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Tableof Contents PART ONE:ABOUT THE SERIES...... 3 PART TWO: LOCATIONS & DISHES: SEASON 1...... 4 PART THREE: LOCATIONS & DISHES: SEASON 2...... 5 PART FOUR: ABOUT THE MAKERS...... 6 PART FIVE: ABOUT THE HOST...... 7 PART SIX: RECIPIES...... 8 PART SEVEN: FIND US ON PBS...... 9 PART EIGHT: PARTNERS & FUNDERS...... 9

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Aboutthe Series Family Ingredients is an innovative us to exciting destinations like PBS lifestyle series that features Hawai’i, Tahiti, , Vietnam, the food, travel, culture and family. Philippines, Puerto Rico and more. Based in Honolulu and hosted by Together we explore the history of Chef Ed Kenney, the series aims to each recipe as we follow Ed and showcase the many cultures that his guest on a journey that bridges This series is about have shaped the unique islands communities across oceans of Hawai‘i. Family Ingredients is through cultural experiences and celebrating our an executive production of Rock shared history. Media and Pacific Islanders in differences and our Communications and is produced Season one of Family Ingredients similarities. It is about for PBS by Rock Salt Media. aired in over 170 markets “ nationwide reaching over 92% From telling the world about his of the U.S. population through learning, discovering, and love of poi, to his commitment to PBS-branded broadcasts on family and his interest in telling local PBS stations. Season 2 acceptance. With Ed at untold stories through simple will launch in October 2017 with recipes shared by friends, Ed locally scheduled PBS-branded the helm, we share this Kenney treats the audience to broadcasts on local PBS stations. more than just travel and food, journey together. We are but reflects upon the cultural The series is also available on connections that make up our PBS.org and is carried on the all connected. family histories in places near and inflight entertainment systems of - Heather Haunani Giugni far. Hawaiian Airlines as part of their offerings to passengers. Each episode features a guest who introduces a favorite childhood dish, or family recipe, which leads

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EP201: CALIFORNIA – EP204: VIETNAM – HO CHI SMOKED FISH MINH CITY - North Shore’s Jack Johnson, singer- In this two-part episode we follow songwriter, surfer and ocean activist, popular Hawai�i Chef Andrew Le to reveals the influence his father had Ho Chi Minh City not just to taste on him and shares those memories original Pho the national dish of on a road trip along the California Vietnam, but also to connect to his coast. Enjoy the music, smoked fish family roots. It is a return to the city and tales about early surfer migration that his parents fled in 1975, barely to Hawai‘i. escaping the fall of Saigon.

EP202: PHILIPPINES – EP205: VIETNAM – HANOI – ADOBO PHO 2017 Bravo Top Chef ‘s Fan Favorite We continue our journey in Vietnam, Sheldon Simeon finds it easy to with Chefs Ed Kenney and Andrew shine the light on traditional Filipino Le. In Hanoi we learn about the dishes - but it takes a first ever trip origins of pho, visit an ancient village, to the Philippines to rock his culinary and find out about a near tragedy that We are storytellers and senses. Born and raised in the small brought the Le family closer together town of Hilo, Hawai�i, Sheldon credits and jump started Andrew’s culinary we wanted to tell our his dad for his love of the Filipino career. cuisine. Join Family Ingredients in an rich multicultural episode that shares everything about EP206: LANA‘I – VENISON family, food and fun. Hawaiian hula dancer, cultural practitioner, and sustainable hunter Hawaiian stories around EP203: WISCONSIN – Anela Marie Kawehikulaonalani “ Evans shares the love and respect FIDDLEHEAD FERN this concept of sharing. Kaua’i farmer Valerie Kaneshiro, she has for her island home. Join a mixture of Japanese and Native Family Ingredients as we follow Anela Sharing food, culture American, was raised on the Lac from the hunting grounds of Lana�i Courte Oreilles Ojibwe reservation Island to the largest hula competition and most importantly in Wisconsin, her mom’s ancestral in the world, the Merrie Monarch home. Forced to leave her home at Festival. aloha. We travel, we eat, 15, disconnected from her Indian roots she so loved, Valerie tells a story of loss and re-discovery and all we share stories. we are the lessons learned while sharing an ingredient to a cultural dish found in Family Ingredients. Wisconsin and Hawai�i. - Heather Haunani Giugni

