Cooking from the Heart

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SAM CHOY

ating one of Sam Choy's innovative dishes is always fun, exciting, and highly — pleasurable, much like spending a little time with the chef himself. The food Sam Choy creates cannot be separated from the man, because he pours so much of himself into his cooking. That's why With Sam Choy: Cooking From the Heart is not simply a cookbook, but a portrait of a unique and engaging human being.
For Sam, good food doesn't have to be difficult or time-consuming to prepare. Most of the recipes in this book were compiled with the working mom or dad in mind and can be prepared quickly with minimum effort. There are a few elaborate recipes for home cooks looking for something new to wow their families and guests, although many of Sam's creations that bring the most raves are the simplest to make.
Sam has been cooking since he was a kid helping his father cater huge luau on the North Shore of Oahu in the 1950s and '60s. His dad, being of Chinese ancestry, taught him the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

WITH
SAM CHOY

ating one of Sam Choy's innovative dishes is always fun, exciting, and highly — pleasurable, much like spending a little time with the chef himself. The food Sam Choy creates cannot be separated from the man, because he pours so much of himself into his cooking. That's why With Sam Choy: Cooking From the Heart is not simply a cookbook, but a portrait of a unique and engaging human being.
For Sam, good food doesn't have to be difficult or time-consuming to prepare. Most of the recipes in this book were compiled with the working mom or dad in mind and can be prepared quickly with minimum effort. There are a few elaborate recipes for home cooks looking for something new to wow their families and guests, although many of Sam's creations that bring the most raves are the simplest to make.
Sam has been cooking since he was a kid helping his father cater huge luau on the North Shore of Oahu in the 1950s and '60s. His dad, being of Chinese ancestry, taught him the secrets and techniques of Oriental cookery, while he learned the Island way and European traditions from his Hawaiian-German mother.
His recipes reflect a melding of East and West, with distinctive Polynesian flourishes and some highly innovative twists that could have been conceived only in the creative and original mind of Chef Choy
Sam went to cooking school and worked as a chef at some of Hawai'i's most renowned hotels and resorts before opening his own restaurants. Since opening Sam Choy's Restaurant in Kona in 1991, Sam has become a legend, not only for his cooking, but also for his outgoing personality. People who eat at his place end up friends as well as customers. Sam's restaurants are always packed, and the people eating there are always smiling.
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Sam's original Kona cuisine can be enjoyed in Honolulu at: Sam Choy's Diamond Head • 449 Kapahulu Ave., Unit 201 • Honolxdu • phone: (808) 732-8645; on the Big Island at: Sam Choy's Restaurant • 73-5576 Kauhola St. • Kailua-Kona • phone: (808) 326-1545 and Sam Choy's Diner • 75-5586 Ololi Road • Kailua-Kona • phone: (808) 329-0101; and coming soon Sam Choy's Keahou Restaurant.
Sam Choy was born in 1952 in the tovi^n of Laie on the North Shore of Oahu. After graduating from Kahuku High School, he attended Columbia Basin Junior College in Washington state on a football scholarship, then returned to Havi^ai'i and enrolled in cooking school at Kapiolani Community College. He vv^orked first on Oahu at the Hyatt Kuilima Resort, which later became the Turtle Bay Hilton and Country Club, and at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, then as executive chef at the Kona Hilton (now the Royal Kona Resort) on the Big Island. His locally famous Kona restaurant opened in 1991, while Sam Choy's Diamond Head opened in June 1995 in Honolulu. Sam, who donates much of his time and talent to various charities, has appeared on several televised cooking shows and has been the recipient of numerous culinary awards. This is his second cookbook. He and his wife, Carol, who helps out in the restaurant, have two sons, Sam, 15, and Christopher, 10. Vissza