Sam Choy's Little Hawaiian Cookbook for Big Appetites

This is a very nice little cookbook by Sam Choy so you can count on the recipes inside the book being easy to fix and delicious to eat! My favorite so far is the Papaya-Mango Salsa, page 16, a tasty dip for chips or as a side for fish or meat. The Pineapple Haupia is another favorite but I used chopped fresh mango as the fruit. Hawaiians love haupia!

It really is the cutest lil book with a treasure of recipes... poke that simply melts.... and we used it for a friend's (raised in Hawaii) birthday and she was so moved... I gave it to her as one of her gifts and she was so happy! Love Sam Choy!

Sam Choy has done it again. This little hardback book contains some of his greatest Hawai'ian recipes. I like it as we travel a lot, it is small, and I can use it as a quick reference to prepare and serve great local foods to friends.

Sam Choy is a famous chef in Hawaii. Sam is a big guy. This is a little pocket book. A little book with some Hawaiian staples in it.As I grew up in Hawaii, I haven't heard of some of these items, but considering food from Hawaii generally is amazing, I tried some. Personally, I didn't love a lot of the stuff in here, but the Hawaiian staples are always good choices. It's definitely not for everyone. Take a look at the table of contents to see if it's right for you [see photos].The book is filled with lots of pretty photos for a majority of the recipes. I have two issues with this book: a lot of the instructions are almost too simple. You get a half page of ingredients, and then a ​quarter of a page for instructions. It doesn't always give cooking times so you will have to eye it. The second is, a few recipes in here call for ingredients that you will have a hard time finding—unless you live in Hawaii, things like taro leaves, ogo (seaweed), and Maui onions. For most of the recipes, you're fine.If you enjoy your meats and your fish, this is a book that shows you new ways of cooking with them.

Just was not thrilled with any of the recipes. would not make any of them!

If you're a fan of Sam Choy, you'll love this "little" book. Great recipes with some valuable hints for the misplaced "local".

This cook book brought back some old memories. I found recipes similar to the ones my parents made. Hummmm good.

I didn't realize that little meant "little". It is really a tiny book.