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Born and raised in Hawai’i, Alana Kysar grew up in a kitchen inspired by the local cuisine and her Japanese-American heritage. Cooking and sharing beautifully curated experiences with family and friends is her love language. After living in California for 10+ years, she returned to her island home of Maui at the beginning of 2022 with her fiancé. She is a cookbook author, recipe developer, and photographer working from her home studio in Kula, Maui.
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Digital copies of "Aloha Kitchen: Flavors from Hawai'i" are available for immediate download in the Libby app January 19 - 29.
Building Confidence in the Kitchen
Author Alana Kysar will lead virtual cooking demonstrations featuring recipes from her cookbook "Aloha Kitchen: Flavors from Hawai'i." Join us for a series of two virtual classes and cook along with Alana at home!
January 22 at 5:30 p.m. - Shoyu Chicken
Registration via Zoom is required. Ingredients for the recipe are available in the link below.
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January 29 at 5:30 p.m. - Loco Moco
Registration via Zoom is required. Ingredients for the recipe are available in the link below.
Cook the Book
Join us for a live cooking demonstration at a library location near you. Learn how to make recipes from "Aloha Kitchen" by Alana Kysar. All ingredients and supplies will be provided. Presented in partnership with YMCA of Superior California. Enrollment is limited.
This project/event is funded by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Cooperative Agreement Number U24LM014070 with the University of Iowa, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, and the University of Pittsburgh, Health Sciences Library System.
This event is supported by the Network of the National Library of Medicine and the All of Us Research Program. The All of Us Research Program, or All of Us for short, is a research program from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). All of Us is building one of the largest and most diverse health databases of its kind. Researchers are already using this data to learn more about why people get sick or stay healthy, and what makes each of us unique. All of Us is seeking to enroll one million or more people from across the U.S. to advance medical research. People who join All of Us share information about their health, habits, and what it’s like where they live. To learn more about All of Us, visit www.joinallofus.org.