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HPU recipe book also cooks up zany facts
Students of Hawaii Pacific University have put out a cookbook that's not just recipes, it also provides some oddball food knowledge, to wit:>> Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, white worms like pork rinds.
>> 7-Up got its name from the size of the original bottles (7 ounces) and the direction of the bubbles (up).
>> The sound of E.T. walking in the movie was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
All this, plus recipes from around the world are contained in "A World of Flavor," a modest, paper-bound publication put out by Students in Free Enterprise.
The recipes are from students, faculty, staff, friends in the community and a few local chefs. They come from 30 countries, reflecting the diverse makeup of the college.
Included are recipes for Austrian paprikaschnitzel, Botswanan corn soup, Mexican churros, Korean bulgogi and more.
The book costs $6.50 and is available at the HPU bookstore, online at hpu.edu/bookstore or via e-mail from project chairwoman Laura Windell, aural144@hotmail.com. A portion of the proceeds will benefit a student-sponsored dinner at a homeless shelter.
Cookbooks compete
Speaking of homegrown cookbooks, Tabasco, the hot-sauce maker, is sponsoring its 13th Community Cookbook Awards.Cookbooks produced by non-profit organizations in 2001 and 2002 may compete for regional awards of up to $1,000. Those that have sold more than 100,000 copies, no matter when they were published, may be submitted for the Walter S. McIlhenny Hall of Fame, for books considered classics.
Cookbooks are judged on design, title, theme and other considerations beyond the recipes themselves.
Deadline to enter is Oct. 1. For entry requirements and forms send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Tabasco Community Cookbook Awards, care of McIlhenny Co., Attention Sheryl Dartez, General Delivery, Avery Island, La. 70513.
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Graduation goodies
Say congratulations to a soon-to-be-ex highschooler (or college schooler, or anyone else in need of hearty good wishes) through an edible, local-style gift.>> Cane Haul Road is offering a lei of fortune cookies, each containing a congratulatory wish, such as "We're proud of you" or "May great fortune be in your future." They sell for $12 at Native Books and Beautiful things at Ward Warehouse and Wabi-Sabi in Kaimuki.
>> "Lei-nyards" are lanyards in a red-floral design, with a package of red li hing mui attached. Also attached: the message "Congratulations -- You're Most Likely to Suck-Seed." Lei-nyards are customized with ribbons in school colors. They sell for $8 at Wabi-Sabi. Call 734-3693.
Tea talk
Learn to harvest and process your own tea, using a microwave oven and food dryer, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Lyon Arboretum.Francis Zee leads the workshop, which also covers the commercial making of tea.
Cost is $20; $18 for arboretum members. Call 988-0456.
Shoyu, show me
Kikkoman is featuring the flavors of Hawaii in its free summer newsletter, "United Plates of America."The biannual newsletter focuses on recipes using the company's teriyaki sauces. The current edition includes a recipe by Kusuma Cooray, chef-instructor at Kapiolani Community College and former chef at the Willows, for Broiled Marinated Tuna with Teriyaki Glazed Onions. The dish is one of several simple recipes for entertaining, island-style.
For a free copy, send a self-addressed, stamped business-sized envelope to Kikkoman, United Plates of America, 50 California St., Suite 3600, San Francisco, 94111.
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