Morsels
Star-Bulletin Staff
Wednesday, July 31, 1996
Support the 26th annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival by purchasing this $2 button showing a donkey enjoying some of Kona's finest brew.
Kona brews up coffee button
Kona resident and graphic artist Sunny Pauole came up with the winning design for the 26th annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival, which takes place on the Big Island in November.
Pauole's design, selected from more than 50 entries, features a donkey sipping brew. Donkeys were once employed to transport Kona coffee from fields to mills.
Proceeds from sales of the $2 button will help provide funding for festival events and programs, and Pauole's winning design will also be featured on T-shirts, coffee cups and caps on sale during the event.
For more information about the festival, call 326-7820 on the Big Island, or send e-mail to greatpr@ilhawaii.net
Cook like Tarek
Tarek Guirguis, chef and owner of the Pyramids restaurant in Kapahulu, will show you how to cook like he does from 9:30 to 11:45 a.m. Monday at the Lyon Arboretum. Fee is $22 or $12 for senior citizens.
The arboretum is also offering other classes:
Growing your own culinary herbs, 9:30 to 11:45 a.m., Saturday. Fee is $15.50 with a supply fee of $2.
Aztec cooking, 9:30 to 11:45 a.m., Sept. 7. Fee is $20.50.
Information: 988-7378.
Stogies stuff
Alfred Dunhill cigars will be featured in a series of dinners at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel on Friday, the Maui Prince Hotel on Saturday, and the Hawaii Prince Hotel on Sunday. After meals, guests will be given a selection of Dunhill cigars to pare with after-dinner drinks.
Prices run from $75 to $80. For more information, call 880-3592 on the Big Island; 875-5888 on Maui; and 944-4494 on Oahu.
Wine down
The Kona Wine Festival runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Royal Kona Resort on the Big Island. The festival benefits the West Hawaii branch of the American Red Cross, the Friends of the Advocacy Center from Child Abuse & Kona Adult Day Care Center and the University of Hawaii's West Hawaii Culinary Program. Admission is $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Information: 774-KONA.
More wining
The Honolulu Academy of Arts' second annual Showcase wine-tasting event will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 25 at the academy's courtyards. Thirty wines will be tasted and gourmet foods will be offered.
The event, a benefit for the academy, also includes an art auction with works from local artists. Tickets are $50. Call 532-8712 for more information.
Tazo tea tasting on tap
Ready to Rumba with Envy or Om? Or would you prefer an Interlude to Arise and Refresh?
Then, stop in for a spot of free tea at a "Tazo, the Reincarnation of Tea" tasting at 7 p.m. Friday at Coffee Talk in Kaimuki.
A selection of iced microbrewed teas and fruit elixirs includes Chai, Mondo Berry, Passion Potion, and Simply Red. For information, call 737-5155.
By Catherine Kekoa Enomoto, Star-Bulletin
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