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Wednesday, October 18, 2000

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The Kona Coffee Festival, a weeklong tribute, runs Nov. 3 to 11. The highlights:

Nov. 3: 30th Miss Kona Coffee Scholarship Pageant
Nov. 4: Lei Contest, which includes a category for lei made with coffee beans and leaves; also, the Grand Parade
Nov. 5: Golf and bowling tournaments
Nov. 8: Kona Coffee Council's Dinner & Benefit Auction; Gevalia Kona Coffee Cupping Competition to select the best beans of the year (continues on Nov. 9)
Nov. 10: International Lantern Parade and Cultural Program
Nov. 11: Coffee-picking and recipe contests

For information on the other events call (808) 326-7820 or visit the Web site, www.konacoffeefest.com

Auntie Aloha soy right

Auntie Aloha is sold on soy as well as on the charity Karing for Kids. She's lent her name and image to a benefit cookbook, "Auntie Aloha's A Taste of Soy," being sold to benefit the HopeLine, the Christian charity's advice line for young people.

Auntie Aloha is sort of a composite representing Pearl Country Club Team Vision, which sponsors soy tasting sessions on the second Tuesday of each month.

All their dishes, as well as the recipes in the cookbook, feature Nutrition for Life International foods, a line of soy-replacement products made of dehydrated whole soy flour. The products are sold by independent distributors, including the Pearl Country Club Team.

The model for Auntie's face, by the way, was the mother of a friend of the group. "We wanted someone who looked like an 'Auntie,' " says team member Ele Taira, an employee of the Hawaii Newspaper Agency.

The cookbook sells for $10, with proceeds-less-costs going to HopeLine. To order, or for information on soy tastings, call Taira at 836-4994 or email her at elet@juno.com. Books may be ordered by mail (include $2 postage); write: Ele's, 1015 Ala Napunani St., No. 701, Honolulu, HI 96818.

Dinner affairs

"A Culinary Concert": The grand-opening party for Kaka'ako Kitchen's Ward Centre location, 6-9 p.m. Oct. 27, will benefit St. Francis Hospice. The event will also serve as a CD release party for Daniel Ho's "A Culinary Concert" and "Taste the Music" discs, which are being released with recipes of Kaka'ako Kitchen owner Russell Siu.

Ticket price of $35 includes dinner buffet, drinks and entertainment by Ho and guest musicians Jake Shimabukuro, Noel Okimoto and Dean Taba. Call 596-7488.

Wine dinner: The wines of Maison Louis Jadot will be showcased at A Pacific Cafe's October winemaker's dinner, 7 p.m. Oct. 27. Chef Jean-Marie Josselin's five-course meal will include a Scallop Cake with Beurre Monte and Caviar, served with a Cassagne-Montrachet Blanc 1997; and Crispy Veal Breast with Sun-Dried Tomato Polenta and Lemon Veal Reduction, served with Pommard 1997.

Cost is $75. Call 593-0035.

Special events

Food and New Products Show: A lunch wagon challenge, featuring a half-dozen local restaurants-on-the-move, is one of the features of the 36th annual show, tomorrow through Sunday at the Blaisdell Center Arena and Exhibition Hall.

Visitors to the show may purchase plates from the lunch wagons, then vote for their favorite dishes. The event also features cooking demonstrations, hundreds of food samples and displays of home-improvement items, 2001 cars and recreational equipment.

Hours are 5 to 10 p.m. tomorrow, 5 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, noon to 10:30 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $3; $2.50 for seniors and children. Parking is $3 in the Blaisdell lot, or free (Friday to Sunday only) at the Municipal Lot on Alapai Street, with a free trolley ride to Blaisdell. Call 945-3594.

A Taste of Hilo: Chefs Chai Chaowasaree of Chai's Island Bistro and Douglas Lum of Mariposa will be flying in from Oahu for a food festival featuring Hilo restaurants, noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel. Both chefs will host cooking demonstrations.

Big Isle eateries offering their signature dishes include Cafe Pesto, Surf's by the Bay, Tsunami's, Seaside Restaurant, Don's Grill, Nori's Saimin, Kuhio Grill, Big Island Bistro and O'Keefe & Sons. The event also includes a silent auction and entertainment by Breezz.

Tickets are $35. Call (808) 934-0177.

Tailgating the Wong Way: Chef Alan Wong will demonstrate marinades for beef, poultry and seafood dishes for tailgate barbecues, noon Saturday at the fourth-floor kitchen of Liberty House Ala Moana. Tickets are $25 to guarantee a seat and food samplings. Customers may stand and observe for free. Call 945-8888.

"Ultimate Food and Wine": Executive Chef Tom Wong of The Royal Hawaiian Hotel will demonstrate ways to prepare an ultimate food and wine dinner from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 16. Samples of the completed dishes and recipes will be provided. Cost is $75 per person; or $50 each for a party of two. Call 931-8404 to register.

Women's fair

Health and beauty issues are the focus of the Dove Women's Fair 2000 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Pearlridge Uptown.

There will be five stage areas featuring discussion of menopause, pregnancy, breast feeding and mammography, healthy cooking demonstrations, health screenings, workout demonstrations, beauty treatments such as massage, haircuts, manicures and makeovers.

There will also be entertainment by Rocky Brown, Jan Brenner and Dita Holifield.

For more information, call the center at 488-0981.

Fangs for blood

The Blood Bank of Hawaii will be conducting Hale Koa Hotel's annual Halloween Blood Drive 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 27. Donors will be entered in a prize drawing. At stake will be dinner for two at the hotel's fine dining restaurant, the Hale Koa Room. Each donor will receive a set of vampire fangs.

Donors must be 18 or older, in good health, weigh at least 110 pounds and must not have donated blood in the last eight weeks. To schedule an appointment, call 955-9424.

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