Submit your fave family recipes
Aunty’s lilikoi jelly. Uncle’s smoked ribs. Grandma’s mango bread. What’s your all-time favorite ohana recipe? If you think your family’s hit upon something special, submit the recipe for the upcoming “All in the ‘Ohana: Family Eating in Hawaii Cookbook.”
The new collection comes on the heels of last year’s popular “Hawaii’s ‘Ohana Cookbook: From Our Family to Yours,” which comprised interesting ethnic and local recipes and accompanying tales of the families that shared them.
Send your recipe and story to info@mutualpublishing.com.
Girl Scout Cookies on hand till March 25
Those hooked on Thin Mints, Tagalongs or Samoas can get their fix of their favorite Girl Scout Cookies through March 25.
This year, the organization’s centennial anniversary, there is a new variety: Savannah Smiles, a lemon cookie coated in powdered sugar.
Visit goo.gl/xi99Q to access the "cookie locator," which will help you find out where and when Girl Scouts will be selling the precious snacks in your area.
Rhee shows the way in kitchen, on tour
Walter Rhee’s cooking classes and Chinatown tours are becoming more and more well-known. Find out why. Read on for some of March’s lineup.
Classes and tours are $80. Classes are held at Palama Market Dillingham, 1210 Dillingham Blvd. Tours meet at the corner of King and Smith streets (near Hawaii National Bank). Call 391-1550, email walter@waltereatshawaii.com or visit www.waltereatshawaii.com.
» Ultrafast Meals in 19 Minutes or Less (2:30 to 5 p.m. March 15): Dishes include broiled chicken wings in Singapore sauce, moo shu pork, vegetarian pad thai, Peking chicken and ma po tofu.
» Korean Side Dishes (2:30 to 5 p.m. March 16): Braised tofu with garlic and peppers, steamed egg, zucchini with salted shrimp, pickled radish, candied anchovies and sweet-and-sour garlicky cucumbers.
» Secrets of Making Sushi Rolls (2:30 to 5 p.m. March 20): Makizushi, reverse rolls and battleship rolls.
» Taste of Chinatown Eateries Tour (8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 24; advance registration required): What to eat, where to go, how to eat and how to tell a good place. Hear about Asian food from historical, cultural and food science perspectives.
Learn space-saving container gardening
The freshest vegetables come right from your own backyard. But if you don’t have a backyard, it doesn’t mean you can’t grow your own produce. Learn the basics of container gardening at Geobunga Outdoor Garden Center at 9 a.m. March 17.
Instructors will discuss planting and harvesting, and will be on hand to offer advice on specific gardening needs. The center will also have available all the supplies needed to create a container garden.
The event is free. Call the center, at 4299 Lawehana St. (across the street from Target), at 422-4567, or visit www.geobunga.com.
Lose weight, feel good via whole foods
Robyn Openshaw, author of "The Green Smoothies Diet," will discuss and demonstrate how 10 minutes in the kitchen using whole foods can result in weight loss, energy gains and better digestion, in a presentation 7 p.m. March 17 at McCoy Pavilion at Ala Moana Beach Park.
Openshaw teaches courses on supporting health through a whole-foods, mostly living-plant-based diet.
Call 944-8344 or visit www.vsh.org.
