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Wednesday, June 7, 2000
By Dennis Oda, Star-Bulletin
The pearls are a superior grade of Chinese tea that can be infused three or four times while maintaining flavor, which is a good thing since this tea goes for up to $100 a pound. Of course, you don't buy a pound; a few ounces will do.
The Pacific Place offers Dragon Phoenix tea via mail order, $10.95 for 2 ounces. Call 589-1181 or visit the Web site, http://www.pacific-place.com. The Tea Chest on Kawaiahao Street sells the tea for $10 for 1 ounce or $25.75 for 3 ounces. Call 591-9400 or visit its Web site at http://www.teachest.com.
Dragon Phoenix tea is also on the new tea menu, served from 2 to 5 p.m. daily at the Veranda of the Kahala Mandarin Oriental. Call 739-8780.
It's the third such Emmy for the station which launched its first newscast five years ago.
News 8 at 6 p.m. in May received the Emmy for Best News Broadcast-Small Market. A compilation of three newscasts were entered. The dates for two of the newscasts were randomly selected by the Academy, and the entering stations picked an additional date.
Nominees in the category included stations in Monterey and Fresno, Calif., and Reno, Nev.
The San Francisco/Northern California Chapter annually honors outstanding individual, news and program achievements in Northern California, Reno and Hawaii.
"Hawaii's Kitchen airs 5:30 p.m. Sunday, with the program repeating at the same time the following Saturday on KHON Fox 2.
Tonkatsu Festival: The pork cutlet takes center stage at the Tonkatsu Festival, which runs through June 24 at the Plantation Cafe in the Ala Moana Hotel. Noboru Kamoshida, executive chef of the Tokyo Dome Hotel, is overseeing a menu of tonkatsu specialties, including roast katsu, filet katsu and katsu-don. Lunch meals are $10.99-$12.99; dinner is $11.99-$13.99. For reservations call 955-4811.
The Wong Way: Chef Alan Wong holds the final segment in a six-month series of cooking demonstrations on Saturday with a class on preparing fish. The free demonstration begins at noon in the fourth-floor kitchen of Liberty House Ala Moana. For information call 945-8888.
"Cooking From the Pali Gardens": Pali Gardens cook Antarese Walton shares some of her favorite vegetarian recipes, 7-8:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Castle Center for Health Promotion in Kaneohe. Register online at http://www.castlemed.com or by telephone by calling 263-5400. Cost: $10.
"Vegetarian Society Annual Meeting": "A Diet for All Reasons," a video by Dr. Michael Klape, illustrating the reasons for a vegan lifestyle will be presented following a brief meeting of the Vegetarian Society, 7 p.m. June 14 at the Ala Wai Golf Course club house. Call 944-8344 for more information.
"Nutrition, Diabetes & Weight Control Seminar": Registered dieticians will provide nutrition information and how it relates to diabetes and weight control 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 14 at the Castle Center for Health Promotion. The presentation will include how to use diabetes food groups to improve your health.
Also at the Castle Center, 7-8 p.m. June 15, dietician Deanna Nakamura will introduce healing foods and tasty recipes to develop menus for diabetes control.
Both seminars are free. To register, call 263-5400 or go online at http://www.castlemed.com.
"Coleman Thrill of NASCAR Grilling Contest": The search is on for tailgaiting tips and recipes from professional trackside grillers to highlight the popularity of grilling at NASCAR events. Entries will be judged on creativity, uniqueness and grilling knowledge. Send tailgaiting/grilling tips and/or recipe to: Coleman Thrill of NASCAR Grilling Contest, c/o Shandwick, 515 Olive St., Suite 1900, St. Louis, Mo. 63101 by July 15.
June 14: "Diet and Disease: What Research is Telling Us" - Learn about the American diet's link to chronic diseases and steps you can take to reduce your risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and osteoporosis.
June 21: "A Proactive Approach to Men's Health" - Learn basics of good health and how to prevent illness through vital screenings.
June 23: "Diabetes and Caring for Your Foot" - Prevent problems from occurring with daily foot inspections, an important part of diabetes management.
July 12: "Look Great with Great Skin" - Plastic surgeon Victor Hay-Roe and dermatologist Bruce Mills will discuss different methods for revitalizing and rejuvenating skin.
July 19: "De-Stress with Positive Thinking" - Psychologist Duke Wagner offers tips for stress relief.
Reservations are suggested. Call 537-2211 ext. 581.
Cardiac arrest can result from a variety of causes such as drowning, suffocation, electrocution, trauma or allergy. An estimated 250,000 Americans die of sudden cardiac arrest each year. According to the AHA, many of them could have survived if someone near to them had known CPR.
Those with knowledge of CPR can set what AHA calls the "chain of survival" in motion, starting with calling 911 and applying resuscitation techniques.
Registration will be taken on site on a first-come basis. For more information, call ASK-2000 (275-2000).
