Post #407868 by tikiauction on Sun, Sep 14, 2008 6:28 PM

this is a great tiki cookbook. i have a reprint copy which I read constantly, just for the tiki kitsch. the authors are pretty chatty and there is a lot of background info thrown in with the recipes. i must admit i haven't had the urge to actually make anything from the book, the recipes are mainly old time cantonese-american. man what a sight the hawaii kai must have been, ukulelebaby's pictures on the other threads are really something. too bad i wasn't in nyc in '89.

if anyone is interested in real hawaiian native recipes, i recommend either volumes (I/II) from tamar panee's E Ho'olako Mau. they are out of print and scarce, and hard to come by, so can get pretty expensive if you can even find one. my friend rachel laudan's food of paradise is also a great one.