Imu-cooking space available for fundraiser

The Kailua High School girls water polo team plans to spend a weekend tending an imu and is offering space inside for trays of food.

Food goes into the underground oven on Sept. 2, emerging the next morning steamed full of luau flavor.

Cost is $20 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 well wrapped in foil. Drop in pan and wrap again in foil. Weight limit per tray is 25 pounds.

Reservations are due by Friday. Make checks payable to Kailua High School and send to the school, 451 Ulumanu Drive, Kailua 96734. Write "Attention IMU" in lower left corner of the envelope. Include your name, telephone number and a self-addressed, stamped envelope so a confirmation ticket can be sent to you. To be included in an email list for future imu, provide email address as well.

Call 728-7389.

Joy of Sake offers samples of 326 varieties

This year’s Joy of Sake will offer 326 premium sake at Sheraton Waikiki on Sept. 9 at 7 p.m.

The event is the largest sake tasting outside Japan, with patrons also enjoying appetizers from 15 of Honolulu’s top chefs.

This year’s event will benefit brewery families devastated by the Japan earthquake and tsunami.

Tickets are $80 advance and $90 at the door. They are available at the Sake Shop, Marukai Markets, Fujioka’s Wine Times and the Wine Shop; by phone at 222-0195; or online at www.joyofsake.com.