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The seven gold leaves represent the slain Xerox
employees, encircled by a maile lei. The design
is featured on the cover of "XCIP Cookbook"
and throughout its pages.

Xerox employees
seek solace in sharing

A cookbook is normally dedicated to good eating and good times. This one is dedicated to seven lost friends.

Sales of the "XCIP Cookbook" -- the title stands for Xerox Hawaii Community Involvement Program -- will go to the families of the Xerox workers killed by gunman Byran Uyesugi last November.

The Community Involvement Program promotes volunteer projects for Xerox employees; the cookbook features photographs of the group in action. But in planning its social action projects for this year, CIP committee members decided to do something for their own family.

"Our hope is that you will enjoy what we've shared and remember what has been lost," they write in the book's introduction.

The cookbook is available at Foodland and Sack N Save stores for $15 ($14 with Maika'i Card). Or order by mail: "XCIP Cookbook," care of Xerox Hawaii, 700 Bishop St., Suite 1200, Honolulu 96813. Send check for $15 made out to Xerox Hawaii Victims Fund. For information call Julie at 543-9141 or email xcip.hawaii@usa.xerox.com.

Recipes were collected from Xerox employees throughout Hawaii, Guam and Saipan. They reflect many takes on the idea of island cooking, such as this traditional recipe submitted by Xerox Guam:

Chicken Kelaguen

6 chicken breasts
6 chicken thighs
Juice from 8 lemons
1 cup diced onion
Salt to taste
1 cup freshly grated coconut, optional
Hot pepper to taste, optional
1/2 cup chopped green onions

Broil chicken until moist and tender. Cool. Debone and dice.

Mix with lemon juice and let sit for 3 minutes. Mix in diced onion; add salt to taste. Stir in coconut and hot peppers, if desired. Sprinkle green onion over kelaguen before serving.

Nutritional information unavailable.

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