ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Among the many people who have helped us in preparing this book we owe a particular debt of gratitude to the following: C. Ralph Westerman; the Hawaii Visitors Bureau; Inter-Island Resorts, Ltd., and especially W. Dudley Child, Jr., Director of their Hotel Division; Max I. Mori, former Chef, Kona Inn; Frank East; Harriet Sprague; Lorraine Roberts; Verna Moxley Smith; and Grace Weinberger.

This book is dedicated to

NAOMI KIEHM

and

BETTY & KEN PATTERSON