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Original Cooks of the Big Island
The recipes on this site are scanned from vintage Hawaii cookbooks that are available in hard-copy only. We scanned them to ensure that they are preserved for the future, both for historical purposes and as a fantastic reference for all home cooks and bakers. Some of these cookbooks include the names and home demonstration council…
Origins of the Kalakoa Cookbooks
Many of the cookbooks featured on this site were originally published by Hawaii’s University Extension Clubs and Home Demonstration Councils. Specifically, these are the cookbooks with covers featuring a solid color, such as yellow, red, green, blue, or gold and a line drawing of the Hawaiian Island from which the recipes were shared. I’ve always…
Mochi Time Machine
This book provides a historical collection of recipes for one of Hawaiʻi’s favorite sticky, squishy, and chewy confections: MOCHI.
