Culinary Calendar
TODAY
- A Sumptuous Evening of Great Food and Fine Wines, a six-course dinner paired with selections from the Montes Winery of Chile, with winery co-owner Alex Guarachi; 6:30 p.m., Chart House Honolulu, 1765 Ala Moana Blvd. $50. 941-6669.
- Ultrafast Asian Meals in 20 Minutes or Less, a UH-Manoa Outreach College class by Walter Rhee, 6:30-9 p.m., JMD Educational Center, 99-1269 Iwaena St., 'Aiea. $45; registration required: 956-5666 or www.outreach.hawaii.edu.
SATURDAY
- Contemporary Japanese Cuisine, a class with executive chef Hiroshi Fukui of L'Uraku Restaurant demonstrating how to make dashi (soup stock) and some popular L'Uraku dishes, 9-11:30 a.m., Lyon Arboretum, 3860 Manoa Road. $20; registration required: 988-0456.
TUESDAY
- Cooking Demonstration and Tasting, featuring students of Kapi'olani Community College's Culinary Institute of the Pacific and executive chef Rey Dasalla of the Radisson Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel, 5-6 p.m. Tuesdays, Radisson; free.
- Wrath of Grapes The Indigo Wine Club, with a weekly featured vendor, 6 p.m. Tuesdays, Indigo Eurasian Cuisine; wine sampling with pupu, $20. Reservations: 521-2900.
FEB. 12
- Basic Sushi Making: Rolls (Makizushi), a UH-Manoa Outreach College class by Walter Rhee, 6:30-9 p.m., JMD Educational Center, 99-1269 Iwaena St., 'Aiea. $48; registration required: 956-5666 or www.outreach.hawaii.edu.
UPCOMING
- Fit for a Prince: Dishes from the Hawaii Prince Hotel, a class led by executive chef Goran Streng, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 19, Lyon Arboretum, 3860 Manoa Road. $20; registration required: 988-0456.
- Intermediate Sushi Making: Single Piece (Nigrizushi), a UH-Manoa Outreach College class by Walter Rhee, 6:30-9 p.m. Feb. 19, JMD Educational Center, 99-1269 Iwaena St., 'Aiea. $48; registration required: 956-5666 or www.outreach.hawaii.edu.
- Simple Sushi, a class with Ruth Tamanaha covering the basics of making nigiri and inari, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 24, Lyon Arboretum, 3860 Manoa Road. $20; registration required: 988-0456.
- Asian Dim Sum Dumplings, a UH-Manoa Outreach College class taught by Walter Rhee, 6:30-9 p.m. Feb. 26, JMD Educational Center, 99-1269 Iwaena St., 'Aiea. $45; registration required: 956-5666 or www.outreach.hawaii.edu.
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