Get a miniature cooking lesson that fits into a lunch break at the next Eat Well for Life class at Castle Medical Center on Monday. “Lunch Munch” features ratatouille with tofu and other plant-based, gluten-free recipes prepared by instructor Eileen Towata.
Recipes and samples will be provided during the half-hour class, 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Cost is $8; register by 4 p.m. Thursday by calling the wellness center at 263-5050.
Chocolate Extravaganza is Saturday
Chocolate lovers — it’s time to get in tip-top shape for the holidays. Start early at Emmanuel Episcopal Church’s 13th annual Chocolate Extravaganza, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
Tickets are $25 in advance, $35 at the door.
The church is at 780 Keolu Drive. Call 262-4548.
Hawaiian food helps ring in autumn
Maryknoll School is celebrating the fall season Saturday with its 40th annual luau.
Browse the plant sale and country store or visit game booths before dining on a Hawaiian plate of kalua pig, lomilomi salmon and chicken long rice. Other food will be sold as well.
The free event begins at 10 a.m.; $35 Hawaiian plates will be served 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the community center. Valet parking runs $6 to $8. Drive-thru pickup service will be available 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the Dole Street side of the school.
Purchase tickets for the plates at 952-7310 or go to MaryknollSchool.org/luau.
Save some space in high school’s imu
The Kailua High School Athletic Program is taking reservations for its Thanksgiving imu. Food goes into the underground oven Nov. 25, emerging the next morning, Thanksgiving, steamed full of luau flavor.
Cost is $25 per large aluminum tray. Food — such as whole turkeys, roasts or pork butt (meat chunks should have three deep cuts in them), sweet potatoes, taro or luau leaves — must be thawed, seasoned and wrapped well in foil. Place in pan and wrap again in foil. Write your name on the final foil wrap with a permanent marker. Weight limit per tray is 25 pounds.
Reservations are due by Nov. 13; limited to 400 orders. Make checks to Kailua High School and send to the school, 451 Ulumanu Drive, Kailua, HI 96734. Write “Attention IMU” in the lower left corner of the envelope. Include your name, telephone number and a self-addressed, stamped envelope for a confirmation ticket. To be included in an email list for future imu, provide email address as well.
Call 266-7910 or 391-8275.
