Wanted: Your family recipes

Friday is the deadline to submit a favorite family recipe for our upcoming cookbook (working title: “Hawaii’s Ohana Cookbook”). We’ll be selecting the best recipes for the book. If yours is chosen you’ll win a free copy, and if it is one of the grand-prize winners a portrait of your family will appear in the book. To enter, go to www.mutualpublishing.com and download an entry form. We’ll need your recipe plus a short story about how the dish originated and what makes it special. If you don’t have a computer call Mutual at 732-1709.

Art & Flea has robots theme

The fifth monthly edition of Art & Flea will feature the edible fare of host Fresh Cafe and the Hawaii Hot Dogs cart, along with 40-plus vendors that will be selling collectibles, art and more.

The theme for tomorrow’s event is Short Circuit Robot Party, including music and a robot costume dance contest.

A donation box will be available for those who want to give to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief efforts coordinated by the Red Cross.

Hours are 5 to 11 p.m. tomorrow at Fresh Cafe, 831 Queen St., with a $2 entrance fee. Visit www.artandflea.com.

Cooking demos go vegetarian

"Vegetarian Food Made Simple" will be offered in a cooking demonstration by Trisha "Mama T" Gonsalves at Kapolei Public Library on Saturday.

The free event will offer samples of dishes such as "Awesome Mexican Nachos" using a vegetarian meat substitute, as well as educational pamphlets touting the health and environmental benefits of a vegetarian diet.

The demonstration starts at 10:30 a.m. Call 693-7050.

Classes focus on tofu, kimchi

Walter Rhee’s Asian cooking classes continue this month with:

» Tofu Light, Tofu Bright, I See Tofu Everywhere Tonight (5 to 7:30 p.m. tomorrow): Explore tofu recipes from China, Japan and Korea, as Rhee prepares tofu and Chinese sausage in black bean sauce, tofu hotpot medley, agedashi and hiyakko tofu, cold tofu with sweet hot bean sauce, braised tofu in sweet garlic sauce, and spicy seafood soft-tofu soup. Varieties of tofu, health benefits and shopping tips will also be discussed.

» How to Make Kimchi & Related Dishes (2 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday): Learn how to make kimchi from scratch and dishes including kimchi mandoo, kimchi chige (stew) and kimchi stir fry with pork and tofu.

Cost is $80 cash per class, paid at the start of class. Reservations are required. The classes are held at the Palama Market on 1210 Dillingham Blvd., behind Zippy’s.

Call 391-1550 or email walter@waltereatshawaii.com.

Scotch tour offers 20 selections

Taste up to 20 acclaimed scotch whisky selections at the Grand Scotch Tour 2011, a partnership between Willows restaurant and the Hawaiian Scottish Association and Fujioka Wine Times.

Whisky selections include Aberfeldy, Ardbeg, Balvenie, Chivas, Cragganmore, Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, Laphroaig, Macallan, Scapa, Signatory, Singleton and Talisker, and will be served along with a menu prepared by chef Jay Matsukawa.

The event takes place 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the restaurant located at 901 Hausten St. Cost is $65 prepaid and $75 at the door. Call 952-9200.

Dinner, exhibit benefit Surfrider

Dine for a cause at the Surfrider Foundation’s "Rise Above Plastics" RAP Party & Art Exhibit on Saturday night.

Food from Wahoo Fish Tacos, Hokulani Bake Shop and Cake Envy will be offered, as well as drink from Barefoot Wine and the Kona Brewing Company.

The dinner is a benefit for Surfrider’s four Hawaii chapters and will feature special guest Capt. Charlie Moore, founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, who discovered the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." The party will also feature live music and works of art made of plastic marine debris by artists from around the country.

The event runs from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Waikiki Aquarium. Tickets are $40 and available online at www.surfrider.org/oahu.

Fair’s fare has Hongwanji flair

This year’s Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin Bazaar will feature a "Taste of Hongwanji" with home-grown produce, baked goods, pickled vegetables, cone sushi, and favorite dishes like beef stew and fried noodles.

All six volumes of the Betsuin’s "Favorite Island Cookbook" will be on sale, and presale Huli Huli Chicken will be available.

The bazaar will held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday on the temple grounds at 1737 Pali Highway. Admission is free. Call 536-7044.

Sunday brunch includes market

The Royal Hawaiian will launch a Sunday brunch at the Coconut Grove starting April 3 that will feature a farmers market of local agricultural products.

"The Royal Farmers Market Brunch — 220 Experience" will have food stations providing patrons with made-to-order dishes, such as Kula strawberry smoothies and loco mocos made from Big Island short ribs, local eggs and Hamakua mushrooms.

The market, presented by the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, will also sell coffee, honey, lavender products and tropical flowers.

Slack-key guitarist Cyril Pahinui will be providing the day’s music.

Tickets are $100 per person, with VIP seating at $220 and VIP tables at $2,220.

Call 848-2074 or download the ticket order form at www.hfbf.org and mail it to the HFBF office at 2343 Rose St., Honolulu, HI 9819.

Kahala hosts yearly wine event

The Food and Wine Classic returns for its fourth year at the Kahala Hotel & Resort, April 22 and 23.

A variety of events will include five-course gourmet dinners with wine pairings by Pride Mountain Vineyards both nights and cooking, wine and cigar classes.

Among the special guests will be James Beard award-winning author Cindy Pawlcyn, vintners Fred Schrader and Stuart and Suzanne Bryan, and cigar connoisseur Michael Herklots.

Single-ticket prices for the gourmet dinners, seminars and smoking events run from $30 to $150. Call 739-8760 or visit www.kahalaresort.com.