(*NEW ARRIVAL*) (Hawaiian) Caroline W. Edwards. Guidebook for Homemaking in Hawaii

702 pp. Illus. with photographs. Gray cloth lettered & dec. in black. First Edition. Honolulu: New Freedom Press, 1938.

A guide for new Hawaiian brides and other women in Hawaii who wish to learn how to cook, entertain, sew, and deport themselves properly. A large, rare tome that incorporates local ingredients like papaya, guava, pineapple, and coconut, as well as local fish. Dinner possibilities are laid out for numerous hybrid Hawaiian families: American-Chinese-Hawaiian, American-Portuguese, Americvan-Japanese, and even - surprise! - Hawaiian!

One suggested activity is actually to "collect and make a 'Hawaiian Cookbook' - using as many international recipes as can be found. This cookbook will be of great interest and value in later years." There's also a section in each chapter of "Difficult Words Used in this Chapter," with examples of how each word could be used in a sentence that might be typical in Hawaii. For instance, "clinging": "Seaweeds are found clinging to coral on the beaches of Hawaii." Or "extracted," "Cocoa is extracted from the cacao bean." 

Rubberstamp of the Dept. of Public Instruction, Division of Vocational Education, Honolulu" to front endpapers. Tropical insect damage to covers (pretty heavily to rear cover), general shelf wear and occasional foxing, otherwise a good copy of a rare Hawaiian book.