Culinary Calendar
SATURDAY
- "Cooking For Men 101," a class where "men who don't know how to cook" will learn how to make a simple roast chicken meal with instructor Joan Namkoong, 9-11:30 a.m., Lyon Arboretum. $20; registration required: 988-0456.
MONDAY
- First Wine Dinner, featuring four courses complemented by Guenoc wines and with the winery owners on hand, 7 p.m., Meritage Restaurant. $60, including tax and tip. Reservations required: 529-8686.
TUESDAY
- Grand Reopening of KCC's Ka'Ikena Fine Dining Restaurant, serving lunch from 11 a.m. and dinner from 5:15 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays; Ohelo building, on the diamondhead-mauka side of the Kapi'olani Community College campus. Reservations: 734-9499, e-mail dining@hawaii.edu. Information: food.kcc.hawaii.edu/kaikena/.
- 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.
JAN. 29
- "Cook's Tour of Chinatown Markets," a class led by instructor Thanh Mougeot in search of fresh produce and specialty ingredients in Chinatown, ending at a Vietnamese restaurant for lunch; 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., starting at Hotel and Maunakea streets near the Consuelo Alger Foundation. $12; registration required: 988-0456.
- Wine Dinner, showcasing the vintages of Better Brands and Grand Crew Wine Merchants, 6:30-9 p.m. Jan. 29, Sergio's. $55, excluding tax and tip. Reservations: 951-6900.
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