LEARN THE SECRETS OF STOCK
If you thought broth- and stock- making was just about cooking some bones in a pot, you haven’t heard of Rachael Mamane.
The author of the James Beard Foundation-nominated cookbook, “Mastering Stocks and Broths,” discusses not just how to, but the finer points of the process; for instance, which salts to use, and the difference in results from a pressure cooker versus a slow cooker.
In partnership with Slow Food O‘ahu, Mamane will present a 90-minute workshop Feb. 16 to discuss how the foundations of stocks and broths contribute to fluency in cooking. She also will delve into topics of kitchen and farm waste, then lead a blind tasting comparing homemade stock with store-bought.
The event runs 10 to 11:30 a.m. at da Shop bookstore, 3565 Harding Ave. in Kaimuki. Cost is $28. A $55 ticket includes a signed copy of Mamane’s book. Sign up via 808ne.ws/broths.
>> Later that day, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at Kaimuki Superette, Mamane joins Ashley Watts of Local I‘a. The duo will break down a whole fish and show how to use it all — no waste. Cost: $40; register at localiahawaii.com, or call or text Watts at 808-492-8331.
>> The next day, Feb. 17, Slow Food O‘ahu will launch the Slow Food Book Club with “Epitaph for a Peach” by David Mas Masumoto. It’s a potluck gathering also held at da Shop. Bring a dish, pick up the book and converse. The 2 to 4 p.m. event is free, but requires an online RSVP: 808ne.ws/peach.
— Joleen Oshiro, Star-Advertiser
SHAVE ICE, TAIWAN-STYLE, DEBUTS IN WAIKIKI
Ice Monster has moved into Waikiki, serving Taiwan-style fluffy shave ice, from a storefront outside the Hyatt Centric Waikiki Beach.
These desserts start with fresh fruit purees frozen into ice blocks that are shaved down into thin ribbons of ice packed with flavor. Choose strawberry, mango or papaya.
Premium ingredients also go into flavors of bubble milk tea, coffee and matcha. As an example of the integrity of the ingredients, the matcha retains all the bitterness of green tea powder, although that bitterness is tempered by a scoop of rich black sesame gelato. Other accompaniments, such as gelato, panna cotta, cream toppings and coffee jelly, are made fresh locally by the Kyoto-based company.
Cost of the shave ice is $13 to $15.80, for a portion that easily feeds two or three. Kamaaina get a 20 percent discount, at the Waikiki location only, 2255 Kuhio Ave., near Nordstrom Rack. Hours are 11a.m. to 10 p.m. Call 762-3192.
An Ice Monster truck is also open at Don Quijote on Kaheka Street.
— Nadine Kam, Special to the Star-Advertiser
A FREE LESSON IN CHOCOLATE
With Valentine’s Day on the horizon, Amuse Wine Bar is offering one way of “Tempering Life’s Hardships with Chocolate” — a how-to demo Tuesday at the Honolulu Design Center.
Ana Sagadraca, head chocolatier at Chocolate on a Mission in Chinatown, will demonstrate a few techniques, such as fashioning chocolate fortune cookies.
This all takes place at 7 p.m. in the design center’s second floor Cupola Gallery, as part of the wine bar’s February Storyteller Series.
The class is free, but limited to those who make reservations by calling 237-5429 or emailing mmoore@hdc-hawaii.com.
Confections will be available for purchase in time for Valentine’s Day from Chocolate on a Mission, a fundraising branch of River of Life Mission, a nonprofit that serves the homeless.
The center is at 1250 Kapiolani Blvd.; parking is free.
— Pat Gee, Star-Advertiser
