The Hali'imaile General Store Cookbook: Home Cooking from Maui [Hardcover]

Beverly Gannon (Author), Bonnie Friedman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2000

Set on a pineapple plantation in up-country Maui, the Hali'imaile General Store has lured travelers for over a decade with its down-home, island-style cooking. Critics and diners rave about chef Beverly Gannon's rustic, hearty fare, and the restaurant is a fixture on "Best of Maui" lists. THE HALI'IMAILE GENERAL STORE COOKBOOK enables readers to bring the spirit of Maui and its landmark restaurant into their own kitchen with over 100 recipes, accompanied by Beverly's warm, chatty narrative. For all those locals and out-of-towners who've begged Beverly for recipes over the years, she has this to say: "Well, folks, here's the book! And I hope every single copy gets food-stained, dog-eared, and, most of all, enjoyed."

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Tourists returning from the Hawaiian Island of Maui bring back tales of a wonderful restaurant that's called a "general store." Owner Beverly Gannon has recorded her cuisine in The Hali'imaile General Store Cookbook. Gannon's cuisine makes use of the islands' tropical bounty and prepares them with a very contemporary sensibility. Thus uku (gray snapper) receives an ancho chile marinade and a bed of corn salsa with ginger cream. Gannon helpfully offers substitutions for ingredients not likely to appear in mainland supermarkets. Her chocolate macadamia nut pie should prove a winning dessert for the chocoholic. Mark Knoblauch
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"The Hali'imaile General Store is a vestige of the pineapple plantations era recast as an airy, peach-colored restaurant that serves a smashing version of Hawaiian cuisine....At some point during the meal I experienced a stunning, if subliterate and hardly original epiphany: Maui good." —David Herndon, Travel & Leisure"[Beverly Gannon] offers insight into why she created certain dishes or where she learned to make them." —Bon Appetit

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press; First Edition edition (December 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580081703
• ISBN-13: 978-1580081702
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 0.8 x 10.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #631,385 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #51 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Regional & International > Asian > Pacific Rim

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars If Only it Included the Crab Dip....!, February 10, 2001

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This review is from: The Hali'imaile General Store Cookbook: Home Cooking from Maui (Hardcover)

For those fans of Bev Gannon who have eaten at the upcountry Maui restaurant, first the bad news: the recipie for the crab dip on boboli is not included here. What's worse is the way Gannon teases the reader with this, sending you to four different pages before she tells you that she will take that recipie to her grave. For the good news, though, there are plenty of other tempting dishes here, many of them HGS "classics", such as the Chinese Chicken Salad and the Chocolate Macademina Nut Pie. Particularly enticing for special occasions are the Salmon Studel (her daytime wedding entree from her catering days) and the Herb Roasted Filet Mignon with Grilled Jumbo Prawns and Mushroom Ragout. I'm also excited about the Chicken with Artichokes, Sundried Tomatoes, and Pine Nuts as well as the pasta dishes and desserts! Almost all recipies rely on fresh fruit and/or Asian ingredients, and as we can expect from a Maui restaurant, fresh fish features prominently. Although some of the dishes seem straightforward and even simple (particularly the soups), many of the entrees have long lists of ingredients that will be more appropriate for weekend than weeknight cooking. Still, the contents are unique and unusual, and this cookbook promises to add at least one unforgettable dish to your repertoire. The dishes are also arranged by season, a format some cookbook lovers do not prefer. Still, if you're a fan of the restaurant and can't get there often, this is great reminder of a special dining experience. If only it included the crab dip....

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful as it is good!, September 30, 2001

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"littlegraycells" (Oakdale, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hali'imaile General Store Cookbook: Home Cooking from Maui (Hardcover)

The Portuguese Bean Soup recipe is really the best I've ever had.

The book is broken down by seasons which I found to be more authenic as well as easy to use. Most people don't realize that Hawai'i does indeed have seasons-other than the tourist season.

My step-father, a native of Hawai'i, and I have had much fun shopping for some of the ingredients here on the "mainland". We have been able to find just about everything to make several of the recipes (and neither of us live in a large town).

For some great Portuguese Bean Soup, you have to get this book!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Recipes, March 31, 2009

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This review is from: The Hali'imaile General Store Cookbook: Home Cooking from Maui (Hardcover)

I loved the recipes in this book, the layout etc. but thought it was strange that while there are some lovely photos of the finished recipes, there were also a lot of photos of just flowers. That's nice, I guess, they looked like native vegetation but if you were going to put a photo in that spot, why not a photo of the food? Other than that, great purchase and fast shipping!