Well we have made it to the New Year!! This is the final week of our Hawaii Book Blog Cookbook Countdown to New Year, and as its New Year’s Eve Eve, we wanted to keep things simple and do a basic recap of all the cookbooks we covered in our countdown and share with you […]
Today is Christmas Eve and I want to wish Mele Kalikimaka to all of our Hawaii Book Blog readers! Every Friday morning I post my weekly Book End report, detailing the literary and library events that are happening from Friday through Sunday. Due to the upcoming holiday weekends, however, I don’t seem to have any […]
I’ve got a really bad case of “holiday brain” at the moment. No matter how old I get, I am always excited for Christmas… and aside from thoughts of baking yummy cookies, playing games with the family and watching cheesy movies on the Hallmark channel, there’s not too much more on my candy cane overdosed mind. Instead of a […]
Congratulations to Yoonmee for winning Sun and Rain by Stephanie Feeney and a bonus money fold book! Remember, even if you’ve won a book feel free to comment to enter and win again. All winners are chosen at random using random.org. The next book we are giving away is Waikiki, Magic Beside the Sea by Allan […]
Well, the weather outside is frightful… and the crowds aren’t so delighful. When you’re shopping at the last minute, you have to optimize your store time and go to the places that will provide the most gift giving options. The thing about last minute gifts, is that they depend on whatever is in stock. With that in mind, if […]
Congratulations to John Book for winning Aunty Audry’s Big Island Eats. We hope you enjoy the book and would love to hear about any recipes you create with it! Thank you to everyone who has participated in our Give-Away so far, we have more books to come so stick around! Next up we have Sun […]
We’re going to try something different this week: random, free-association thoughts on cookbooks and recipes. And…go! Why are cookbooks so heavy? They should make appliances with up-loadable recipes, wait they already do. Is it a good thing or a bad thing to have food stains in a cookbook? Aaanyway this week, another new cookbook from Mutual […]
Congratulations to Donna in California for winning Plenty Saimin. We really hope you enjoy it! Next up in our giveaway is Aunty Audry’s Big Island Eats! Cookbooks are fun gifts to give and receive. This particular book was featured earlier in our Cookbook Count Down to New Year’s and now we’re giving it away. Just […]
Yay!! Today’s giveaway is for a signed copy of Feng Feng Hutchins book Plenty Saimin. It was one of our favorite keiki books this year, check out our earlier review and author interview . The Star Advertiser recently picked Plenty Saimin in their article on Gift Books for Keiki! We’ll be giving this book away in a […]
I can’t believe this is week 5 of our cookbook countdown to New Year’s. I don’t think I’ve ever read so many cookbooks in such a short time frame. There’s no doubt books make great presents, in fact I’m pretty sure I buy Alex’s mom, who is a brilliant cook, a cookbook for Christmas nearly every […]
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
Moʻomanaʻo Moʻokalaleo Pūnaewele o Hawaiʻi
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