The accounting has been done on the proceeds of last year’s Hawaii Food & Wine Festival, and the results were announced Tuesday: A record $394,000 was raised for 14 local charities.
That brings the total to nearly $1.9 million raised for charity since the first festival in 2011.
The funds were presented to the beneficiaries Tuesday at a Mahalo Reception at Mariposa restaurant.
The top payout of $80,000 went to the Culinary Institute of the Pacific, with $70,000 going to the Hawai‘i Agricultural Foundation and $50,000 each to the Kapiolani Community College Culinary Arts Program and IMUA Family Services.
Awards of $2,500 to $29,000 went to other programs that promote food and farming in Hawaii, including all of the other community college culinary departments.
The food and wine festival brings dozens of top-caliber chefs from across the globe to the islands for a series of workshops and dining events on three islands. The 2017 festival runs Oct. 20 to Nov. 5.
Visiting chef brings Indian flavors to UH
An evening of Indian dining — complete with a Bollywood performance — will be held Tuesday on the University of Hawaii’s Manoa campus.
Sodexo, the company that handles campus food service, is bringing in chef Ronald Thomas Minezes, who heads Sodexo in India, for a weeklong residency.
He’ll kick off his stay with the event “Flavours of India,” 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Campus Center Ballroom.
Sodexo has brought in chefs from France, England, Colombia and Russia to UH through its Global Chef Program, but this is the first time an event has been opened to the community at large, according to Lana Hudson, marketing coordinator for Sodexo.
The event will feature Minezes’ dishes including lamb masala, mahimahi amritsari (battered and fried), Goan shrimp curry and murgh malai tikka (marinated and grilled chicken).
Entertainment will be by Aaja Nachle Hawaii.
Tickets are $19, or $28 including wine. Reserve by credit card at 956-2186. Cash-only tickets will be sold at the door.
Tofu bars make an on-the-go snack
Tofu has plenty of good-for-you qualities but lacks portability. Even if you wanted to have some for a healthy snack while on the go, how are you going to carry it around?
Enter House Foods’ Go Umami, a baked tofu bar with peel-off packaging that makes it as easy to eat as a beef jerky stick. It’s high in protein (5 grams), with 60 calories, about 3 grams of fat, depending on flavor, and no preservatives.
It comes in a hickory-smoked variety, orange-teriyaki and one just called “Savory” which tastes a lot like tofu with shoyu, but much firmer. And how are they? Well, they wouldn’t win a taste-off against a beef jerky stick, but for those dedicated to eating vegan or just trying to eat better, the teriyaki and Savory flavors are a good alternative. None of us liked the hickory-smoked.
Find Umami bars at 7-Eleven stores in the refrigerated section, for 85 cents per 1-ounce bar, about the size of a small candy bar.
