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The Four Grandmothers Cookbook: An Adventure in Ethnic Cooking. Vera Vivien Coulson, self-published from Hilo, Hawaii, United States, 1981. Vintage 1981 spiral-bound paperback cookbook with tan pictorial card covers and brown plastic comb binding designed to lie flat on the counter. English. Nonfiction recipe collection with personal commentary, reflecting the author's experiences growing up among Russian, Chinese, Jewish, and European communities in prewar Shanghai and later life in Hawaii. Copyright 1981 by Vera Vivien Coulson; printed by Hawaii Printing Corporation, Hilo, Hawaii, with cover design by Nelson Makua. Front matter includes a dedication and an author's note, followed by sections titled Helpful Information, Tan front cover displays line drawings of four grandmothers from different cultures at work in the kitchen; interior pages are printed in clear black type on cream paper with simple, easy-to-read layout. Adult home cooks and collectors interested in vintage