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Wednesday, November 15, 2000
Girl Scout Council of Hawaii
Girl Scouts, from top, Laura Savidge, Krysten Irion and Nicole
Pfeffer show the new mac nut cookies and some
Hawaii mac nuts.
The Aloha Chips cookie will be made with 100 percent Hawaii-grown macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips. It is the first new Girl Scout cookie in Hawaii in two years. New cookies are introduced only as demand for existing recipes wanes.
Hawaii's 7,000 Girl Scouts are expected to sell some 40,000 boxes of the Aloha Chips. Cookie orders are being taken now, with delivery expected Jan. 12 through Feb. 4, 2001.
The Girl Scouts has a membership of more than 3.6 million girls and adults nationwide. Its cookie sale is intended to teach self-reliance and fund group activities.
For more information, call the Hawaii Girl Scout Council at 595-8400
Ann Kondo Corum may best be known as the mistress of Spam, but it should not be forgotten that along with writing "Hawaii's SPAM Cookbook," she published a comprehensive guide to local eating, "Ethnic Foods of Hawaii." New books explore
range of ethnic foodsThe 1983 book is considered a classic for its exploration of cuisines, not just in recipes, but also in cultural notes and explanations of ingredients.
Corum has issued a revised version of "Ethnic Foods," including a new chapter on Okinawan cooking and expanded sections on Thai and Vietnamese dishes.
"When people relocate to a new land, they bring with them little except for memories from home, which always include traditions, customs and native foods," Corum writes in her introduction.
Her book, she says, seeks to provide an overview of the culinary cultures of the Pacific Rim, as they've been adapted in Hawaii.
As a school librarian, Corum says, she found information was lacking about local foods and related customs. Her first edition was meant to fill that gap as a resource for students, but became popular outside the schools, as a cookbook as well as a nonfiction guide to island cuisines.
Also new in bookstores Victor Pellegrino's "Simply Bruschetta: Garlic Toast the Italian Way."
Pellegrino, a Maui writer, has compiled 65 recipes for this classic appetizer, with toppings from chestnuts to chicken liver paté.
Bruschetta con aglio (toast with garlic), Pellegrino says in his introduction, came from Tuscany, where it is considered "the perfect marriage of garlic, olive oil and coarse salt on toasted bread."
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Janice Easton, an editor with Simon and Schuster Publishing Co. who specializes in cookbooks, will be among editors, literary agents and authors speaking at the Honolulu Writer's Conference, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Jefferson Hall. Morsels
Conference features
cookbook editorAmong the books Easton has edited is "Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen," by Grace Young.
Cost to attend the conference is $89. Call 395-1161.
Making the match
Chef George Mavrothalassitis won a place of honor in the latest edition of Wine Spectator magazine.The owner of Chef Mavro was selected along with five other nationally acclaimed chefs to create dishes to match four wines, for an article focusing on the varying ways to pair flavors with specific bottlings.
Also in the article are chefs Mario Batali, Traci Des Jardins, Jean-Louis Palladin, Wolfgang Puck and Norman Van Aken.
Mavrothalassitis' pairings:
Seared Hamachi with Puree of Yellow Tomato, with Bollinger Brut Champagne Special Cuvee NV, 1989
Street Market expands
The Honolulu Street Market has expanded and is operating a second location Sundays at City Square in Kalihi.The street market began opening Saturdays in February in Kakaako. The market will continue on Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 690 Pohukaina St. Sunday hours at City Square, on Kohou Street next to Kapalama Canal (the old Gem store site), are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Among start-up vendors are Paniolo Popcorn, Souane's Farm and Kakaako Bakers. Crafts and collectibles are also part of the mix.
Call: 221-6042.
New chefs
The Grand Wailea Resort has added two new chefs, both from northern California:
Dinner affairs
Learn while munching
Asthma instructors sought
The American Lung Association of Hawaii is seeking volunteer instructors for its Open Airways for Schools asthma education program.The program is designed to empower children in grades 3 to 5 who have asthma, providing them with knowledge to cope with the condition.
Training will be provided. For information, call asthma education director Gregg Kishaba at 537-5966 ext. 303, or stop by the office at 245 N. Kukui St. Suite 100 to pick up an application form.
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