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Get a taste of Waialua at North Shore event

If you haven't been to the North Shore town of Waialua for a while, you might be surprised at all the food it's producing. Coffee, chocolate, sodas, organic snacks, papaya-seed salad dressing ... not to mention the fresh produce.

  Shawn Steiman, author of “;The Hawai'i Coffee Book,”; hosts a tasting event Saturday featuring Waialua's bounty and a coffee cupping - a professional tasting of local beans. Look for all the above-mentioned Waialua products, plus Francis' Huli-Huli Kiawe BBQ chicken, Kai's Thai “;Karma Free”; green papaya salad, Waialua mangoes and coffee shave ice.

  Events start at 10:30 a.m. for the cupping; an hour later for food tasting. Seating is limited to 15 at the cupping; 30 at the tasting. Tickets are $10 per event, both for $15. For reservations call 637-2624 or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). 

Adult Friends for Youth honor 3 men

Adult Friends for Youth says thanks on the day after Thanksgiving to a trio of individuals who lead by service or inspiration.

The 22nd Celebration of Youth Fundraiser, Nov. 28 at the Sheraton Waikiki, will include dinner, live and silent auctions, and entertainment by Frank De Lima and Jordan Segundo.

Awards will go to:

» Hal Darcey, founder and chairman of the board of Darcey Builders, a longtime supporter of AFY, member of the Rotary Club of Metropolitan Honolulu and a board director for the Future Light Orphanage in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

» Michael Madali, who overcame an environment of abuse, violence, drugs, and alcohol to earn his high school diploma through AFY, while holding down a job.

» Jerome Abayon, who was caught up in youth gang affiliations, yet did well in school and joined the Air Force. After serving a year in Iraq, Abayon is stationed in Louisiana.

Madali and Abayon will share the 2008 Young Person of the Year Award.

Tickets are $150 and $250; with tables available for $1,500 to $3,500. Call 833-8775 or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

MORSELS

Thanksgiving feast in palm of hand

Downsizing? How about a Thanksgiving meal you can hold in your hand? Beard Papa Hawaii stores are offering a Hot Turkey Cream Puff, filled with sliced turkey, stuffing, pumpkin, yams, gravy and cranberry sauce.

The dinner-in-a-puff is available for $3.50 through Nov. 30.

Also new: Pear Dream Cream Puffs with Bartlett pears in custard, sprinkled with cinnamon and allspice, for $2.65.

Beard Papa stores are in Salt Lake Shopping Center, inside Foodland supermarkets at Ala Moana, Hawaii Kai, Ewa Beach and Pearl City, and inside the Food Pantry on Kuhio Avenue in Waikiki. Call 732-0791.

Down to Earth slashes 100 prices

Down to Earth celebrates the recent remodeling of its five stores with a “;recession-buster”; sale on Saturday.

The company's 100 best-selling products will be marked down 30 percent, including fresh produce, bulk, chilled, frozen and wellness items. Deli and salad bar menus also will be 30 percent off.

Store tours will be available. Visit www.DowntoEarth.org.

Hoshide Farms wins coffee event

Hoshide Farms has collected top honors in the Gevalia Kona Coffee Cupping Competition, which each year selects the top beans of the Kona harvest.

Hoshide, a 7-acre farm in Honaunau at the 1,700-foot elevation, is between a forest reserve and a bee farm, which owner Debbie Hoshide said provides “;a perfect combination of oxygenation and pollination.”;

Judges gave her coffee high marks for fragrance, and noted that its flavor was “;both sweet and tart.”;

Second place went to Kuaiwi Farm/Kona Old Style in Kealakekua; third place to Kona Rainforest Coffee located south of Captain Cook.

The blind tasting, held at Keauhou Beach Resort last week, drew 56 entries, each farm submitting a 50-pound sample from which five pounds were drawn for the competition. They were judged both green and roasted, on fragrance, aroma, taste, nose, aftertaste and body.

For information on Hoshide Farms call (808) 328-8015.