Benefit passport deal  offers savings at Ward

Purchase a $5 passport to savings at Ward Centers’ annual Give & Get weekend, running Friday to Sunday, and save in many ways. The dining deals alone will cover the $5 fee. Participating nonprofits are selling passports through Thursday as a fundraiser. (For a list, visit goo.gl/nAmyw.)

Among the food deals: Buy one smoothie, get one free at Jamba Juice; get 20 percent off at Ryan’s Grill (except happy hour); and buy one entree or combo at Wahoo’s Fish Taco and get the second for 50 percent off (dine-in only). More than 80 stores and restaurants are offering deals.

Some stores are joining in the fundraising: Sedona, for instance, is donating the money it collects from the passports to the Hawaii Foodbank.

After Thursday, also find passports at Ward Warehouse’s information counter near the amphitheater and the valet stand at Ward Centre.

The weekend event will give passport customers the chance to win $100 gift cards.

Vegan cooking class has Mexican flavor

Eating a plant-based diet has much more to offer than just brown rice, salad and tofu. Learn to whip up delicious vegan fare, and have fun doing it, at chef Leslie Ashburn’s "Sizzling Cinco de Mayo" cooking class on Saturday at CookSpace Hawaii at Ward Warehouse.

On the lineup are fajitas with various fillings, homemade salsa, tofu sour cream, cashew cheese and Mexican chocolate cake, plus margaritas and a banana-mango daiquiri.

The class runs 4 to 6:30 p.m. Cost is $55 through Thursday, then price goes up to $65. Visit www.macrobiotichawaii.com.

Pop-up meal offers Indonesian dishes

Celebrate Mother’s Day by helping an aspiring businesswoman and partake of a delicious Indonesian dinner in the process at a pop-up at Pacific Gateway Center’s Lemongrass Cafe on May 11.

Hana Hudson is offering a four-course dinner that features Tahu Berontak, a deep-fried tofu with vegetables; Gado-gado Jakarta, various vegetables with steamed tofu, egg, shrimp paste and Indonesian peanut sauce; Sop Konkro Makasar, beef ribs seasoned with cloves, cinnamon, galangal, nutmeg, garlic, tamarind and Indonesian spices; Pisang Bakar, grilled bananas topped with cheese, chocolate syrup, cream and almonds; and Bandrek, a drink of milk seasoned with ginger, lemongrass, pandan leaves, pepper and palm sugar and served with an egg.

Dinner starts at 6 p.m. Cost is $45. Make reservations by May 9 at 521-7041 or email laurien@pacificgatewaycenter.org. The cafe is at 83 N. King St.