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Oahu has a new community-supported agriculture program, launched by the Hawai‘i Agricultural Foundation last week.
Local Inside offers fresh produce bags filled with items from local farms and delivered weekly to sites around the island.
The bags come in two sizes and hold a variety of items that vary according to what is available. They include kale, daikon, lettuce, eggplant, bananas, dragon fruit, papaya and more. Eggs, cheese, butter, juice and other products are available at an additional cost.
Restaurants associated with the program will share a recipe and offer specials.
Small bags to feed two are $25; large bags for four are $30.
Bags are delivered to pickup sites Tuesdays to Thursdays. Visit localinside.org or call 754-6697.
Cook noodles, see Chinatown
Walter Rhee is back with a noodle cooking class and Taste of Chinatown tours. To sign up, email walter@waltereatshawaii.com or call 391-1550. Cash payments only, at the events.
» “Oodles of Korean Noodles” (4 to 6:15 p.m. July 9 at Palama Market, 1070 N. King St.) will focus on an array of noodle dishes, including sweet bi bim kook soo and its cousins, spicy and kim chee cold noodles (naeng myun), chewy noodles (chol myun), soybean extract cold noodles (kohng kook soo), Korean oden udon and chajangmyun (Korean-Chinese black bean noodles).
Participants will learn to make sauces, toppings and broth, as well. Cost is $80 and includes recipes and samples. Space limited; reservations required.
» Taste of Chinatown tours (8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 11 and Aug. 15): Rhee will lead a mouthwatering tour of Honolulu’s Chinatown and provide insider details about food, culture and history. Wear comfortable walking shoes and sunscreen. Cost is $90. Reservations required.
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