Culinary Calendar
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TODAY
• 4TH ANNUAL "IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT" BENEFIT LUNCHEON for the Sex Abuse Treatment Center, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Ruth's Chris Steak House, Restaurant Row; $40. Reservations: 535-7613.
TOMORROW
• HEARTS OF HAWAI'I UNITE, 6-10 p.m. featuring more than 20 of Hawai'i's best-known restaurants and food purveyors (including current 'Ilima Award winners Ryan's Grill, Starbucks and the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel's Hanohano Room), Victoria Ward Centre; pupu, desserts, cocktails, live entertainment and a silent auction; benefits Hawai'i families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. $25. Tickets at Ticket Plus outlets, Blaisdell box office, Victoria Ward Centre ticket booth, and Ryan's, Palomino and Kincaid's restaurants.
FRIDAY
• THE GREAT DIAMOND HEAD BEERFEST, a sampling of more than 80 different domestic and international brews, as well as food and live jazz and blues, 5:30-9:30 p.m. , Diamond Head Greens area of the Waikiki Shell; $22 in advance, $25 at the door. 732-6699.
• KEA LANI FOOD & WINE MASTERS, features San Francisco's Chef of the Year Gary Danko with Big Island chef Amy Ferguson-Ota ; two-day event includes morning cooking classes and luncheons ($45) , dinners ($100), wine tastings at Maui's Fairmont Kea Lani Hotel. Information and registration: (800) 798-4552, (808) 875-4100.
• FOOD AND WINE WEEK AT THE KAHALA MANDARIN ORIENTAL HAWAI'I, Oct. 22-31, includes a guest-chef appearance by Bernard Dance of Mo‘t & Chandon, private dinners and receptions, cooking classes and demonstrations, menu specials and chef-guided visits to local food purveyors. Four-day/three-night package including accommodations, a gala dinner, brunch, cooking classes, culinary tours and a welcome gift; $1,488. Events also priced separately. Call 739-8704 for information.
SATURDAY
• MAUI FESTIVAL, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., food samplings, flowers and crafts for sale, Maui trip drawing, 'ewa end of Ward Warehouse. Free.
SUNDAY
• DESSERT FANTASY, 1-3 p.m. Pacific Beach Hotel Grand Ballroom, benefit for Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawai'i; special gourmet group, with luncheon, champagne and wine sampling, desserts, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. ($100); general admission, dessert sampling, 1-3 p.m. ($20). Tickets: 532-6744.
