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The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book

How to Write a Successful Book Proposal in 8 Days or Less

Write On!
Journal-Keeping for Teens
The Mainland Luau:
8 Ways to Roast a Pig
The Ojai Valley:
An Illustrated History
Creative Grandparenting Across the Miles
Quest for Truth
Johanna's Journey
A Writer's Guide to Magazine Articles
Over 75 Good Ideas for Promoting Your Book
Nordhoff Cemetery
A Thread to Hold: The Story
of Ojai Valley School
The Successful Writer's Handbook
Young Writer's Handbook

Youth Mentoring: Sharing Your Gifts with the Future

Once in a Lifetime:
Adventures in Dubai


The Mainland Luau:
How to Capture the Flavor of Hawaii
in Your Own Backyard

by Patricia Fry
(Matilija Press, 1996, 1997)
ISBN:0-9612642-3-3, 80 pages.
$9.95

The Mainland Luau

luau in your backyard

Third edition,
Entertaining Hawaiian Style:
The How-To Book
of Hawaiian Luaus

(Island Heritage Publishing, 1999)
ISBN: 0-89610-381-1
$5.95

Entertaining Hawaiian Style

Call to order from
Island Heritage Publishing at 800-468-2800
or e-mail hawaii4u@islandheritage.com


This 80-page book is a complete and easy-to-follow guide to presenting a Hawaiian luau, no matter where you live. It features 8 different methods of roasting a whole pig and offers decorating tips, fresh-flower lei-making instructions, recipes and even a Hawaiian language lesson.

Impress your guests by serving succulent roast pork with salmon-stuffed tomatoes, sweet and sour pork, long rice, crab-rice salad, chicken Hawaiian, Ethel's lau laus, a choice of salads and four delicious punch recipes.


What they're saying about The Mainland Luau:

"This is a wonderful volume, abundant with excellent information and outstanding recipes." Kay Sullivan, Kay's Treasured Kookbooks.

"This book is a must for anyone who enjoys creative entertaining." Eleanor Brown, food consultant for The Oaks at Ojai and The Palms at Palm Springs, in California.

"I highly recommend this lively book. The Mainland Luau takes you through the steps necessary to putting on a spectacular event and even shows you how to relax and enjoy the party along with your guests." Mary Embree, author of A Woman's Way: The Stop Smoking Book For Women and The Stop Smoking Diet For Women.


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