Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival highlights
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Battle of the Brunch and Bass: The winning dishes Sunday from Lee Anne Wong and Sven Ullrich: Ullrich’s savory crepe, left, of kalo andchicken, with a kalo-coconut compote, onion rings and pitaya salsa; with Wong’s rum-honey kalo cake and coconut creme.
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A Culinary Flight: Some of those who stayed until the end of Friday’s event at the Hawai’i Convention Center — like Lee-Ann Kong, left, and Brittany Dupee — were lucky enough to collect unfinished bottles. These were from Chapter 24 Vineyards.
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Keiki in the Kitchen: Lilja Kikuhara-Talvala, 5, of Kaneohe, wielding a mean butter knife, got some moral support from none other than chef Roy Yamaguchi while learning to make a Witches Brew Parfait at a cooking class Saturday at Ko Olina. The free family event boasted food trucks, a miniature farmersmarket, kids’ cooking competitions, kalo pounding and lots more.
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A Culinary Flight: Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski, with their team from California State Bird Provisions.
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Urban Luau: “Now I know what it’s like to kiss a fuzzy guy,” Hawaii chef Mark Noguchi said after planting one on Ravi Kapur of San Francisco’s Liholiho Yacht Club. It was a moment of pre-event bonding Wednesday for the chefs at Salt@Our Kakaako, with Chung Chow of New York’s Noreetuh, left, and Troy Teroratua of REAL a Gastropub.
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