Family Ingredients

Jack Johnson

Chef Ed Kenney visits singer-songwriter, Jack Johnson, to talk about Jackʻs fondest memories of his father, fishing and growing up on the North Shore of O‘ahu. Smoked fish was a constant whenever Jack fished with his father and takes him back to special moments spent with him.

Jack Johnson

2m 49s

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    Molokaʻi Poke

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    California Smoked Fish

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