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(Polynesia) Girl Guides' Association. South Sea Island Recipes.

$125.00

106 pp. Illus. with ads for local businesses. Pictorial red wrappers. Second Edition. [Suva]: Girl Guides Assoc., [1939].

A charming Polynesian cookbook, with recipes for numerous Fijian specialties, including choko, breadfruit in coconut, duruka in coconut, dalo leaves in lolo, grated dalo root, paulisami (a Samoan dish), bananas in bacon, kai (shell-fish), nuqa in dalo leaf (a local fish), a variety of chutnies and preserves, and numerous banana and pineapple dishes. Ads for local businesses add color to the book. Dog-earring to upper corners, some fading and discoloration to title page, owner's name rubberstamped to upper title page, else good. Scarce.