Culinary Calendar

"Wine-ing About Art," a wine and cheese reception with paintings in progress and live entertainment, 6-8 p.m. Friday, Canoes at the Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel; $10. 949-3811, ext 6280.

Summer Wine Festival, gourmet selections including appetizers, salads, Pacific oysters, rock shrimp, spareribs and samplings of three desserts, paired with Clos du Bois wines, 6 p.m. Monday, Meritage; $35 plus tax and tip4. 529-8686.

Cooking Demonstration and Tasting, featuring students of Kapi'olani Community College's Culinary Institute of the Pacific and executive chef Rey Dasalla, 5-6 p.m. Tuesdays, Radisson Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel lobby; free. 921-5566.

Wrath of Grapes — The Indigo Wine Club, sampling of wines with pupu, 6 p.m. Tuesdays, Indigo Eurasian Cuisine; $20. 521-2900.

"Cooking with Aritsan Cheeses," Doug Lum, executive chef of Mariposa Restaurant at Neiman-Marcus, presents dishes made with artisan cheeses, as part of the Chefs in the Garden series, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Aug. 27, Lyon Arboretum; $28. Registration: 988-0456.

"Cook's tour of Chinatown Markets," Thanh Mougeot leads the class through downtown markets in search of fresh produce and specialty ingredients, followed by lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Aug. 28, meet at 10 a.m. at the corner of Hotel and Maunakea streets by the Consuelo Alger Foundation, sponsored by Lyon Arboretum; $28 plus cost of lunch. Registration: 988-0456.

WINEMAKERS' DINNER, with appetizers and four-course dinner featuring the wines of Antinori Wines, 6:30 p.m. Aug. 29, Bay Club, Kapalua Bay Hotel; $75, with a portion to benefit the Hawaii Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Reservations: (808) 669-8008.

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