The 10th anniversary reprint of “Kau Kau: Cuisine and Culture in the Hawaiian Islands” is more than a history lesson of Hawai'i through food—but a cookbook as well.
Your average tiki bar probably has more in common with nostalgia for mid-century Americana than any real particular place in the Pacific. But throughout Hawai‘i, five tiki hotspots—ranging from spooky to kitsch to iconic—are doing things right.