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Seaweed is star
of Saturday fest[MORSELS]
Celebrate seaweed at Saturday's Kakaako Ocean Fest, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Kakaako Gateway Park.
Along with the entertainment, games, make-and-take crafts and food booths, there will be a display of seaweed and a demonstration by Isabella Abbott of cooking with various types of seaweed.
Abbot is a retired professor of botany at the University of Hawaii-Manoa who has made an extensive study of algae in Hawaiian waters. Among the dishes she'll demonstrate are stuffed konbu and ahi poke.
Also, chef Bill Bruhl of Ryan's Bar & Grill will demonstrate cooking with fish donated by the Hawaii Longline Association.
Seaweed from Uwajima Fisheries in Kailua-Kona will be sold, along with taro, breadfruit and poi.
Admission is free; fees for some of the activities will benefit the Hawaii Children's Discovery Center. Call 524-6441, ext. 29.
COURTESY OF THE HALEKULANI
Pastry chef Benoit Perruchon-Monge of Monaco will host a pastry-making demonstration Nov. 7 at the Halekulani.
The French connection
Two chefs from the French Riviera will guest-star at the Halekulani for French Week, beginning Nov. 1.Featured will be Joël Garault of Hotel Heritage's Le Vistamar Monte Carlo and pastry chef Benoit Perruchon-Monge of the Technical School of Hotel and Tourism in Monaco. They will join Yves Garnier of the Halekulani's La Mer restaurant.
Garault and Garnier will hold culinary workshops from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 2, 3 and 4 in the La Mer kitchen. The hands-on classes will cover a three-course meal: salmon torte with truffle sauce, beef filet stuffed with mushrooms and foie gras and warm gianduja cake with fennel sorbet.
The participants will then eat what they've made in a private luncheon with the chefs, including wines. Cost is $150.
Perruchon-Monge will host a pastry demonstration, from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 7 in the hotel's ballroom. Cost is $50.
Throughout French Week the chefs will offer a special menu at La Mer. Call 923-2311. Reservations may also be made through www.halekulani.com.
Cooking classes
Tea: Lynette Jee from the Pacific Place explains about various types of teas, including Hawaiian herbal teas, as well as tea etiquette, tea as a skin treatment and the use of tea in cooking and baking, from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 7 at Kapiolani Community College. Cost is $25. Call 734-9211.Hot stuff: Thanh Mougeot teaches how to make chicken curry and Vietnamese stew, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Lyon Arboretum. Cost is $20, $18 for arboretum members. Call 988-0456.
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