Prof. Hanh Nguyen with Ryoko Tazawa (HPU MA TESOL '11) in Kyoto, Tazawa's hometown, 2023.
Local writer, journalist, and HPU's Graduate TESOL Certificate alumna Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi just published the second volume of "The Hawaiʻi Book of Rice: Tales, Trivia, and 101 Recipes" (December 2024, Watermark Publishing). The book is a combination of recipes and rice-related stories contributed by local residents and chefs. Among them are two entries from the HPU TESOL ohana. HPU alumna Ryoko Tazawa (MA TESOL, 2011) reflects on her connections with her host family and now-wife while attending HPU in "Sharing Life and Love on My Family's Lānai." TESOL professor Hanh Nguyen remembers a sad event in her childhood in Vietnam, in "Heaping Bowls of Rice." The book is available on Amazon and at Watermark Publishing.
