QUICK BITES
Here's to tasting the best in Bordeaux
By Wanda A. Adams
Advertiser Food Editor
Lyle Fujioka is offering a pretty terrific deal at his Formaggio Wine Bar next month if you're a Bordeaux lover. It's a side-by-side tasting of 25 vintage Bordeaux, including reds from the 2000 vintage, various newly released whites and dessert wines, as well, for $25 per person, set for 5 to 7:30 p.m. on April 5. And you get cheese and charcuterie (meats), too. The event is limited to 80 persons. The Formaggio Wine Bar is next door to Fujioka's — The Honolulu Wine Merchants, 2919 Kapi'olani Blvd., at the rear of Market City Shopping Center. Reservations: Bob, 739-9463.
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Get your cookbook in time for Passover
Passover begins Monday night and concludes April 13. The heart of this Jewish holiday is a series of commemorative meals called seders, which include both ceremonial aspects and a lavish, celebratory dinner that's a command performance for the cook in the household — which might mean it's time to buy a cookbook. One that's been getting a lot of favorable comment is "The Hadassah Jewish Holiday Cookbook," edited by Joan Schwartz Michel (Hugh Lauter Levin, hardcover, $29.95) a collection of recipes from members of the Jewish women's volunteer association, both in Israel and in the United States.
If you'd like to learn more about Passover, go to kashrut.com. There, you'll learn that, in the Jewish calendar, this is the year 5764.
It's the Real Deal: low-carb, tasty food
Since much of the rest of this Taste section is about carbs, thought I'd note that Compadres has added low-carbohydrate, high-protein, low-fat specials to their "Real Deal" menu. This is an ever-changing menu of selections that come of Chef Elfonso Navarro's youth in Tepatitlan, Jalisco, Mexico, and also other traditional Latin recipes. Among the offerings: tacos wrapped in lettuce in place of a tortilla and a baked-then-grilled-to-order meatloaf. The restaurant also will make substitutions on standard menu items, such as topping a burger with fresh salsa and sliced tomatoes instead of a bun.
