https://www.lynettecooks.com/blog daily 1.0 2021-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614589721b07682a1e04cad0/1632084952871-LYI2IS3PGD7XUP6HGY91/Lynette-Lo-Tom.jpg Blog Welcome to my kitchen. I’m Lynette Lo Tom and have been cooking for more than 50 years since my mother asked me to prepare dinner as the eldest of five children. Fortunately, cooking became my passion and now is my art form. Cooking can be easy and relaxing and I would love to teach you what I have learned over the years. Today I write about home cooks and their recipes for several food publications, including The Honolulu Star-Advertiser. My mother, Lorna Lee Lo, was a fabulous cook and her Chinese recipes are showcased in A Chinese Kitchen cookbook. Her other recipes are included in Back in the Day. The newest cookbook about Dim Sum is now in stock. Although I live in Hawaii, I enjoy cooking food from all parts of the world. Learning from cooking classes all over, including in Japan, Korea, Italy, Spain, Bali, Vietnam and China. Would love to share tips and recipes with you. I look forward to meeting you and talking about food. Please sign up to be notified when we have in-person or virtual cooking classes. Aloha, Lynette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614589721b07682a1e04cad0/1632084772107-XSITFL6E113SUT6DDMCW/Back-In-The-Day-1000px.jpg Blog - Back in The Day Awarded a Ka Palapala Po’okela Award of Excellence from the Hawaii Book Publishers Association Bring back a more relaxed time, where homemade food was common, and families would bring out their signature dishes at parties. This colorful cookbook includes 106 delicious home-style recipes for you to treasure. These easy-to-follow, tried and true dishes include Pork Chops Simmered in Onions, Tuna Casserole, Beef Stew, Warabi (fern shoot) Salad, and Fried Aku Bones. Learn how to make the best Baked Ham with Raisin Sauce, Shrimp Canlis, Hanamaulu Cafe Chicken and the easiest, Sausages with Potatoes and Onions. And of course, nostalgic favorites like Pound Cake, Rice Pilaf, Hawaii-style Cornbread and tasty Pea Salad. Dessert lovers will enjoy Mango Loaf, Double-Crusted Banana Pie, Lazy Daisy Cake, and Pumpkin Chiffon Pie. Potluck favorites are Soba Salad and Kobumaki. Color, 160 pages, hardcover, wire-o, 6X9 inches, published in 2018. $19.95, free shipping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614589721b07682a1e04cad0/1632509023239-DR6OLE2WM666CKE1FZ4T/Hawaii-Cooks-A-Chinese-Kitchen-1000px.jpg Blog - A Chinese Kitchen, Traditional Recipes with an Island Twist Chinese cooking has to be the most popular cuisine in Hawaii. It’s found everywhere - buffets, potlucks, local celebrations. A Chinese Kitchen does more than just show how to cook more than 100 recipes. It takes you behind the scenes explaining the recipes, providing stories, vintage photographs and insights into Chinese food traditions, the Chinese culture and experience in Hawaii. Former TV reporter and public relations executive Lynette Lo Tom shares recipes from her family and friends. From quick-and-easy to ones that require more time and bring back memories of our grandparents’ cooking. Savor cold ginger chicken, cake noodles, minute chicken, kau yuk (braised pork belly) with taro and other mouth-watering recipes. Enjoy one of the best selling cookbooks in Hawaii. Color, 216 pages, hardcover, wire-o, 6X9 inches, published in 2015. $21.95, free shipping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614589721b07682a1e04cad0/1632955501802-0SGF3OD9YYA4O9EFONCL/Yum-Yum-Cha-1000px.jpg Blog - Yum Yum Cha - Let’s Eat Dim Sum in Hawaii Going for dim sum, known as yum cha in Cantonese, is a favorite culinary outing in Hawaii when all tastes can be satisfied among dozens of small plates that are shared and enjoyed with family and friends. It’s the perfect way to sample beautifully presented bites of food that are steamed, pan-fried, deep-fried, tolled, and wrapped. Yum Cha (“drink tea” in Cantonese Chinese) refers to the experience of eating and enjoying dim sum. This cookbook has over 100 recipes that duplicate what you can order in restaurants. Included are such favorites as pork hash bites (siu mai), shrimp in translucent wheat starch wrap (har gao), steamed then pan-fried turnip cake (lo bak go) and tender steamed pork spareribs, in fermented black bean sauce (dow see pai gwat). There are also recipes for both steamed and baked pork buns (char siu bao) including their many other fillings. Enjoy flour rolls filled dried shrimp (cheong fun) and the popular half moon (gok jai or fun gow), nicknamed ear “pepeiao” in Hawaii. Color, 224 pages, hardcover, wire-o, 6X9 inches, published 2021. $20.95, free shipping. 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