Hawaii's New Best Local Desserts - Tapa blanda

Easy to make local recipes from the Hawaiian Islands featuring local flavors and ingredients such as coconut, pineapple, lilikoi, papaya and mango from some of of Hawaii's cuisines such as Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Portuguese, and Southeast Asian, just to name a few.

Back by popular demand, almost a decade since her first best-selling dessert bookover 80,000 copies sold. Jean has painstakingly gathered, tested, and double-tested recipes fro book number two. Here are recipes that couldn't be finished in time for her first book; recipes passed on by family and friends finally reaching Jean. Here are easy-to-prepare desserts to elegant, made-from-scratch masterpieces, most with an island flavor! Local favorites include: Chocolate Haupia Pie, Furikake Arare Cookies, and Hawaiian Pineapple Mango Bread. And of course there are decadent treats such as: Chocolate Oreo Cheesecake, Cream Puff Cake, and Triple Chocolate Cake. There are also recipe that also fit our current busier lifestyle with directions easier than ever to follow. And for those who have the time, there are homestyle recipes that you make from scratch on a lazy Sunday afternoon. So dig in and uncover a whole new delicious collection of local recipes sure to please your family and friends for the next family get together, pot luck, picnic, or party. This is Jean's eighth book in her popular Hawaii's Best seriesclose to 400,000 copies soldthat have delighted Hawaii's households.