L&L offers 100 free ‘Lin-Katsu’ shirts

L&L, the popular purveyor of local-style food, is going "Linsane" from 10 a.m. to noon today, when it will give away "Lin-Katsu" T-shirts to the first 100 customers who buy the chain’s new Lin-Katsu chicken dish at its Keeaumoku Street restaurant.

The special plate, named in honor of New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin, features a new sweet and spicy Asian sauce. The Lin-Katsu plate, priced from $7.95 to $9.50, also will be available at L&L’s Kahala and airport locations starting Friday.

Fans can also enter to win a trip to see Lin play in Orlando, Fla., against the Magic on April 5. Just guess how many points, assists, rebounds and turnovers Lin will have in the Knicks’ March 21 game against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Entry forms are available via L&L’s Facebook wall, goo.gl/Z3InL, and at participating restaurant locations. Deadline is March 19.

Walmart marking healthier foods

Walmart stores are including a "Great for You" icon on their private labels Great Value and Marketside as part of an initiative to make healthful food more affordable and easier to find on shelves.

The icon is placed on products that meet nutrition criteria shaped with respect to federal guidelines. The initiative includes reformulating packaged food to reduce sodium and added sugars and eliminating industrially produced fats by 2015. So far, the company has reduced sodium and cut added sugars in 165 food items, including Great Value canned vegetables, Great Value ketchup and various cuts of beef.

Visit www.walmart­great­for­you.com.

Hilo lab farm offers chance to investigate world of bees

Honey and bee enthusiasts and island hoppers will want to check out “Bee-Coming Sustainable,” an event centered on chef Alan Wong’s Adopt-a-Beehive program.

The event, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 10 at the University of Hawaii-Hilo’s Laboratory Farm, will feature van tours to beehives at the apiary, a walk through the bee garden and demonstrations of honey extraction and frame construction. There will also be bee products, recipe cards and honey food samples. Call  808-974-7719 or email tsutsumi@hawaii.edu.

Wong’s program supports UH-Hilo’s beekeeping program. Donations collected since August are funding scholarships for three advanced beekeeping students.