Posted on: Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Culinary Calendar
Advertiser Staff
Hallo-Y-ine, costume-optional party with wine-tasting and silent auction benefiting Windward YMCA, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Mid-Pacific Country Club. Heavy pupu by new chef Guillaume Burlion. Tickets: $35. Also blind tastings of five whites or five reds, correct guesses entered in drawing; $10 additional donation.
Information, reservations: 261-0808.
Kona Coffee Cultural Festival recipe contest; four divisions (amateur, high school ages 13-18, culinary students and keiki 12 and younger), 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 7 in Kailua Kona town. Deadline for entries, Nov. 3. For entry form, call (808) 326-7820.
Cook's Tour of Chinatown, 10 a.m.-noon Nov. 6; $10, call 988-0461 for meeting location.
Around the World in an Evening, wine-tasting benefit for Hawaii Foster Parent Association, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 10, Indigo Eurasian Cuisine, 1121 Nu'uanu Ave. Tickets: $75. Reservations: 263-0920. Information: www.hawaiifosterparent.org.
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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: 926-3663, www.HawaiiFoodTours.com. Wrath of Grapes — The Indigo Wine Club offers wine aficionados the opportunity to learn about and try an array of wines accompanied by light pupu by chef Glenn Chu at 6 p.m. every Tuesday at Indigo Eurasian Cuisine; $20 plus tax and tip; limited seating. 521-2900.
Farmers' Market, fruits and vegetables, 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesdays, Saturdays and Mondays, Hawaii Kai Towne Center; free admission. 396-0766.
Fort Street Open Market, produce, plants, flowers and arts and crafts, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays, Pauahi and Fort streets (vendors sell shave ice and cream, ice and bubble gum, and ice and mochi on Friday) 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Fridays and Tuesdays, Wilcox Park (in front of Macy's); free admission. 524-4195.
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.
Kailua Farmers' Market, with prepared candy, cookies, jams and sauces in addition to fresh vegetables, fruit, and meat, herbs and cut flowers, 5-8 p.m. Thursdays, Kailua Town Center parking garage (behind Longs Drugs on Kailua Road); free admission. 848-2074.
Fresh Fridays, locally grown produce, healthy cooking demonstrations, information on disease prevention through good nutrition, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. every second Friday of the month, Kaiser Permanente Honolulu Clinic; free admission. 432-2000.
Farmers' Market, fresh produce, meats and seafoods, flowers and breakfast, 7:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Kapi'olani Community College Parking Lot C; free admission. 848-2074.
Gourmet Cooking Hawaii, classes at alternating restaurants including Chef Mavro, Mariposa, Sam Choy's, Padovani's, taught by the chefs of each establishment, 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays; next class, Bistro at Century Center, Saturday. 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.
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; or fax 525-8055.
