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Leeann, left, and Katie Chin prepare a dish of red snapper during the taping of their show last year.
Kitchen happiness
A mother-daughter cooking show that was filmed in Hawaii debuts nationwide on public television this weekend."Double Happiness," featuring restaurateur Leeann Chin and her daughter, Katie, airs at 6:30 p.m. Saturdays on KHET-PBS.
The show focuses on from-scratch Chinese cooking designed for simplicity, as in the Chins' cookbook, "Everyday Chinese" (Clarkson Potter, 2000).
Leeann Chin grew up in Canton, where she learned to cook by following her family's chef around. In 1956, she moved with her husband and young children to Minneapolis.
This was a time and place where Chinese cooking was barely known, but Chin found a market for her cooking skills as a teacher and caterer. In 1980, she opened her first restaurant, which has grown into the 47-restaurant chain, Leeann Chin Chinese Cuisine.
Leeann and Katie Chin are partners in Double Happiness Catering in Los Angeles and have appeared together in several Food Network programs.
Episodes of "Double Happiness," the TV show, were taped in a private Nuuanu home last year by First Daughter Productions, the Honolulu company that produces chef Roy Yamaguchi's PBS cooking shows.
Free screening
"Peaceable Kingdom," a documentary about health and environmental problems associated with large-scale animal farming, will be shown at 7 p.m. next Wednesday at the Ala Wai Golf Course Clubhouse.The free screening is sponsored by the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii. Private showings may be arranged through Eri Okada-Berkeley, 722-2557.
The film will also show on Maui at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kahului.
Call 944-8344.
Learn something new
Cooking class: Chef Todd Wells of the Diamond Head Grill will demonstrate a dish from the restaurant's Mother's Day menu, noon tomorrow at Williams-Sonoma, Ala Moana Center. Samples and a recipe will be distributed. The demonstration is the first in a series sponsored by Starwood Hotels and Williams-Sonoma to be held on select Thursdays throughout the summer.A Cook's Tour of Chinatown: Food writer Walter Rhee leads the tour, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Lunch will follow the class for those who would like to stay. Call the Lyon Arboretum, 988-0456, to sign up and for meeting place. Cost is $18; $15 for members.
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