Book Title: Pupus...Plus!
Author (s): Sachi Fukuda
ISBN: 1-57306-229-4
Publisher: Bess Press - Honolulu, HI
Date published: December 2004
Description: Paperback
Photographs: Color photos of some of the recipes
After the success of Sachi Fukuda's cookbook "Pupus, An Island Tradition" and at the request of family and friends, Sachi followed with her newest title.
Pupus...Plus! is as the title says, much more than the delicious pupus that brought her original fame. From pupus, sauces and dressing on towards salads and veggies, shushi and other rice dishes, some very popular Hawaii favorites and on through chicken, beef, pork and seafood....it ends up with a wonderful selection of desserts.
The favorite form of entertaining in Hawaii is with potluck dinners. Being invited and attending a potluck dinner in Hawai is like an attending an International food fest. The recipes in this book come from many of the different ethnic groups that call our islands home. Hawaiians, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Portuguese, Filipino, Korean, Puerto Rican and some American recipes.
The book contains a helpful section on cooking and household tips at the end. The color photos sprinkled throughout the book are mouthwatering.
To read and learn more about Sachi Fukuda be sure to read my review of her first book "Pupus an Island Tradition."
Contents:
Pupus, Sauces and Dressings
Salads and Vegetables
Suchi and Rice
Hawaiian Favorites
Chicken
Beef
Pork
Seafood
Tofu and other Soy-based meat alternatives
Desserts
Cooking and Household Tips
Recipe Index
Great dessert recipe on page 130 for Cream Puffs with 'Ono (delicious) Filling, but you'll have to buy the book to read it..;-))
My copy of this cookbook was given to me by Sachi when she and I traded cookbooks and is also personalized and signed.
(c) Sonia R. Martinez
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Comments: 28
In Hawaii a pupu can be any kind of appetizer... In Chinese restaurants, Pupu Platters can be mainly an assortment of grilled meats...
Sounds interesting, Sonia!
;-)
I don't think I could drink bitter chalk even if it were iced cold. YUCK!
Of course it has chicken and seafood recipes but how do these recipes compare? What makes this book different?
Dalal
What I like about the book is the diversity....they are recipes from all the different ethnic groups who live here...a true melting pot.
I was going to post a recipe, but didn't have photos of any I had made to date, and I like to illustrate my food articles with my own photos.
Dorine, they were not especially fancy...nice, but not very fancy,
I believe the word pupu as appetizer started with the Chinese, though don't take me up on it....and when the Chinese arrived in Hawaii to work the cane fields, the word was incorporated into the common vocabulary. That happened with many words from all of the ethnic groups that settled here and are still used to this day by most everyone.
Thanks for reading and commenting, David