If you don't know what do you do with a Laulau, when to serve Finadene, or how to cook Palusami, then you need this book If you've ever traveled in the Pacific or wanted to, cooking island food will bring back memories or fire the imagination. This book is for Mainland cooks who want to learn about Pacific Island cookery. Add a few Island dishes to your backyard Lu'au and give it a real Island flavor (pun intended). It's easy to prepare Traditional Recipes and Contemporary Island Favorites in your own kitchen. Over 100 recipes from Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia. Food lore, history, cultural anthropology; literature of the Pacific, plant knowledge, etc. Back on the Mainland introduces Mainlanders to the What and Why of Island Foods. A book for travelers (and daydreamers) who find themselves shipwrecked in civilization.