UH has a full plate for summer
Catherine Kekoa Enomoto,
Star-Bulletin
Encounter high culinary adventure at the University of Hawaii this summer. The action features a beer appreciation series, cigar and cognac sampling, and Mediterranean cooking demonstration/tasting not to mention Judy Gorman's "How to Write a Cookbook" primer.
A sumptuous main course of the food-related curriculum features Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band.
Queen Ida presides at a cookbook signing and free "Creole and Cajun Cultures" talk at 7:30 p.m. May 16 at Borders Ward Centre. An 8 p.m. concert May 17 follows at Leeward Community College. Tickets are $15; call 455-0385. Her revised second edition of "Cookin' with Queen Ida" (Prima Publishing, $16.95) presents a new healthful-recipes section, plus Creole specialties such as spareribs and sausage jambalaya; okra gumbo with chicken, sausage and seafood; and Swiss steak.
Other UH summer highlights:
- Charlie Byrd and Carlos Barbosa-Lima present jazz and classical guitar stylings matched with intriguing foods and wines June 12 and July 10, respectively. The Indigo Restaurant menu features goat cheese won tons, Fiery Explosions to Heaven Shrimp with Black Bean Sauce, and double double chocolate torte with raspberry sauce; $50. Call 956-3411.
- Brew buff Anastasy Tynan's beer and food pairing workshop culminates a five-part beer brewing and tasting series, 7 to 9 p.m. alternate Thursdays, May 30 through July 25, JMD Educational Center; $38 per session. Call 956-8244.
- Chef/restaurateur Chris Hajji holds a marvelous Mediterranean cooking demonstration/tasting, 10 a.m. June 29, JMD Educational Center; $38. Call 956-8244.
- Judy Gorman discloses secrets of "How to Write a Cookbook for Today's Market," 9 a.m. to noon July 13, UH Kuykendall Hall 303; $39. Call 956-8244.
- Wine aficionado David Gochros hosts a cigars and cognac sampling, 7 p.m. July 30, JMD Educational Center; $38. Call 956-8244.