Posted on: Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Culinary Calendar

Advertiser Staff

Low-Sodium Cooking with Flair, learn to use spices, herbs and specific cooking techniques to create low-salt dishes, 5:30-7 p.m. today, Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific; $30. 566-3780.

Joy of Sake, sample sake in the junmai, ginjo and daiginjo categories, plus award-winning sake from the 2004 U.S. National Sake Appraisal, served with traditional and contemporary appetizers, 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i; $65 with a portion benefiting the center's educational programs. 945-7633.

Farmers' Market, plants, produce, seafood and meats, plus kids' day activities for children of all ages, 7:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Kapi'olani Community College parking lot C; free admission. 848-2074.

Waimea Festival, with exhibits, cooking demonstrations, crafts, entertainment and a Foodland Marketplace with locally grown produce and plants, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Parker Ranch Center, Waimea, Big Island; free admission. (808) 329-0833.

Self-Centered Varietals, Wrath of Grapes event features high-end Gallo wines of California, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Indigo Eurasian Cuisine; $20. Reservations: 521-2900.

"Broadway on the Beach: A Night of Show-stopping Cuisine," annual Maui Chefs Present event with dinner and cocktails served in set-like booths by 12 Maui chefs, red carpet arrival at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 3, Hyatt Regency Maui Resort, Napili Gardens, Ka'anapali, Maui; tickets $105 with a portion to benefit Maui youth programs. Reservations: (808) 667-9175.

"Flavors of Aloha," Hawaiian music by Kawika and Friends, poolside, 4-6 p.m. Sept. 4, followed by torch-lighting ceremony, hula, crafts and lei-making demonstrations, and Hawaiian dinner, Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel; entertainment is free, plate dinner $12.95. Dinner reservations: 951-6861.

Sunset Tea, a bruschetta buffet, wine, ales, teas and Kona coffee and desserts and chocolates, piano music and fashion show, 5-8 p.m. Sept. 4, Hilton Waikola's Water's Edge restaurant, Kohala Coast, Big Island; $45 to benefit the Hawai'i Island Food Bank. Reservations: (808) 329-2522.

ONGOING

Matthew Gray's Hawaii Food Tours offers three guided restaurant tours — "Hole-in-the Wall," "Hawaiian Feast" and "Gourmet Trilogy" — in and around Honolulu. Tours are priced at $59, $99 and $149 per person. Reservations at 926-3663, www.HawaiiFoodTours.com.

Farmers' Market, fruits and vegetables, 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Saturdays and Mondays, Hawaii Kai Towne Center; free admission. 396-0766.

Open Market at the Centre, fresh fruits and vegetables, cut flowers, prizes, 9 a.m.-noon Wednesdays and Saturday, Ward Centre, ground floor near Borders; free admission. 591-8411.

Y. Hata Chef Demonstration, chefs Ernesto Limcaco and Angela Smith teach how to create a variety of dishes, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays, Y. Hata's Wholesale Grocery Store; free. 852-6767.

Wine & Cheese Wednesdays, selection of two reds and two whites paired with cheeses, nuts and fruit, plus Hawaiian entertainment, 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesdays, Neptune's Garden, Pacific Beach Hotel; $25. 921-6112, 922-1233.

Fresh Fridays, locally grown produce, healthy cooking demonstrations, educational information on disease prevention through good nutrition, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays, Kaiser Permanente Honolulu Clinic; free admission. 432-2000.

Farmers' Market, fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Saturdays, old sugar mill in Waialua; free admission.

Gourmet Cooking Hawaii, classes at alternating restaurants including Chef Mavro, Mariposa, Sam Choy's, Meritage, Padovani's, taught by the chefs of each establishment, 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays. Information: 735-7788 or www.gourmetcookinghawaii.com.

Open Market, with a farmers' market, arts and crafts, flowers and plants, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays, He'eia State Park; free admission. 948-1111.

Waikiki Farmers' Market, fruits, vegetables, musubi and chow mein, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays, Waikiki Community Center's parking lot; free admission. 923-1802.

Fort Street Open Market, produce, plants, flowers and arts and crafts, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays, Wilcox Park (in front of Macy's) and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays, Pauahi and Fort streets; free admission. 524-4195.

Send announcements with contact name and phone number to: Culinary Calendar, Island Life, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "Cul Cal" in the subject line; or fax 525-8055.