OHANA STYLE

The author of Cook Real Hawai'i brings the essence of Hawai'i cuisine to everyday cooking with unfussy and flavorful recipes featuring easy ingredient substitutions, clever new techniques, and creative (and often plant-based) spins on traditional dishes.

Beloved chef and two-time Top Chef fan favorite Sheldon Simeon's food joyfully reflects Hawai'i's flavors and cooking styles, a mixture of island influences including Native Hawaiian, Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, and other cuisines. In Ohana Style you'll find umami-packed recipes meant for familythat's what ohana means in Hawaiianweeknight dinners, quick lunches, snacks, cookouts, and barbecues.

Sheldon Simeon is the chef and owner of Lineage, a restaurant that explores the ancestral roots of Hawaiian cuisine, as well as Tin Roof, where he serves contemporary Hawaiian dishes in a casual setting, both in Maui. In 2019, Lineage was named one of Bon Appétit's Top 50 Nominees for America's Best New Restaurants. Sheldon was a finalist on Season 10 of Top Chef: Seattle, becoming a finalist en route, and later competed on Season 14 of Top Chef: Charlestonhe was voted Fan Favorite on both seasons. Sheldon's first book, Cook Real Hawai'i, was named one of the best cookbooks of 2021 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, Taste of Home, Vice, and Serious Eats.