Mutual Publishing, LLC

12/17/2025

Happy Holidays -

12/15/2025

Weekly Special for December 15 -

There are so many ways to make poke—so many directions to go. Just about anything can be done. Anyone can become a creative chef mixing and matching their favorite seafood or other ingredient with the basics of soy sauce, sesame oil, and Hawaiian sea salt.

12/13/2025

If you’re in Hilo tomorrow, stop by Basically Books and meet Chef Ippy Aiona! Pick up a copy of his new cookbook, Growing Up Hapa in Hawai’i and have it signed! Would be a great gift for the foodies in your life. And you’d be supporting local small businesses.

Saturday Dec 13
3 pm
Basically Books

12/11/2025

Mutual Publishing's BOOKBEAT Newsletter -

Apologies for sending out our last newsletter of the year late! We hope you’ve been keeping up with our weekly specials and have taken advantage during your holiday shopping. In case you missed it, this week our mini cookbooks, mini crossword books, and postcard books are all on sale! Grab them at...

12/10/2025

Don’t miss our newest cookbook this holiday season by Big Island Chef Ippy Aiona, Growing Up Hapa in Hawai‘i.

Meet Ippy and have your book signed:

Saturday, December 13 at 3 pm
And
Friday, December 19 at noon

Growing Up Hapa in Hawai‘i is not your typical cookbook—it’s a heartfelt journey told through the lens of food, family, and heri­tage. Chef Ippy Aiona invites you into his story shaped by two rich cultures—Hawaiian and Italian—blended together with love, grit, and a deep sense of place.

From the Big Island town of Waimea, where paniolo traditions and plate lunches rule, to the cozy, garlic-scented warmth of his moth­er’s Italian kitchen, Ippy’s culinary path weaves through generations, restaurants, and recipes. With roots in his father’s restaurant, the Kam­uela Deli, and his mother’s restau­rant, Solimene’s, and rising to the national stage through Food Net­work competitions and celebrated restaurants like The Three Fat Pigs, Ippy shares the lessons, flavors, and stories that built his identity.

This deeply personal cookbook pays tribute to the many chapters of Ippy’s life—a life built on fusion, resilience, and connection. Inside, you’ll find more than recipes; you’ll discover the soul of a chef shaped by his heritage, community, and family. Growing Up Hapa in Hawai‘i is for anyone who believes food is more than nourishment—it is memory, culture, and love served on a plate. Come hungry, and leave inspired.

Join our Book Club! Link in our bio above. Visit your local bookstore or visit our website to buy a copy.
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12/09/2025

Calling Big Island residents and visitors!

Meet Big Island Chef Ippy Aiona on Saturday, December 13 @ 3 pm at Basically Books in Hilo, purchase a copy of his new cookbook Growing Up Hapa, and have it autographed!

12/08/2025

Weekly Special for December 8 -

Each of our new mini cookbooks—Hawai‘i Cooks with Pineapple, Hawai‘i Cooks with Coconut, and Hawai’i Does Desserts—are on sale this week! Hawai‘i Cooks with Pineapple—Pineapple has been a symbol of Hawai‘i’s agricultural history and vibrant cuisine since the late 1880s. Once one of...

12/04/2025

Chef Ippy at Basically Books in Hilo! -

Growing Up Hapa in Hawai‘i is a culinary memoir and collection of recipes where Hawaiian roots and Italian soul simmer together to create a portrait of Waimea chef Ippy Aiona.   More than a cookbook, it’s a love letter to heritage, resilience, and flavor.

12/03/2025

Meet Big Island Chef Ippy Aiona on Friday, December 19 @ noon at Homegrown in Pearlridge Mall, purchase a copy of his new cookbook Growing Up Hapa, and have it autographed!

Join our Book Club! Link in our bio above. Visit your local bookstore or visit our website to buy a copy.

12/03/2025

Chef Ippy at Homegrown Pearlridge -

Growing Up Hapa in Hawai‘i is a culinary memoir and collection of recipes where Hawaiian roots and Italian soul simmer together to create a portrait of Waimea chef Ippy Aiona.   More than a cookbook, it’s a love letter to heritage, resilience, and flavor.

12/01/2025

Weekly Special for December 1 -

In Surfing Sisterhood Hawai‘i, Honolulu native Mindy Pennybacker, a columnist for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, brings waveriding in the islands to life blending Hawaiian legends, historical accounts, and interviews with more than thirty contemporary female surfers of all ages, backgrounds, and ab...