming families and formulating action to ensure the future of agriculture and promoting the well-being of farming and the State's economy.Editor Joan Namkoong is a foodie and freelance food writer based on Hawai'i Island and co-editor of The Hawai'i Farmers Market Cookbook—Volume 1.The full-color photographs throughout the book are the work of food photographer and Kapi'olani Community College chef-instructor Adriana Torres Chong.