Grandma Teshima’s Restaurant: The Story of Shizuko Teshima Reaching for Her Dreams Hardcover – Large Print, February 19, 2026

You may have never heard of my grandmother, Shizuko Teshima, who lived to the age of 106, or even about Teshima’s Restaurant in Kona, on the Big Island of Hawaii. In a few years the restaurant will be celebrating 100 years of being a family business. But that’s okay. You will find in this story that doing everything “from the heart” as she used to say, we can create a life of meaning. Her love and aloha were expressed in simple, everyday work — cooking, serving, caring — and created something lasting and beautiful. Let me tell you her story and about the restaurant she founded. Read more