Wanda’s Cookbooks
Island Plate
“The Island Plate” (2006, Island Heritage, hardcover/spiral, 156 pages). This history of Island food in short topical essays, splashed with full-color photographs, contains more than 150 recipes and is rigorously indexed (don’t you hate cookbooks that make it hard to find what you’re looking for?).
Island Plate II
“The Island Plate II” (2008, Island Heritage, hardcover/spiral, 142 pages). I could lie but the truth is these are the recipes I couldn’t shoehorn into the first book, and some that readers requested. Each recipe is placed in historical context and was originally published in the Honolulu Advertiser but this book lacks the essays that introduced the chapters in the first book.
“Entertaining Island Style: 101 Great Recipes and Tips from Hawai’i”
“Entertaining Island Style: 101 Great Recipes and Tips from Hawai’i” (2008, Island Heritage, hardcover/spiral, 158 pages). Local recipes for special occasions written with visitors in mind, although locals have enjoyed the book as well; every recipe includes substitutions and suggestions, where necessary, for those who live far from the sources of our esoteric ingredients.
Coming in late 2010 or 2011: “Celebrating Island Style” which details the many foods that are associated with multicultural holidays throughout the Island year. Watch for a publication announcement on this site.
The first three books are available from a variety of sources:
Island bookstores and gift shops, welcometotheislands.com, the Web site of my publisher, Island Heritage, Amazon.com and other online sites
But here’s tip: If you’re in the Islands, watch my book signing schedule (on the right); not only will I sign the books for you but I generally offer an in-person discount
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To Mrs. Adams, I see your cookbook all over the place and bought one some 4 years ago. I love it so that I always buy extras and give them as gifts. My family resides all over the eastern coast of USA and have given them this delightfull cookbook. I am about to have company next week and am reading through The Island Plate book to wow them with island specials.The stories in this book I just injoy as well. Can’t wait to get your next 2 books. Thank you, Laureen Obaldo
I am hoping your new book “Celebrating Island Style” will come out in time for me to send it as Christmas presents to my friends!
The next two books are available on Amazon.com and also on my publisher’s Web site welcometotheislands.com. Thanks for your kind comments. I’ve been sick but am back and adding a new post today.
Have a copy of your signed cookbook that I bought from you at KCC sitting in my Kailua restaurant for people to read and one woman wanted to buy it from me. She said it was so complete for hawaii ingredients and she could throw away about 10 other cookbooks since yours was so great. Keep up the good work Wanda!
Thanks so much for the uplifting words. Really appreciate it.
When are you going to post again? You really inform a lot of people!
Woh I like your articles, bookmarked!