Cock Fighter Wood Print

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Cockfighting in Hawaii, depending on whom you ask, is: a thriving underworld activity or a rich cultural practice threatened with extinction. The sport and gambling associated with it remain illegal in the state despite its popularity, dating to early plantation days and, some experts say, ancient Hawaii.

I've lived in Hawaii since 2002, 1200 feet above sea level, on the small rural island of Moloka'i. It is very quiet here, with only about 7,400 residents. I appreciate the quiet life after spending 35 years as a commercial illustrator, senior art director and design director for major advertising agencies and design studios in Chicago, San Francisco and Palo Alto California. I've always loved cooking. In 2002 that love led me to a degree in the Culinary Arts just before moving to Hawaii. Since then I designed and built a house, worked in local restaurants, self-published three cookbooks, and took up photography as a hobby. Now retired, I spend most of my time developing recipes and photographing them, plus researching and writing...