The Cookbooks
Here’s a list of the cookbooks we are working to preserve on this site, listed in order of publication from old to new. We provide these scans to save these historical hard-copy only cookbooks from being lost to time. We are happy to be able to share these treasured recipes with generations to come.
1937: The Hilo Woman’s Club Cook Book
Preserved by 🤙Jodi Hirata🤙
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1951: Japanese Foods (Hui Manaolana)
Preserved by 🤙Michelle Saito🤙
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~1957: Our Favorite Recipes (Yellow)
Preserved by 🌺Beki Thomson and Kris Stanton🌺
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~1964: More of Our Favorite Recipes (Red)
Preserved by 🌺Jenifer Hasegawa and Kris Stanton🌺
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1967: Still More of Our Favorite Recipes (Green)
Preserved by 🤙Kris Stanton🤙
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~1967: New Products Show Souvenir Cookbook
Preserved by 🌺Allisa Benjamin & Lily Cordero🌺
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1968: A Book of Favorite Recipes (Kauai 4-H Leaders’ Council)
Preserved by 🤙Michelle Saito🤙
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1970: Recipes Please (Compiled by Joyce Nip, Karen Sugimoto, Florence Yamada; Aiea High School)
Preserved by 🤙Kris Stanton🤙
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1970s?: Kauai Zonta Women’s Club Cookbook
Preserved by 🤙Michelle Saito🤙
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1972: Still Many More Of Our Favorite Recipes (Blue)
Preserved by 🌺Kim C.🌺
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1974: Hawaii’s Recipes (Honolulu Junior Achievement)
Preserved by 🤙Diane Shiraishi🤙
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1974: Ono Meaʻai (Hawaii CPA Wives Club)
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1976: Okinawan Cookery and Culture (Hui O Laulima)
Preserved by 🌺Karyn Fukuda Takahashi🌺
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1978: Favorite Recipes for Islanders (Hilo County Home Demonstration Council)
Preserved by 🤙Jennifer Hasegawa🤙
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1978: Our Golden Anniversary Favorite Recipes (Maui Extension Homemakers’ Council)
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1978: The Alumni Cooks Vol II – Hilo High School
Preserved by 🌺Allisa Benjamin & Lily Cordero🌺
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~1980s: Special Olympic Cookbook (Big Island Special Olympics)
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1981: Welcome to Our Kitchen (Amfac Community Action Teams)
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1981: Fellowship with Food (TOMODACHI (Friends))
Preserved by 🤙S.M.🤙
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1981: Our Favorite Recipes (Leeward Community College Clerical Staff Council)
Preserved by 🤙Mark Nakakihara🤙
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1982: Hawaii’s Aloha Recipes (The Japanese Women’s Society of Honolulu)
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~1982: Simply Delicious Recipes (Koganji Temple)
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1984: HGEA Unit 3 Anniversary Cookbook
Preserved by 🤙Mark Nakakihara🤙
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1985: Plantation Village Cookbook (Friends of Waipahu Cultural Garden Park)
Preserved by 🤙Diane Shiraishi🤙
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1985: Itadakimasu – Women of Nu’uanu Centennial Cookbook (Nu’uanu Congregational Church)
Preserved by 🤙Kim C.🤙
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1985: A Lei of Recipes (Kauai Extension Homemakers Council)
Preserved by 🤙Michelle Saito🤙
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1985: The Many Flavors of Maui
Preserved by 🤙Earl Morimoto🤙
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1987: The Second Plantation Village Cookbook (Friends of Waipahu Cultural Garden Park)
Preserved by 🤙Diane Shiraishi🤙
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1987: The Pleasures of Portuguese Cooking
Preserved by 🤙Kim C.🤙
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1988: Hawaiian’s Melting Pot – Hawaiian Airlines Flight Attendants
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1991: Itadakimasu – Women of Nu’uanu Cookbook II
Preserved by 🤙Mark Nakakihara🤙
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1991: A Hundred Years of Island Cooking
Preserved by 🌺Kris Stanton🌺
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1992: Hinode Rice Cookbook (70th Anniversary Territorial Savings)
Preserved by 🤙Mark Nakakihara🤙
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1994: Our Favorite Recipes (Hawaii School Food Service Association)
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1994: Recipes For Life (Jesus Is Alive Church; Wailuku, Maui)
Preserved by 🌺Annette Vares-Tanner🌺
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1995: HGEA-AFSCME Cooks III (Hawaii Gov’t Employees Assoc. AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO)
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1996: 50th Anniversary Best of Our Favorite Recipes (Cream)
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1996: Good Recipes from Your Friends at Hale Makua (Hale Makua)
Preserved by our good friends at 🌴Hale Makua🌴
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1996: Still More of Our Favorite Recipes (Leeward Community College Clerical Staff Council))
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1998: The Tastes and Tales of Moʻiliʻili (Moʻiliʻili Community Center)
Preserved by 🌺Shelly Nowaki🌺
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1999: Recipes from the Heart of Hawaii’s Puerto Ricans (The United Puerto Rican Association of Hawaii, Inc.)
Preserved by 🌺Diane Shiraishi🌺
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2000: Let’s Cook Warabi (George Yoshida and friends, 2000)
Preserved by 🤙Kim C.🤙
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2003: Hui O Wahine’s Potluck Favorites III
Preserved by 🌺Shelly Abe Ogata🌺
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2003: Nā Mea ʻAi ʻOno o Waiʻalae (The Delicious Foods of Waiʻalae)
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2006: Our Best Recipes – Hale Makua at 60 Years (Hale Makua)
Preserved by our good friends at 🌴Hale Makua🌴
2007: What’s Cooking at DAGS (Hawaii Department of Accounting and General Services)
Preserved by 🌺Diane Shiraishi🌺
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2010: Hele Mai ʻAi – Come Eat (State of Hawaii Department of Budget & Finance)
Preserved by 🌺Diane Shiraishi🌺
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Japanese, Winter Holidays, Japanese Foods – Hui Manaolana (1951), Mochi
Soups
Japanese, Winter Holidays, Japanese Foods – Hui Manaolana (1951), Mochi
Soups
Japanese, Winter Holidays, Japanese Foods – Hui Manaolana (1951), Mochi
Soups