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HAWAI‘I – POI voyage traversing the planet with a dive deep into a bowl of his favorite Hawaiian cuisine is blazing its way into stop at his ancestral home. A family childhood dish, Soup. kitchens across America with exciting moment to remember and a dish flavors and ingredients but the most never to forget. A “chefs” episode, highly acclaimed famous Hawaiian dish is the one that Chef Alan Wong of Honolulu takes is most misunderstood. In this episode Chef Ed travels to Chef Ed Kenney of Kaimuki on an Tahiti to meet up with a young man unforgettable adventure of his In this first episode host Ed Kenney sailing the globe on a double-hulled ancestral home, Japan. The premise connects us to the food that made canoe. Maui Tauotaha comes from a of Family Ingredients is to follow a the biggest impact on his life – poi, long line of canoe carvers and Ed joins memory dish and Alan chooses miso also known as taro. The 14th most him at his ancestral village to follow soup, which leads them to interesting cultivated crop on earth, taro is eaten his favorite food memory – poisson cru, places and fascinating people. A around the world, but only Hawaiians or raw fish, the quintessential Tahitian culinary delight from farm to table. make poi. Join Ed on his personal dish! journey tracing a food that has kept PUERTO RICO – his family together. CALIFORNIA – PIPI KAULA GANDULE RICE At one time the Hawaiian cowboys Puerto Rican pride thrives in Hawai’i. OKINAWA – were considered some of the best Chef Ed meets up with entertainer Okinawan Soba is not to be confused cowboys in the world. They also made Tiara Hernandez’s whose family grew with Japanese soba. The blend of the most tender beef jerky called up in Waikīkī showrooms and follows a , soup and Pipi Kaula. We’ll trace the origins of culinary path to a country she’s never embody the spirit of the Okinawan the Hawaiian cowboy lifestyle to the seen to learn more about her heritage. people and the complex history that adobes of California and discover how make up its islands. these traditions of music and food are Born and raised in a musical family still enjoyed today. of five talented brothers and sisters, If you have eaten (noodles) in Tiara Hernandez’s family can trace the United States, chances are those Ed’s guest in this episode is Hawaiian their roots to both the Philippines noodles are from Hidehito Uki’s family musician Kuana Torres Kahele who and Puerto Rico. In this episode she business called Sun . In this prepares a simple dish with a rich describes how Gandule Rice was the episode daughter Hisae Uki travels to history. In Hawaiian it is called pipi comfort dish she grew up with and her ancestral home of Okinawa with kaula, which translates in English to loved. Host Ed Kenney travels with Ed Kenney. Together they taste the roped meat and is cooked under the Tiara to Puerto Rico to uncover the soup Okinawa calls their own. sun in a dry box – a favorite dish in origin of this dish. We see it prepared Hawai’i! many times and in many ways but it is TAHITI – POISSON CRU the shared meal with her sisters and It started because they said it couldn’t JAPAN – brother that makes this experience be done. Polynesians navigated their In Japan, miso factories are like whole. world on canoes following the stars. microbreweries in America. Hawai’i Modern seafarers proved it was true. chefs Ed Kenney and Alan Wong Meet a crew member on a world wide search for the finest ingredients and

