The Church of Tiki To aficionados of Polynesian Pop, the Kahiki Supper Club was and remains the touchstone for all things tiki. The epitome of a fad that started at the end of Prohibition, it has been rediscovered by each successive generation, with relics of the original "mothership" proudly displayed in tropical restaurants and bars throughout the country. Years after its razing in August 2000, the legacy of the Kahiki continues to inspire artists, entrepreneurs, and other visionaries, m...

Hula girls, palm trees and Tiki gods beckoned Ohioans of the 1950s and '60s as tropical hot spots sprang up in suburban neighborhoods and concrete jungles alike.The Kon Tiki restaurants of Cleveland and Cincinnati slung rum cocktails to patrons eager for escape to a South Seas paradise. Visitors to the famed Kahiki Supper Club of Columbus, the Tropics in Dayton and Toledo's Aku-Aku could spot celebrities swaying to the exotic sounds of steel guitars and native perc...

Inspired by Florida's famed Mai-Kai restaurant, Bill Sapp and Lee Henry opened the Kahiki Supper Club in 1961. Patrons lined up for hours to see the celebrities who dined there--everyone from Betty White to Raymond Burr. Sapp and Henry set out simply to build a nice Polynesian restaurant and ended up establishing the most magnificent one of them all. Outside, two giant Easter Island heads with flames spouting from their topknots stood guard while customers dined in a faux tribal village wi...

Enjoy home-cooked dishes from all over the Indonesian archipelago with this collection of over 40 classics from Sumatra, Java, Madura, Bali and Sulawesi. Indonesian cuisine is known for being diverse; over 300 ethnic groups call this tropical paradise home.” Homestyle Indonesian Cooking contains everything you need to know to create some of Indonesia’s tastiest appetizers, snacks, salads, vegetables, soups, stews, poultry, meat, seafood, and desserts. Recipes inc...

Nominated for the Glenfiddich Food Book of the Year Award, this timeless volume is the first and only book of its kind on the subject.A Dictionary of Japanese Food helps food lovers around the world decipher the intricacies and nuances of Japanese cooking and its ingredients. Definitions in ordinary cookbooks and standard dictionaries—such as akebia for akebi, sea cucumber for namako, plum for ume—can be inadequate, misleading, o...

With its clear photography and easy to read recipes, Singapore Favourites contains everything you need to make mouth watering recipes from the culinary crossroads of Asia. This cookbook contains over 30 easy and authentic recipes from all over Singapore. Singapore Favourites contains recipes for meat, poultry, rice, noodles, bread, seafood, snacks, starters, vegetables, and desserts. Recipes include:Deep fried bananasCrispy barbecu...

"I could not have written A Cook's Tour without this book. There is so much I would have missed. So dig in. Enjoy… Eat. Eat adventurously. Miss nothing. It's all here in these pages." —From the Foreword by Anthony BourdainSit down for a meal with the locals on six continents—what they are eating may surprise you. Extreme Cuisine examines eating habits across the globe, showing once and for all that one man's road kill is another man's delicacy!

Hawker food is one of the most popular styles of food in Malaysia. Hawker food is sold in Hawker centres, open air complexes housing many stalls that sell a variety of inexpensive food. Hawker food is quick, easy, and light. Hawker food is good at all times of day and varies from savory to spicy to sweet. Malaysian Hawker Food contains over 50 recipes to make breads, noodles, rice, snacks, appetizers, and desserts. Recipes include:Crispy fried shallo...

Malay cooking is known for being vibrant and flavorful. Homestyle Malay Cooking contains over 60 healthy, easy, and authentic Malay recipes that you can make in your own home. Many recipes in this cookbook also have some influence from other ethnic groups in Malaysia, such as the Chinese or the Indians. Homestyle Malay Cooking has recipes for meat, poultry, rice, seafood, soups, vegetables, and desserts. Recipes include:Steamed banana cakes...

Enjoy timeless favorites from the multi ethnic and ever diverse crossroads of Asia Malaysia. Malaysian Favourites showcases over 30 easy and authentic recipes from all over Malaysia. Malaysian Favourites contains recipes for snacks, starters, vegetables, soups, rice, noodles, seafood, meat, poultry, and desserts. Recipes include:Penang spicy rojakCucumber and pineapple karabuPork ribs soupChar kway teowBlack p...

The original Asian fusion, Nonya cuisine developed from the 15th 17th century Chinese who settled in the Indonesian archipelago, Peninsular Malaysia, and Singapore. Nonya cooking is the result of blending Chinese ingredients with local Malay spices. Nonya Favorites contains everything you need to create 100 easy and authentic Nonya recipes for condiments, noodles, soups, breads, fish, shellfish, poultry, meat, vegetables, and desserts. Recipes include:

Here are more than two hundred recipes from Hawaii that are as varied and distinctive, as appealing and inviting as are its delightful scenery and its charming people.Polynesian to begin with, the islanders and their food have been tempered extensively—and nicely—by assimilating many of the fine traits of the Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipinos, Portuguese, and mainland Americans who have make Hawaii their home.All of these influences are reflected in this...