Posted on: Wednesday, January 5, 2005
Culinary Calendar
Advertiser Staff
Cabernet Franc, tastings from Vinoce, Distefano, Crocker & Starr and Deerfield Ranch wineries, 6 p.m. Friday, Padovani's Restaurant & Wine Bar; $20 for three half-glasses and one appetizer, $34 for three full glasses and two appetizers. 946-3456.
Tsunami Victims' Fund-raiser, dishes prepared by chefs of top Island restaurants, including Alan Wong's, 3660 On The Rise, Hy's Steak House, Roy's, Donato's and many others; beverages supplied by local wine merchants; and entertainment by Hapa, Maunalua, Na Palapalai, Jake Shimabukuro, Henry Kapono, Jerry Santos and others, 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aloha Tower Marketplace; $60 tax-deductible donation goes in full to the Hawai'i chapter of the American Red Cross. Tickets available at Chai's Island Bistro or by calling 585-0011.
Sneak Peak, cutting-edge wines that are not yet available from Hawai'i's wine merchants, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Indigo Eurasian Cuisine; $20. Phone reservations only: 521-2900. 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 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; 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Fridays and Tuesdays, Wilcox Park (in front of Macy's); free admission. 538-8005.
Y. Hata Chef Demonstration with chefs Ernesto Limcaco and Angela Smith, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesdays, Y. Hata's Wholesale Grocery Store, 285 Sand Island Access Road; 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.
Kailua Farmers' Market, with prepared foods, such as plate dinners, pies, cookies, jams and sauces in addition to vegetables, fruits, meats, herbs and flowers, 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Kailua Town Center parking garage (behind Longs Drugs on Kailua Road); free admission. 848-2074.
Fresh Fridays, locally grown produce, 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, produce, meats, seafood and flowers, 7:30-11:30 a.m. Saturdays, Kapi'olani Community College parking lot C; free admission. 848-2074. 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. "Two Skinny Chefs," cooking show with Beth-An Nishijima and Chai Chaowasaree, 5 p.m. Sundays, KHON-2. 585-0011.
Waikiki Farmers' Market, fruits, vegetables, musubi and chow mein, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays, Waikiki Community Center parking lot; free admission. 923-1802.
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