FAMILYINGREDIENTS.COM Electronic Press Kit 5 PART FOUR: About theMakers When Heather and I were talking about starting the series we thought about how food brings people “closer together and how, when you were younger, family friends would HEATHER H. GIUGNI, skilled in live television broadcast, automatically include a place EXECUTIVE PRODUCER documentaries, commercials, and Heather is a creative director who short films. An EMMY Award-winning for you at the table. There is likes making connections – and Family producer, gifted project designer, Ingredients does just that – connecting talented published photographer, and a camaraderie in food, people and places. An EMMY director of photography for Family award-winning producer, Heather is a Ingredients, Stewart is always telling sharing dishes!” gifted storyteller and enjoys building rich stories through the lens. a narrative that can make a difference - Renea Veneri Stewart in people’s lives. She has produced and directed many documentaries. A TY SANGA, DIRECTOR/WRITER strong advocate of history, education, Ty Sanga is a prolific storyteller, and video curriculum, Heather also talented director and man with a founded ‘Ulu‘ulu, Hawai‘i’s official message. A Sundance Native Lab moving image archive. Fellow, his acclaimed Hawaiian language film, Stones, was honored at the prestigious Sundance Film RENEA VENERI STEWART, Festival in 2011. His graceful depiction PRODUCER/DIRECTOR OF of a Hawaiian legend illustrates his PHOTOGRAPHY authentic voice and visual style. Recently nominated for a Daytime In addition to Family Ingredients, EMMY in Cinematography, Renea Sanga is directing his first feature We tell stories. Rock Salt Media knows the ins and outs of production film, After Mele. He is a graduate of is dedicated to community, and works tirelessly to achieve the the University of Hawai‘i’s Academy family and home. From concept best possible product. Passionate for Creative Media and earned his to completion, we work in the about preserving Hawai‘i’s beauty Master of Fine Arts from Chapman creative to deliver an impactful and culture, Stewart documents University. product. Innovative. Creative. life through moving images and Working with the Best. We deliver. still photography, using the highest quality photographic tools. She’s

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ED KENNEY is a successful Kenney is committed to supporting restaurateur who had no idea he local farms like MA‘O Organic Farms wanted to be a chef. and showcasing local ingredients and traditional Hawaiian canoe crops (like After graduating from the University kalo and ‘ulu) on his menus. For the of Colorado and spending four past decade, he has been a beloved years in commercial real estate, leader in the local food community Kenney spent a year backpacking and has helped propel Hawai‘i cuisine the globe, immersed in culture back into the national spotlight. and contemplating life and self. It The James Beard Foundation has was on a street corner in Hanoi named Kenney a semi-finalist for Best over a steaming bowl of pho that Chef: West each year since 2013. He his revelation occurred: “Food is has cooked for First Lady Michelle the unifying fabric of humanity, Obama and been featured in top connecting us to the earth and each publications like Food & Wine, Bon other.” From that point Appetit, Saveur, Conde Nast Traveler, forward, a new path was and Travel + Leisure. forged. He sits on the board of directors for Upon his return home to MA‘O Organic Farms, Kōkua Hawai‘i Hawai’i, Kenney attended Foundation, and Sustain Hawai‘i. He is the Culinary Institute of also on the advisory board for Hogan the Pacific and trained in Entrepreneurs, the Culinary Institute Honolulu’s top restaurants. of the Pacific at Kapi‘olani Community With a strong commitment College, and the Culinary Program at to farm-to-table cooking, Leeward Community College. he opened his first restaurant, Town, Born and raised in Honolulu, he is in 2005 to rave reviews. Today, his the son of Broadway performer Ed four restaurants – Town, Kaimuki Kenney and renowned hula dancer Superette, Mud Hen Water, and the Beverly Noa – both famed Waikīkī newly opened Mahina & Sun’s – are entertainers of the ‘60s and ‘70s. lively gathering places guided by the His crowning achievement, to date, mantra “local first, organic whenever is his family – wife, Spanky and kids, possible, with aloha always.” Celia and Duke.

