TGIFr!day by The Garden Island Newspaper

Week of Friday, October 23, 2015 | Vol. 3, No. 43

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IN THIS ISSUE:

OUT & ABOUT: TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK TODAY SATURDAY USED BOOK SALE 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M., KOLOA LIBRARY MEETING ROOM

2. OUT & ABOUT:

Top picks for the week

3. ENTERTAINMENT: Chocolate Festival

4-5. DINING OUT KAUAI:

‘A Chinese Kitchen’

6. BOOK REVIEW:

‘The Faiths of Our Fathers’

7. CHECK DA SCENE:

CRAFT FAIR 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M., HANAPEPE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST AND HANAPEPE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

CHOCOLATE AND COFFEE FESTIVAL 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M., HANAPEPE TOWN

BEACH CLEANUP 9 A.M., DONKEY BEACH, 635-2593

HAUNTED HOUSE 5 TO 7 P.M., KUKUI GROVE CENTER Mauka Productions presents Kauai Community Haunted House. ‘BIG MIRACLE’ 7 P.M., KAPAA LIBRARY Free ocean movie of “Big Miracle” a true-story rescue of three whales trapped in the Arctic Circle when the ice freezes over before they migrate. ‘KUMU HINA’ 7:15 P.M., HALE HALAWAI, HANALEI COMMUNITY CENTER Film screening of “Humu Hina” and talk story.

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS 4 TO 6 P.M., ISLAND SCHOOL Representatives from colleges will discuss issues about admissions, scholarships and more. HAUNTED HOUSE 5 TO 7 P.M., KUKUI GROVE CENTER Mauka Productions presents Kauai Community Haunted House. HARVEST FESTIVAL 11 A.M. TO 4 P.M.. WAIMEA CANYON PARK A free celebration of the harvest season. Activities for kids, a pumpkin giveaway and food offerings. Entertainment starts at 11:30 a.m. Info: Laurie Yoshida at (808) 212-5602.

BONSAI WORKSHOP 9:05 A.M., KAUAI NURSERY AND LANDSCAPING, CONFERENCE ROOM Free workshop to learn about bonsai. SENIOR FOOD AND CRAFT FAIR 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M., KAUAI WAR MEMORIAL CONVENTION HALL Nine senior centers will host their annual food and craft fair.

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WORK DAY 7:30 A.M. TO NOON, LYDGATE BEACH PARK, MAIN PAVILION To celebrate National Make A Difference Day, the Friends of Kamalani and Lydgate Park is having a work day to keep the grounds clean.

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TUESDAY

COLLEGE FAIR 9 TO 11 A.M., ISLAND SCHOOL Representatives from over 70 colleges will be visiting to answer questions about the college admissions process.

HALLOWEEN PARTY 5 TO 9 P.M., HOOKIPA CAFE Kauai Chamber of Commerce Halloween party with costume contests, putting contest, disc golf, pupus and more. $25 for chamber members, $20 non-members, or at the door, 245-7363

HAUNTED HOUSE 5 TO 7 P.M., KUKUI GROVE CENTER Mauka Productions presents Kauai Community Haunted House.

WATER MEETING 5 TO 7 P.M., KALAHEO NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. The Department of Water is having public information meetings for the Kauai Water Use and Development Plan update. PARKINSON’S DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP 5 P.M., REGENCY AT PUAKEA. The Kauai Parkinson’s Disease Support Group. Visitors and those living with a long term illness are invited. 212-1250

WED THU ‘A CHINESE KITCHEN’ 5 P.M., LIHUE PUBLIC LIBRARY Book signing and talk story with “A Chinese Kitchen” author Lynette Lo Tom. HAUNTED HOUSE 5 TO 7 P.M., KUKUI GROVE CENTER Mauka Productions presents Kauai Community Haunted House.

GIFT SHOP OPENING 5 P.M., GROVE FARM MUSEUM

The opening of The Gift Shop at Grove Farm museum. DHYANA QUARTET 8:30 P.M., TREES LOUNGE Live music by Dhyana Quartet.

