Beer dinner features barbecue food
Beer experts Andy Baker and Tim Quirante collaborate with Brasserie Du Vin each month to present a four-course beer dinner. On Friday at 6 p.m., the focus is on American barbecue.
Here’s the lineup:
Lobster Corn Dog, paired with North Coast Brewing Scrimshaw; barbecue Cornish game hen marinated in lemon and garlic and crispy fried, Mad River Jamaica Red; baby back ribs with a house-made rub and barbecue sauce, Moylan’s Kilt Lifter; and Fondue de Pomme (lightly baked Granny Smith apples topped with macadamia nuts, coconut, and chocolate and caramel sauces), Young’s Double Chocolate Stout.
Cost is $50. Reservations required; call 545-1115.
Soups added to cooking classes
Cooking teacher Walter Rhee is adding a new class to his lineup.
"Korean Soups — Native Korean Recipes" will be offered 4:30 to 6:45 p.m. July 31 at Palama Market.
For a list of Rhee’s other classes, visit waltereatshawaii.com. As with most of Rhee’s classes, fee is $80 and space is limited. Reserve a spot at walter@waltereatshawaii.com or by calling 391-1550.
HMSA, Hyatt offer farmers markets
The ever-expanding farmers markets on Oahu now include two more options.
If you’re in the Ala Moana area, HMSA has launched a Friday market that runs 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. outside its building at the corner of Keeaumoku and Rycroft streets. Vendors there may vary weekly. Visit hmsa.com.
For those who frequent Waikiki, Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa has added another market weekly, which joins its Thursday afternoon market. In the Great Hall of the Pualeilani Atrium Shops, a new Tuesday market runs 4 to 8 p.m. Visit waikiki.hyatt.com.
Explore wines, art at museum event
Honolulu Museum of Art’s annual August Moon returns for another evening of wine tasting, food sampling and art collecting, 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 1.
This year’s event welcomes newcomers Anne Moller-Racke of the Donum Estate, who will be introducing pinot noirs from California, and Curt Schalchlin of Sans Leige. Sans Leige specializes in grapes that are commonly grown in Provence and Rhone in France but also do well in Santa Barbara and Paso Robles in California. Plus, some two dozen more wineries and importers will also be contributing to the event.
A lineup of top local chefs will prepare small bites to pair with the wines. Participating food venues include Chef Mavro, Il Gelato, Koko Head Cafe, Miso & Ale, Monkeypod Kitchen, Morimoto Waikiki, The Pig and the Lady, and Stage Restaurant.
The event also highlights various local artists and artistic activities. This year attendees can begin an artwork and have one of five artists finish their piece. A sixth artist is available for portraits. Members of Honolulu Printmakers will lead another station in which photo portraits taken on site will be turned into an abstract piece.
Pieces by 12 artists creating artwork live throughout the night will be available for purchase.
Cost is $95 advance, $115 at the door. Tables of four, eight and 10 are available for $650 to $10,000. The museum is at 900 S. Beretania St.
Call 532-6099 or visit honolulumuseum.org/augustmoon for advance tickets.
Big Isle, Maui coffees take honors
A Kona coffee and Maui coffee tied for first place in the commercial division of the 6th Annual Statewide Cupping Competition last weekend at the Hawaii Coffee Association’s annual conference in Kona. Winners Kona with Aloha Hills Kona Coffee and Maui Grown Coffee both produce at least 1,000 pounds of the coffee for sale.
In the "creative" division, Ali‘i Hawaiian Hula Hands Coffee and FL Farm of Wood Valley, both of Kau, took first and second place, respectively.
A People’s Choice nod went to Rusty’s Hawaiian 100% Ka‘u Coffee of Pahala.
Cuppings evaluate characteristics such as flavor, aroma, acidity, sweetness, "mouth feel" and aftertaste.
For the complete results, visit hawaiicoffeeassoc.org.