FAMILYINGREDIENTS.COM Electronic Press Kit 7 PART SIX: FAMILY INGREDIENTS’ RECIPES Poisson Cru • 1.5 lbs grade fresh tuna • 3 /4 cup coconut milk • 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved • 1/2 sweet onion thinly sliced • 1 medium sized carrot shredded • 1/2 in a cucumber seeded and sliced half moons INSTRUCTIONS • 3/4 cup fresh lime juice about 5 - 8 small limes 1. Cut the ahi into one-inch cubes. Add the fish to a medium size bowl. • Salt and pepper to taste Pour the lime juice over the fish and mix well so each piece is coated in lime juice. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rest in fridge for 20 • Green onion to garnish minutes. 2. After the fish has rested, pour off about half of the excess lime juice. Add the cherry tomatoes, sweet onion, carrot, cucumber and coconut milk and mix well. Add salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with sliced green onions. Serve cold.

You may find Sun Noodle Brand - at your local supermarket or Soki Soba go to: SUNNOODLE.COM • 2 lbs pork bone for more information. • 1 lb Pork Rib bone-in cut to 2” Recipe from Chimugukuru lengths —the soul, the spirit, the • 2 quarts water heart – Okinawa Mixed Plate II by Hui O Laulima (recipe has been altered FOR THE PORK SEASONING: for pork bone-in ribs vs. • 1 tbsp Sugar pork belly). • 2 tbsp Stock INSTRUCTIONS • 3 tbsp Shoyu • 1 tbsp Okinawan 1. Pre-boil pork: cover pork bones and pork ribs with water; bring to a distilled liquor or substitute with rolling boil, drain and rinse. Add the water to the pork bones and pork ribs, bring to a boil. Cover and simmer 30 minutes. Skim off impurities, cover and simmer 30 more minutes. • 1 tbsp sweet rice wine 2. In a skillet, combine sugar, stock, shoyu awamori and mirin, bring to a FOR THE STOCK boil. Add pork ribs, turning occasionally until well glazed. Set aside. SEASONING: Remove bones from stock. Add bonito flakes and boil for 2 minutes. • 1.5 cups Bonito Flakes Strains stock, discard flakes. • 1.5 tsp Salt • 1 tsp Shoyu soy sauce 3. Add salt and shoyu, simmer for 2 minutes. • 1/3 pkg steamed fish 4. Cut kamaboko into 8 thins slices. cake • 1 stalk green onion 5. Cut green onions into 1/4-lengths. • 1 pkg fresh Okinawa soba 14 6. Pour boiling water over soba and drain. Put soba into bowls, add stock. ounces, thick oriental noodle Garnish with pork ribs Kamaboko and onions.

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Family Ingredients is a PBS series made available to all PBS member stations. The program is scheduled for broadcast locally by each PBS member station. Family Ingredients is carried by most PBS stations and is available to more than 95% of the U.S. population over the public Find airwaves. Check your local PBS station’s program listings for airtimes. In addition, Season Two of Family Ingredients will be available on PBS.org

us on via streaming video, beginning one day after its premiere broadcast and PBS available until December 31, 2017. pbs.org/show/family-ingredients/ PART EIGHT: Partner Fundersand We are grateful for the support we receive to make Family Ingredients. It has been wonderful to bring a passionate man like Ed Kenney to a national audience. Thank you.

Season Two of Family Ingredients is made possible with support from (link to each):

Pacific Islanders in Communications PICCOM.ORG Corporation for Public Broadcasting CPB.ORG PBS Hawai’i PBSHAWAII.ORG Rock Salt Media ROCK SALT MEDIA Hawai’i Tourism Authority HAWAIITOURISMAUTHORITY.ORG Center for Asian American Media CAAMEDIA.ORG Old Mill Ventures OLDMILL.VENTURES Atherton Family Foundation ATHERTONFAMILYFOUNDATION.ORG Hawaiian Airlines HAWAIIANAIRLINES.COM Dawson DAWSON8A.COM Vision Maker Media VISIONMAKERMEDIA.ORG Consuelo Foundation CONSUELO.ORG

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