Pan Sushi from The Big Island

My favorite ratio is “Effort to Taste” — and Mom Asking For the Recipe

Sheldon Simeon wrote one of my favorite cookbooks ever, Cook Real Hawai’i. I pull it out every time I think of having a dinner party, or simply having dinner. It’s for when I want something delicious outside my wheelhouse. It’s for when I wish I was in Hawai’i.

I’ve bought, borrowed, and browsed thousands of cookbooks. I rarely cook straight off the pag…