Shared Recipes from
Hawaiʻi and Beyond
Pāʻina: Sharing Food in Hawaiʻi
International food, beverages, and entertainment are important features in the Natalie Seachrist Hawaiian Mysteries. Each of the casual recipes I share will suggest easily available ingredients that can be portioned to suit your palette. I hope they will enhance your reading of Natalie's adventures and that you will enjoy the discussions of the variations in food, beverages and entertainment that appear here. Some may be referenced directly in the series, like the Hawaiian potato salad that greets Natalie when she moves into her Auntie Carrie's Lanikai cottage in book two, Murder on Mokulua Drive. Others may be classic dishes that your own memories (or movies you have seen) that are associated with life in the Hawaiian Islands.
Friends like Margaret-Jean Hansen (with whom I attended classes at the University of Hawaiʻ), often inspired the meals we shared in our homes and alerted me to their favorite menu items at the restaurants we patronized. Sadly, some of the restaurants I wish I could recommend to you no longer exist. Happily, others have become even more popular than they were when I lived on the island of O'ahu, and you may discover them in your own travels in Hawaiʻi. When I first moved to Honolulu in 1972, I longed for a few fast-food restaurants and ice cream stores that I had taken for granted on the mainland of the United States. Within a few months however, I had discovered Island delights like scoops of white rice and Hawaiian shaved ice cones to satiate my food cravings.
Each of the simple recipes I share with you will suggest ingredients that are usually available and that can be added in portions to suit your palette. Whether you are planning a quiet night for two, or a large gathering that will overfill your lānai, I join Margaret-Jean in wishing you the vital ingredients of friendship and creativity that are included in all Island cooking. I'm only sad that she is no longer here to offer more of her delight in life and food...but I hope you will enjoy her Island Potato salad recipe and the story of our friendship…
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