Quick Bites
Chef Patrick Saito moves to Outrigger
By Joan Namkoong
Advertiser Food Editor
Patrick Saito has been named chef de cuisine of Hawaii Calls restaurant at the Outrigger Waikoloa Beach Hotel on the Big Island. Saito previously was at the Mauna Lani Bay and Bungalows' Canoe House restaurant. He is a graduate of Kapi'olani Community College and worked with chef Roy Yamaguchi on O'ahu.
Contests seeking saucy new recipes
• The Kikkoman "Signature Sauce" recipe contest is searching for a soy-sauce-based recipe for a sauce that can be used to make a number of dishes.
Entrants submit a sauce recipe, a recipe that incorporates the sauce and two additional ideas for using the sauce. Grand prize is a culinary adventure for two in Japan.
For complete rules and information, see www.kikkoman-usa.com or write to Kikkoman International Inc. c/o Signature Sauce, 1050 Battery St., San Francisco CA 94111, attn: Gina Lipparelli. Recipe submissions will be accepted Sept. 1-Oct. 15 on the Kikkoman Web site or by mail. In case you need ideas, Kikkoman is offering a free "Signature Sauce" brochure featuring recipes by chefs; send a self addressed, stamped, business-size envelope to: Signature Sauces, Kikkoman International Inc., P.O. Box 420784, San Francisco, CA 94141 or check the Kikkoman Web site.
• Tabasco's Cook and Ladder Competition is open to firehouse chefs with original recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, main dishes, side dishes or desserts. Recipes must use one of the four Tabasco-brand pepper sauces.
Ten finalists will be flown to a cook-off on Feb. 5, 2002, in New York City. Grand prize is $10,000 split between the firefighter and firehouse. Firefighters with professional culinary training are not eligible.
For complete rules, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Tabasco Cook & Ladder Competition, c/o Hunter Public Relations, 41 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10010; phone (212) 679-6600, ext. 209, or see www.tabasco.com. Entry deadline is Sept. 1.
The right Life Saver brings a new car
A hole-less Life Saver may win you a prize. There are 1,000,006 Life Savers without holes in specially marked rolls and bags being sold in stores.
If you have one, you win a prize depicted inside the candy's filled hole: five grand prizes of a Volkswagen New Beetle GLX1.8T and 1,000,001 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? CD-Rom games. Look for the "Win The Whole thing" promotional logo on packages to play. To participate without buying candy, hand print your name, address, birth date, day and evening phone numbers with area code, on a 3-by-5-inch card, insert into a business-size envelope and mail to: Life Savers Win The Hole Thing, P.O. Box 1091, Maple Plain, MN 55593-1091. Deadline is next March 22.
Quick Bites is published Wednesdays in the Advertiser Taste section. Food editor Joan Namkoong welcomes food news tidbits. Write her c/o The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802. Phone: 525-8069. Fax: 525-8055. E-mail: jnamkoong@honoluluadvertiser.com.
