Hawaii's Best Mochi Recipes

The Hawaii's Best Mochi Recipes is a nice mochi cookbook with a lot of very good recipes. Finding a book on mochi recipes is not easy to come by. I think some good work went into this book. And, it is nice that someone was willing to make such an effort to offer their recipes on these lovely treats. The diversity of the recipes is wonderful. There are not many pictures or photos. It would have been nice to have a more step by step process with photos. Making mochi treats are not a common thing to do, so those new to it can better be served with photos especially with the end result.You can always make adjustments to the recipes to your liking, and you can experiment on your own to create new recipes that you and your family will enjoy. Like all recipes, I think they are a guide. It starts off as a guide to teach you a method to reach a goal. After that, it is up to you and your imagination. Not everyone will like things the same way, so go for it and experiment. You will more than likely find your own new recipes that for you and your family may be better than what you have in the book.The only thing I do not like about this book is the construction,. If it where a regular spine paperback book I would be okay with it. If it were a hardcover book, it would be wonderful. But the spiral bound books don't impress me. I know the contents are worth more than the construction of the book. But when you are buying something and paying for it, you would like it to be a nice solid constructed book physically. Spiral bound gives it an old feel to the cookbook, and kinda makes the cookbook feel cheap. If it is available in paperback or hardcover, it is a nice find.But, the contents are well worth it. If you can look past the construction of the book, you will be happy with what you get inside.I recommend this mochi recipe book for it's contents.There is a companion book from the same author. I recommend that book as well. It is called Taste & Flavors of Mochi. Tastes & Flavors of MochiTastes & Flavors of Mochi

Very tiny book with small print.However,there are a number of interesting recipes with mochi,not just dessert.Added to my cookbook library.

This book brings back childhood memories when my mom and grandmother would make mochi for me and my sister. We grew up eating different kinds. My favorite was Bota Mochi. Mom made the best.

This is probably a decent book if you like Hawaiian mochi. There are recipes for cakes made with mochiko (mochi flour) and lots of non-Japanese preparations.The recipes are not like Japanese mochi and there is no discussion of the Japanese mochi making ingredients. Since I like Japanese mochi this was not the book for me!

The recipes in this book are easy to understand and follow. They offer many classic recipes (daifuku, dango, anko mochi, etc.) as well as many twists (strawberry mochi, etc.) I've made strawberry mochi from this book a few times for Japanese people and they love it. Fun to make fun to eat!