Hawaii's Share Your Table

“Some days are harder than others. The last time Jonathan was home, he surprised me with a visit on Mother’s Day. I’m Italian and we love to sit around the table and share food, this is what gives me peace and smiles. Words can’t express how much I appreciate Riggs Distributing for putting this cookbook together” says Jonathan’s mother, Mary Jo Brostrom.



“Jonathan’s mother, Mary Jo, is a fantastic cook who would make all kinds of dishes to share with us and now we feel it’s our turn to share some of our recipes to help support the memory of Jonathan” said Jean Nakanishi, of Riggs Distributing.

I’m Italian and we love to sit around the table and share food, this is what gives me peace and smiles.”

Filled with tried and true recipes culled from the kitchens of Riggs Distributing employees, the cookbook serves as a heartfelt gesture of love and support for their colleague who works for a local kitchen and bath dealership selling Sub-Zero Wolf appliances. Riggs Distributing is the Hawaii and northern California dealer of Sub-Zero Wolf. Riggs employees recall Jonathan delivering their appliances to his mother’s customers.


Besides being a collection of recipes from the employees of Riggs Distributing, The Sub-Zero and Wolf Cookbook includes six recipes from Jonathan’s mother. “The recipes I share in the cookbook are Jonathan’s favorites that he’d request when he was home. Depending on the weather he’d like to eat certain foods. The Hungarian Goulash Soup takes a couple of days to make, when he was home and the weather was cold and rainy I’d make the goulash for him and serve it with homemade bread and butter. I’d make the Chocolate and Potato Chip Cookies and send them in care packages to Afghanistan. For many years I was a stay-at-home mom and I always enjoyed cooking for my sons” says Mary Jo. Other recipes in the book include easy local style offerings for holiday gatherings, Broiled Sushi, Mustard Chicken Bites and Easy Shoyu Pork. The offerings are as diverse as the staff who contributed to the book.

“A full bookshelf and too many cookbooks shouldn’t prevent you from supporting this endeavor. The cookbook is a digital download that can be stored on your hard drive and recipes are always just one click away. Without printing and distribution costs, 100% of the proceeds go Damien Memorial School, Jonathan’s alma mater.,” says Nakanishi.

Celebrate food, love and family this Mother’s Day.

Sub-Zero and Wolf Cookbook in honor of
1st Lt. Jonathan Bostrom »