Culinary Calendar

FRIDAY

• WINEZ & GRINDZ, five-course wine-matched meal by chef Neil Nakasone, 5-8:30 p.m. Nov. 16, The Pineapple Room, Liberty House/Macy's Ala Moana; $49 without wines, $64 with wines. Reservations: 945-6573.

SATURDAY

• 2nd Annual "Ultimate Farmer's Market," cooking demonstrations, produce, plants and keiki games, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Hawai'i Kai Towne Center. Featured chefs include Roy Yamaguchi, Alan Wong, Andreas Knapp, D.K. Kodama, Philippe Padovani, Joran Streng, Russell Siu and others; free. 396-0766.
• PRE-HOLIDAY CELEBRATION with food samples from mall food stores, cooking demonstrations, the Honolulu Fire Department Cook-Off Challenge and keiki cookie decorating demonstration, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Kahala Mall; free. 732-7736.
• HOLIDAY PUPU AND ENTREES, class by chef Titus Chan, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 17, Mo'ili'ili Community Center; fee $16 nonmembers, $15 members, plus $5 lab fee payable in class. 955-1555.
• "Tasty HealtHy Holidays," informational workshop and food tasting by Dr. Terry Shintani, author of "The Hawaii Diet" and sponsored by Holistica Hawaii Health Center and the Hawai'i Health Foundation, 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Holistica Center, Kalia Tower, Hilton Hawaiian Village; $20. Reservations required: 951-6546.

COMING UP

• COOKING WITH HERBS: SAGE AND THYME, instructor Betty Compton shares dressings and other recipes, 9-11:45 a.m. Nov. 24, Lyon Arboretum. 988-0465.
• The 10th annual Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel Sam Choy Poke FestivaL, Dec. 7-9 , Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel, Kohala coast, Big Island. Info: (808) 880-3023.
• Alan Wong's second annual Gingerbread Festival, during which families can build their own gingerbread houses with prepared gingerbread, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 2, Neal Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall; it helps support home economics training for teens with disabilities and special needs in a program organized by Easter Seals Hawai'i. Reservations: 536-1015.

Send items for the Culinary Calendar to Taste, The Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802. Call: 535-2412, fax 525-8055 or e-mail wadams@honoluluadvertiser.com.