Culinary calendar

Advertiser Staff

SATURDAY

• COOKING WITH HERBS: SAGE AND THYME, instructor Betty Compton shares dressings and other recipes, 9-11:45 a.m., Lyon Arboretum. 988-0465.

MONDAY

• "WINDWARD O'AHU" with chefs Roy Yamaguchi and Mark Ellman visiting taro farms and preparing taro and poi dishes on "Hawai'i Cooks with Roy Yamaguchi," 7:30 p.m. KHET-Channel 11 (10 on Oceanic).

TUESDAY

• "A SONOMA SENSATION," wine tasting and appetizer sampling 6-9 p.m. , with Gary Heck of Heck Estates in Sonoma, Calif.; $35. Reservations required: 737-1177.

COMING UP

• WINES & GRINDZ, five-course special meal designed by chef de partie Laura Fong, 5-8:40 p.m. Nov. 30, at The Pineapple Room at Liberty House; $49. 945-6573.

• VEGETARIAN SANDWICHES AND PITA BREAD, with instructor Eileen Towata, 9:30-11:45 a.m. Dec. 1, Lyon Arboretum; $8, $7 Lyon Arboretum members. 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.

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