Interview with Wallace Takara

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2002

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Kodama-Nishimoto, Michiko

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Takara, Wallace

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A chef and restaurant owner talks about his plantation camp life in Hakalau, Big Island. He traces his experiences from apprenticing at Kaimuki Inn, learning French cooking at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, and working on the Mainland. He also discusses local food businesses with ancestral ties to Oroku, Okinawa.
dishwasher, kitchen helper, chef, construction worker, restaurant owner; Okinawan; male
Interview conducted in English.

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Business, Hotels and Restaurants, Mainland, Working Conditions

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http://hdl.handle.net/10125/30272

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1 hr, 10 mins
20 pages

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Honolulu, Oahu

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TX910.3 .O79 2004

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The Oroku, Okinawa Connection: Local-Style Restaurants in Hawai‘i
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