Choose from honey-nut shrimp, lamb tajin, Blarney Burger Sliders and more at Friday's Taste of the Arts, a street festival with food, wine and jazz. For four hours beginning at 6 p.m, festival-goers can wander Nu'uanu Avenue between Beretania and King and sample creations from Cassis (the lamb), Murphy's (the sliders), Soul de Cuba, Tea at 1024, Cafe Joy, Little Village (the shrimp), Epic and Indigo. Chef Mavro, right, of Cassis, Scott Nelson of Du Vin and Kelvin Ro of Diamond Head Grill will give demos, too. For a map or more information: www.artsdistricthonolulu.com.

— Advertiser Staff

ICING ON THE CAKE

LEARN TO CREATE FONDANT MASTERPIECES

Cake specialist Colette Peters will bring her fine art of decoration to Honolulu in a series of two-day master classes. Peters, owner of Colette's Cakes, a specialty cake company in New York, is a frequent guest on "Oprah," the Food Network, CNN, the Discovery Channel and network news shows. She's also created cakes for films, Broadway plays and TV shows. Students can choose projects, all following the same agenda, from three themes: fantasy, trompe l'oeil or all-white designs, and must possess strong fondant skills. Tuition is $500 and includes lunch. Classes are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sept. 19-20, 21-22 and 24-25, in the Y. Hata Test Kitchen, 285 Sand Island Access Road. 847-2210, weiler@yhata.com.

— Chris Oliver