September is filled with cooking classes offered by Walter Rhee and held at the Palama Market, 1210 Dillingham Blvd. Cost is $80, cash only. Reservations required. Call 391-1550, email walter@waltereatshawaii.com, or visit waltereatshawaii.com.

» The Only Korean Cooking Class You Will Ever Need (3 to 6 p.m. Thursday): Learn the basics of beef bulgogi, barbecue pork, Korean rice dumpling soup, spicy fried rice cake, chap chae and fresh sauteed spicy cucumber.

» Korean-Chinese Cooking (3 to 6 p.m. Friday): Korean-Chinese mandoo, black bean sauce noodles, spicy seafood noodles, hot spicy chicken and sweet-and-sour beef.

» How to Make Kim Chee & Related Dishes (3 to 6 p.m. Sept. 15): Fried kim chee, kim chee mandoo, kim chee noodles, kim chee stew, kim chee pancake, kim chee stir fry with pork and tofu and kim chee fried rice.

» Korean Side Dishes (Namools & Beyond) (3 to 6 p.m. Sept. 16): Braised tofu with garlic and peppers, eggplant, egg roll, steamed egg, zucchini with salted shrimp, fresh sauteed soy sprouts, pickled radish, candied anchovies, sweet and sour garlicky cucumber and spicy sweet dry cod.

» More Ultrafast Meals in 19 Minutes or Less (2:30 to 5 p.m. Sept. 17): Vietnamese wonton soup, Thai chicken curry, Japanese chicken with eggs over rice, Korean spicy squid stir fry with vegetables, Korean soft-tofu seafood soup and Chinese paper bag shrimp.

» Oodles of Korean Noodles (3 to 6 p.m. Sept. 22): Sweet bi bim kook soo, spicy bi bim kook soo, mandoo kook soo, cold noodles, chewy noodles, soybean extract cold noodles, kim chee bi bim kook soo and Korean oden udon.