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The Island Bistro Cookbook:
Celebrity Chef Chai’s Guide to Hawai‘i Regional Cuisine
Watermark Publishing announces the release of Chef Chai Chaowasaree’s long-awaited guide to contemporary cuisine: The Island Bistro Cookbook, a collection of more than 90 recipes from his award-winning Honolulu restaurants, Chai’s Island Bistro and Singha Thai Cuisine.
A prominent figure in Hawai‘i Regional Cuisine, Chef Chai at last shares the secrets behind his unique brand of Pacific Rim cooking—from Butternut Squash Bisque to Pad Thai Noodles with Crab Claws to his signature dish, Kataifi and Macadamia Nut-Crusted Black Tiger Prawns. Chaowasaree is a founder of Hawaiian Island Chefs, the organization promoting homegrown agriculture and aquaculture. He hosts the popular television cooking program “Dining Out with Chai” and has earned numerous culinary honors, including the America’s Top Tables award from Gourmet magazine.
In The Island Bistro Cookbook, Chaowasaree captures both the contemporary ambience of his restaurants and the spirit behind his distinctive style of fusion cuisine. From Eggplant Souffle to Crème Brulee, the dishes in this lavish, hardcover volume are simple yet elegant—equally at home in a tropical bistro or on the reader’s dinner table.
Mouthwatering photography by Rae Huo captures the chef in action—shopping at Chinatown markets or preparing ingredients—as well as the palate-pleasing final products, completing this coffee table-presentation cookbook.
The Island Bistro Cookbook (ISBN 978-0-9815086-7-2) will be available in January 2009 priced at $32.50 at bookstores and other retail outlets, from online booksellers, or direct from the publisher at www.bookshawaii.net. Contact Watermark Publishing, 1088 Bishop St., Suite 310, Honolulu, HI 96813; telephone (808) 587-7766; toll-free (866) 900-BOOK; fax (808) 521-3461; e-mail sales@bookshawaii.net.
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