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Wednesday, September 6, 2000
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The recipe for pasteles is in the UPRAH cookbook.
"A Taste of Puerto Rico," 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday is free and will include entertainment by Second Time Around Puerto Rican Band, Boricua Folkloric Dancers and Grupo Le'Lo'Lai. Call 235-1143.
The cookbook will be sold at the event. It is also available for $10, plus $3.50 postage, through The United Puerto Rican Association of Hawaii, 1249 N. School St., Honolulu, 96817. Call 847-2751.
An example of what you'll find in the book is this quick recipe for Mofongo, or Green Banana Balls: Peel 6 green Chinese or Williams bananas and halve lengthwise. Fry in 1 cup salad oil until tender. Mash. Fry 1/2 pound bacon until crisp; crumble and add to bananas along with 1 teaspoon garlic powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Form into 1-inch balls. Makes 3 dozen.
The significantly more complex pasteles recipe ran in the Star-Bulletin Dec. 15, 1999; a stewed codfish recipe on July 19, 2000. You can find them on our Web site, www. starbulletin.com (use the search function to find "Puerto Rican recipes).
Circus comes to town
Tickets are on sale for Cirque Eloize, returning for seven performances at the Hawaii Theatre, Oct. 25 to 29.The circus, from Montreal, performed here in 1998 and will present a new show, "Excentricus," filled with acrobats, clowns and jugglers in a show that combines original music, comedy and feats of strength and grace.
Shows will run 8 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday, and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $35 for adults and $20 for children, students, senior citizens and military for all seats Wednesday and Thursday. Tickets Friday to Sunday are $50 and $35 for orchestra and loge and $40 and $25 for balcony seats. They are available at the Hawaii Theatre box office, military outlets and Ticket Plus outlets, with a 20 percent discount to groups of 20 or more. To charge by phone, call 528-0506.
Cirque Eloize will also perform at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center Nov. 3 and 4, and during the French Festival Fashion Gala on Oahu the week of Oct. 28 to Nov. 5.
'Chicago' at Blaisdell
The Roaring '20s will live again at the Blaisdell Concert Hall, when the hit musical "Chicago" comes to town Oct. 17 to 29.The musical, which opened in 1975, tells the story of nightclub dancer Roxie Hart, who kills her lover and through headlines becomes the city's No. 1 celebrity.
Tickets go on sale Saturday at the Blaisdell box office and Ticket Plus outlets. Shows will run 8 p.m. Tuesdays to Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $35, $59 and $69 Fridays and Saturdays; $25, $42 and $65 for all other performances, plus service charges. To charge by phone, call 526-4400, or visit www.tickets.com.
To Your Health
Focus on women
A free health workshop for women will take place 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Neal Blaisdell Center Pikake Room.Topics to be discussed include exercise, reducing your risk for heart disease and stroke, how to stop overeating and start eating for a healthy heart, and diabetes as a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
There will be door prizes and free health screenings.
The event is sponsored by the American Heart Association of Hawaii and the American Diabetes Association of Hawaii. To register, call AHA at 538-7021 ext. 34. Registration will also be taken on site at noon.
Keiki asthma fair set
The 3rd Keiki Asthma Fair will take place 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 16 at Waimanalo District Park.Medical experts will share information for helpinq children keep their asthma under control. Olympic athlete Rob Muzzio and Olympic weight-lifting gold medalist Tommy Kono will also share their experiences of struggling with asthma while competing.
There will also be free food, entertainment and prizes.
Registration is limited. Call 524-6755 and reserve a free T-shirt (for the first 100 children, ages 6 to 12 to sign up).
Asthma is Hawaii's No. 1 cause of hospitalization and school absenteeism for children ages 5 to 12.
The event is being presented by Straub in collaboration with Waimanalo Health Center.
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