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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Wednesday, July 1, 2009

TASTE
Moana's mango contest: recipes wanted


Advertiser Staff

MANGOES @ THE MOANA

Mango festival: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. July 11. Mangoes @ The Moana contest, cooking demonstrations, mango tasting, talk story about mango growing: Lunch and tea: Noon-3 p.m., The Veranda. Mango lunch ($18); afternoon tea with mango treats.

Special menu: July 11-31: Mango-inspired dinner menu at the Beach house; special items on The Veranda's tea menu; Mango Sunset cocktail.

Special kama'aina rates during the mango promotion include free parking, mango smoothies for two at check-in, discounts on food and beverage, early check-in and late check-out.

Information and reservations: www.moanasurfrider.com; 922-3111.

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You can win amenities from the Moana Surfrider hotel, cookbooks and the admiration of mango lovers by entering the Mangoes @ The Moana Recipe Contest, sponsored by The Honolulu Advertiser and Share Your Table.

Just enter the recipe for your favorite mango bread or cake, or for a preserved mango recipe (wet or dry pickle or "seed," or chutney; no jams or jellies, please).

Finalists must commit to appear at the Mangoes @ The Moana contest event, 9 to 11 a.m. July 11, bringing their recipe for judging by local chefs and celebrities.

Recipes will be featured in The Honolulu Advertiser and on the Share Your Table Web site. There will be 10 finalists in each category and three winners in each category (first, second and third) with prizes for each.

The rules:

  • Recipes must use locally grown mangoes.

  • One entry per person in each category.

  • Entries may be mailed, faxed or e-mailed (address and deadlines below).

  • Illegible entries will be disqualified.

  • Include name, address and daytime phone (not to be made public); these should be typed or written on the same document as the recipe and all pages should be stapled together with page number, name and address on each.

  • Recipes must be original or accurately credited and used with permission of the original source.

  • Winners grant permission for the Moana Surfrider hotel, The Honolulu Advertiser and Share Your Table to use their recipe in print and online.

  • Recipes will be judged on taste, presentation and use of mangoes.

  • Finalists must be present to win and must provide one cake or loaf in the cake and bread category or one jar in the pickle or chutney category. Accompaniments (garnish, crackers, etc.) are allowed.

    ENTRY PERIOD: Through July 8. Entries must be received by that date.

    SEND TO: Wanda Adams, Food Editor, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802. Fax to: 525-8055. Or e-mail to wadams@honoluluadvertiser.com.

    Find rules online at www.honoluluadvertiser.com (in the Taste section), www.shareyourtable.com or www.moanasurfrider.com.