finished 07.25.09
I picked this book up at the gift shop at ‘Iolani Palace. It was kind of expensive ($33), but it was the last copy and looked really interesting. Not to mention it won a Julia Child Cookbook Award. To say this book is only a cookbook, though, would be a big mistake. It should almost be classified as a history book. It tells the history of Hawaii through the history of its food. It seems to be a really well researched book that has chapters on how the Polynesians, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Korean, Filipinos, Okinawans, Puerto Ricans, various Southeast Asian peoples, and Caucasians (haoles) brought together their culinary traditions. Each chapter has easy to read narrative telling stories on the different cultures and food and then each ends with several recipes for the food that was talked about in that chapter.
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