The Food of Paradise: Hawaii’s Culinary Heritage
The Food of Paradise: Exploring Hawaii’s Culinary Heritage published by the University of Hawaii Press in 1996. The warm reception of this book was a gratifying surprise.
Here’s a taster. The chapter on Spam since everyone always asks about Spam. No recipes in this chapter but you can imagine them easily enough.
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I am enjoying your book, The Food of Paradise. Is there a Hawaiian cook book for meals for special times, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.?
thanks Chuck. Not that I know of, though I haven’t been in the Islands recently enough to know. Most are adaptations of the mainland. Turkey with kim chee, rice, sashimi, sushi, mac salad, jello salad, namasu, and mashed potatoes.
What is interesting are the many traditional feasting meals of different ethnic groups. Check out Joan Namkoong’s Family Traditions in Hawaii, invaluable if, for example, you need to know what to expect at a Hawaii Japanese Buddhist funeral.