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🤙

 

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🌺

 

1968: A Book of Favorite Recipes (Kauai 4-H Leaders’ Council)

Preserved by 🤙Michelle Saito🤙

 

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🤙

 

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)

 

1976: Okinawan Cookery and Culture (Hui O Laulima)

Preserved by 🌺Karyn Fukuda Takahashi🌺

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1978: Our Golden Anniversary Favorite Recipes (Maui Extension Homemakers’ Council)

 

1978: Favorite Recipes for Islanders

Preserved by 🤙Jennifer Hasegawa🤙

 

1978: The Alumni Cooks Vol II - Hilo High School

Preserved by 🌺Allisa Benjamin & Lily Cordero🌺

 

1981: Our Favorite Recipes (Leeward Community College Clerical Staff Council)

Preserved by 🤙Mark Nakakihara🤙

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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🤙

 

1985: Itadakimasu - Women of Nu'uanu Centennial Cookbook (Nu’uanu Congregational Church)

Preserved by 🤙Kim C.🤙

 

1985: A Lei of Recipes (Kauai Extension Homemakers Council)

Preserved by 🤙Michelle Saito🤙

 

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🤙

 

1987: The Pleasures of Portuguese Cooking

Preserved by 🤙Kim C.🤙

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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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1994: Recipes For Life (Jesus Is Alive Church; Wailuku, Maui)

Preserved by 🌺Annette Vares-Tanner🌺

 

1995: HGEA-AFSCME Cooks III (Hawaii Gov’t Employees Assoc. AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO)

 
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1996: Good Recipes from Your Friends at Hale Makua (Hale Makua)

Preserved by our good friends at 🌴Hale Makua🌴

 

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🌺

 

2000: Let’s Cook Warabi (George Yoshida and friends, 2000)

Preserved by 🤙Kim C.🤙

 

2003: Hui O Wahine’s Potluck Favorites III

Preserved by 🌺Shelly Abe Ogata🌺

 

2003: Nā Mea ʻAi ʻOno o Waiʻalae (The Delicious Foods of Waiʻalae)

 

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🌺

 

2010: Hele Mai ʻAi - Come Eat (State of Hawaii Department of Budget & Finance)

Preserved by 🌺Diane Shiraishi🌺

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