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COURTESY TOVI DALY
Judy Marts of Four Seasons Hualalai serves her award-winning chocolate soufflé at last year's Kona Chocolate Festival.
For chocolate lovers
If you love chocolate, plan to partake of the confections at the Kona Chocolate Festival. If you really love chocolate, consider dipping into the Belgian Chocolate Fondue Fountain. If you really, really love chocolate, there's chocolate body painting.The third annual chocoholics' festival takes place 6:30 to 10 p.m. March 27 at the Ohana Keauhou Beach Resort.
Big Island chefs, caterers, and ice cream and candy makers will prepare a spread of chocolate specialties and compete in the Delectable Chocolate Taste-Off Competition.
Along with the fondue fountain and body painting, there will also be a tasting by the Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory, beer and sparkling wine tastings, a silent auction and "People's Choice" vote for chocolatier of the evening.
Entertainment will be by classical guitarist Jack Martin and Latin music by El Leo.
Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 at the door, to benefit Kona Pacific School in Kealakekua. Call (808) 938-5268.
'A Taste of Tuscany'
"A Taste of Tuscany" is the theme of this year's Big Brothers Big Sisters fund-raising gala, featuring guest chefTodd English, owner of the Olives and Figs chain of restaurants.
English joins Hawaii chef Sam Choy, who hosts the Gourmet Affair each year, for a March 27 dinner celebrating the 100th anniversary of the organization.
Gourmet Affair will be held at 6 p.m. in the Tapa Ballroom of the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Tickets are $200, which includes live and silent auctions. Call 521-3811.
Featuring fish
Elmer Guzman, executive chef of Sam Choy's Diamond Head and author of "The Shoreline Chef," will hold cooking demonstrations and sign his cookbook at the Taste of Hawaii Island Fish Fair at Daiei stores next week.The fair will also feature ahi-cutting and cooking demonstration, moi cooking and seafood sampling. The fair takes place at these Daiei locations:
Sunday: 3 to 5 p.m., Kaheka
Tuesday: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m., Kaheka
March 28: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Waipahu; 3 to 5 p.m., Pearl City
More on moi
Eric LeTerc, executive chef at the Pacific Club, will demonstrate how to fillet and cook moi, 9 a.m. at the Saturday Farmers' Market at Kapiolani Community College.Moi is among the products sold each week at the market, which is open 8 a.m. to noon. Monthly cooking demonstrations are supported by the Start. Living. Healthy. program of the Department of Health.
Also Saturday, Sam Choy's Diamond Head restaurant will be serving breakfast. Call 848-2074.
Classes for Easter
Prepare for Easter with these upcoming cooking classes:Candy Easter Eggs: Use marzipan to make Easter eggs and miniatures, 8 a.m. to noon April 3, Kapiolani Community College. Cost is $45. Registration runs three weeks in advance. Call 734-9211.
Easter eggs and candies: Abby Langlas teaches how to make easy marshmallow, chocolate and peanut butter candies, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. April 10, Lyon Arboretum. Cost is $25. Call 988-0456.
Seafood signings
D.K. Kodama, chef/owner of Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar, will sign his cookbook, "D.K.'s Sushi Chronicles from Hawai'i":Saturday: Noon, Borders, Ward Center
Sunday: Noon, Borders, Waikele
March 27: Noon, Borders, Maui
April 24: 4 p.m. Barnes & Noble, Kahala
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COURTESY KENNY ENDO
The Hawaii International Taiko Festival takes place Saturday at Blaisdell Concert Hall.
Catch the rhythm
The sixth annual Hawaii International Taiko Festival, featuring the All-Female Taiko Group Hono Daiko and the Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble of Honolulu, begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Blaisdell Concert Hall.Hono Daiko, visiting from Ishikawa, Japan, has performed around the world since 1992. The troupe is recognized for its strength and stamina, combined with grace. Members perform in delicate chiffon.
Kenny Endo is the first non-Japanese national to receive a professional stage name in Japanese classical drumming. His ensemble recently returned from an eight-concert tour of Germany and Belgium.
Balcony seats are $20; floor seats are $30. Tickets are available at the Blaisdell box office, Times Supermarkets or via Ticketmaster at (8770 750-4400. For information, call 949-2255.
The fest is among Cherry Blossom Festival events presented by Honolulu's Japanese Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Three festival taiko workshops will follow Sunday at the Kapiolani Community College Chapel. Two-hour sessions start at 10 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Workshops are $15 for beginners and $35 for intermediate and advanced classes. To register, call 949-2255.
Be aware, say bears
More than 3,000 teddy bears of all sizes, shapes, colors and textures, including those up to 6 feet tall, will be gathered at Pearlridge Center Uptown on April 3 for the Seventh Annual Teddy Bear Round-Up, sponsored by Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii and Partners for Prevention.The public is invited to donate a new or gently used teddy bear or stuffed animal that day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The first 1,000 families making a donation will receive a gift, a blue ribbon promoting child abuse prevention, and child-safety information.
The round-up, also featuring entertainment and appearances by Winnie-the-Pooh and other cuddly costumed characters, is the highlight of Child Abuse Prevention Month in April.
"Our goal this year is to collect 3,566 teddy bears -- the same number of confirmed reports of child abuse in our islands last year," said Elsie Foster, Teddy Bear Round-Up co-chairperson.
Bears will be distributed to family shelters, children's hospitals and other organizations helping families and children in crisis. As many as 50,000 children may be abused or neglected each year in Hawaii, with only 10 percent reported. For details, call 951-0200.
'Hawaii' update
Actor Michael Biehn of "Terminator" fame has replaced Michael Madsen in the NBC pilot "Hawaii," currently in production here. Biehn, 47, will portray veteran cop Max Harrison, who, as described in the show's script, is "one of the best cops on the island, who also is a devoted father." The actor also starred in two other James Cameron movies, "Aliens" and "The Abyss." He was first on set Monday for scenes in Waikiki.
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