Press Release:
Award-winning author Arnold Hiura will present a special “talk story” and book-signing program at Native Books/Na Mea Hawaii at Ward Warehouse on Sunday, August 29, 3-5PM.
Hiura’s presentation will feature stories and excerpts from his book, Kau Kau: Cuisine and Culture in the Hawaiian Islands, which examines the Islands’ rich food culture and traces the [...]
“Buy local, eat local: It will help to sustain the important role that agriculture plays in our community.”–Dean Okimoto President of the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation
“Buy local, eat local” is the positive message echoing in my head when thumbing through the new and improved farmers market cookbook recently released by Watermark Publishing. Edited by food [...]
PRESS RELEASE
Watermark Publishing announces the release of The Hawai’i Farmers Market Cookbook-Volume 2: The Chefs’ Guide to Fresh Island Foods. Edited by Joan Namkoong, this companion volume to the original Hawai’i Farmers Market Cookbook contains more than 75 recipes featuring locally-sourced ingredients by 18 of the Islands’ top chefs. The cookbook [...]
Happy Lei Day! *kiss kiss* Alex and I will definitely check out the festivities going on all weekend at Kapiolani Park (hopefully it doesn’t rain!) but first we’ve got a busy Saturday of attending book signings. You should check one out too!
I’ve found, over the last week, that there are MANY instructional books available on [...]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of our readers of Irish descent, and everybody else in the world who celebrates this fine feasting day. At least, that’s what I would have said if I actually wrote this review when I originally intended. Unfortunately, after that first bottle of Guinness right after work…I reserved myself to [...]
We are two hours into the First Book-Oahu Book Fair here at Barnes & Noble Kahala and it has been a busy day so far. We’ve already had Midweek’s “Click Chick” Alison Stewart read for storytime, followed by a wild appearance by Clifford the Big Red Dog which got an excited reception from the keiki [...]
Hey, some exciting news from Watermark Publishing. Following on the heels of BeachHouse Publishing developing iPhone apps, hopefully now we will start seeing more and more eBooks coming out from local publishers. Here’s the official press release:
Watermark Publishing of Honolulu has announced the release of its best-selling books in digital format, making them available on [...]
One of the books recommended to us by Manoa Library Branch Manager Christel Collins, as part of our Library Tour Challenge, is the latest historic composition of Gavan Daws. Wayfinding Through the Storm (Watermark, 2009) is one of the most unique books I’ve ever read. With the subtitle “Speaking Truth to Power at Kamehameha Schools [...]
Coming out of the recent 25th Eddie Aikau Memorial Surf Competition and the Billabong Pipeline Masters 2009, this surf season’s swells are still making headlines. Most recently it’s the 30ft monsters making their way to the North Shore that are drawing the crowds and shutting down the beaches. Surrounded on all sides by the Pacific, locals know [...]
Coming into this Library Tour Challenge we knew it wouldn’t be easy to accomplish, that there would be some bumps along the way, and that with Hawai’i’s libraries struggling we’d have to be flexible. We knew not all locations would be easy to visit, and that people might not have time to talk to us. [...]
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