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The Hawai‘i Farmers Market Cookbook:
A Product-by-Product Guide to the Flavors of Hawai‘i

Watermark Publishing announces the release of The Hawai‘i Farmers’ Market Cookbook: Fresh Island Products from A to Z. Edited by Joan Namkoong and Hayley Matson-Mathes of Les Dames d’Escoffier, this cookbook presented by the Hawai‘i Farm Bureau Federation covers over 75 locally grown products and includes over 100 recipes.

“The Hawai‘i Farmers Market Cookbook has been a dream of mine ever since we opened the Kapi‘olani Community College Farmers’ Market in 2003,” says Dean Okimoto, President of the Hawai‘i Farm Bureau Federation (HFBF). “The cookbook fits hand in hand with the Market, and will be its legacy.” Okimoto’s dream was realized when the Honolulu Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier undertook the task of creating, collecting, and testing recipes as its Green Tables project. Les Dames d’Escoffier International is a worldwide society of profes¬sional women of high achievement in the fields of food, fine bever¬age and hospitality. The Green Tables initiative supports civic agriculture and sustainability in communities.

With the increased availability of fresh local produce, shoppers often wonder, “What is that hairy fruit and what do I do with it?” The Hawai‘i Farmers Market Cookbook provides complete descriptions of products, explains what to look for when purchasing, and how to prepare your finds. Full-color photographs are included to help identify products. Market visitors may be surprised to discover the unprocessed form of foods previously only encountered chopped and cooked. Tips on shopping at farmers’ markets, a complete listing of the current markets and their hours, and product seasonality charts are also included. As a project initiated at the growers’ level, the focus here is on the food. You’ll find recipes contributed by some local culinary luminaries, such as Namkoong, Beverly Gannon and Linda Yamada, but it’s truly the meats, fruits and vegetables that are the stars.

The weekly HFBF farmers’ markets now number four, and occur on two islands, having grown from the first market established in 2003 at Kapi‘olani Community College by Okimoto and Namkoong.

All products at HFBF farmers’ markets must be Hawai‘i grown and produced; no mainland produce or flowers are allowed. This ensures that consumers enjoy local grow¬ers’ freshest and finest products and helps preserve sustainable agricul¬ture as a vital part of the Island lifestyle.

The HFBF was organized in 1948 by a group of Windward O‘ahu farmers. Formally incorporated in 1950, HFBF today consists of 1,600 member families in 10 county chapters throughout the state of Hawai‘i. HFBF is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to analyzing the prob¬lems affecting farming families and formulating action to ensure the future of agriculture and promoting the well-being of farming and the State’s economy.

The Hawai‘i Farmers Market Cookbook exists to help promote HFBF’s message and hopefully, Okimoto adds, “not only put delicious food on your table but better connect you to our local growers, so that agriculture in Hawai‘i will continue to play an important role in our community.”

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