Chef Sam Choy has been creating delicious mouth watering dishes with fresh, local island ingredients since he was a young boy helping his parents cater huge luau on Oahu's North Shore.

Before the words "Farm-to-Table" ever came together, sourcing and cooking with Hawaii's traditional foods was a way of life for Sam. He has become a legend not only for his cooking but also for his outgoing personality. Appearing as a celebrity chef at special events and fundraisers, Sam is Hawaii's unofficial goodwill ambassador and the godfather of poke, a Hawaii food gone global.

Sam has had several TV shows and his current show Sam Choy's In the Kitchen, is now in its second season. Sam lives in Kona on the Big Island with his wife Carol and their family. For Sam, cooking should be easy and from the heart, and this why he did this new edition of With Sam Choy.

That he received so many requests to reprint the 1995 book shows that home cooks want more for their families than takeout and microwave cooking. This collection of recipes emphasizes natural farm-to-table ingredients. All the cooking is one step, including the accompanying dips and sauces. And being a Sam Choy cookbook, the recipes reflect Hawaii's ethnic culinary traditions and the original Hawaiian cooking, flavors, and ingredients with which Sam grew up.