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Celebrating our love of Chocolate

hocolate and coffee lovers rejoice. A festival dedicated to you is coming to the Garden Isle. “Who doesn’t love coffee and chocolate?” said Tiffany Carolan, organizer of the Kauai Chocolate and Coffee Festival, which will host its inaugural year in Historic Hanapepe Town today and Saturday. The street festival is a commemoration of all things chocolate and coffee and will feature samplings, workshops, live music, food and a variety of chocolate and coffee products from around the state. “It’s a coming together to celebrate all the hard-working farmers and the cacao and coffee industry,” said Carolan. “We want to celebrate them. And just anyone who has a genuine interest.” Kauai Chocolate and Coffee Festival aims to offer an event that entertains and brings attention to the local flavors. Tiny Isle of Kauai is an

MICHELLE IRACHETA TGIFR!DAY Contributed photos

A vendor talks to customers at the 2013 Hawaii Chocolate Festival.

exhibitor that produces raw chocolate as well as mac butter. “To make chocolate, the beans inside the cacao pod are fermented, then dried, then roasted, then ground with sweetener and extra cocoa, or cacao, butter, then tempered to make a chocolate bar,” said Tiny Isle Kauai Owner Katie Ranke. “For raw chocolate, you skip the roasting stage. For our raw chocolate specifically, we also do not do the tempering phase. Instead we make soft chocolate.” Workshops begin 10 a.m.

today with “Coffee on the Brain” presented by Kauai Coffee. Each workshop lasts about one hour and will focus on different aspects of chocolate or coffee experiences. Workshops continue Saturday. One of the best things about tonight’s experience, Carolan said, is that it will be tied in with Hanapape Art night. A 40-by-80-foot tent will hold 25 vendors for the festival. To gain exclusive access to 19 of the 25 exhibitors, Carolan recommends that visitors

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purchase a festival passport. Each person who purchases a passport will receive a reusable tote bag stocked with chocolate and coffee goodies. Storybook Theater will be set up where keiki can hang out during festival hours. Live music kicks off on the main stage at 5 tonight by Joyful Noise Taiko Drumming directed by Aki Conquest followed by KUGA. The night ends with a presentation by Kauai Coffee’s Orchard Managers

at 7 p.m. On Saturday, Joyful Noise Taiko starts the day. Afterward, presenters will address attendees with information about the history of cacao and offer a ques-

tion and answer session for those interested in Global Thermonuclear Cacao. “There will be lots of food,” Carolan said. “There’s tons of sweets too.”

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MICHELLE IRACHETA TGIFR!DAY

‘A Chinese Kitchen’

New cookbook a collection of recipes, heritage

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t only took 59 years, but Lynette Lo Tom is excited she can finally say she knows about her family’s Chinese heritage. Awhile back, she sat down with her mom, Lorna Lee Lo, and asked her to give her Chinese food recipes she was hoping she would absorb into her memory, but it wasn’t so easy. “I was bothering her so much, for two years,” she said with a hearty laugh. “I am very American. We become more and more Americanized. I am 100 percent Chinese. (My mom is) from that generation. They tell you about your heritage and you don’t listen.”

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Cantonese. “When people say Chinese food, people are picturing Cantonese food,” she said. Doug Young / Courtesy photo “Canton is a port city, so Lynette Lo Tom with her mother, Lorna Lee Lo. when times were tough, Lo Tom learned that her Today, Lo Tom, a fifth-genChinese people went around eration Chinese-Hawaii born, maternal great-great-grand- the world and went where father, Wong Kwai, recruited they would take them.” has written a cookbook, “A Chinese people to Hawaii to Chinese Kitchen,” using the Of course, every village in work in sugar and rice plan- China has different specialrecipes she gathered from tations. Back then, the area her mother, friends and ties, she said. Lo Tom kept he brought them to was family. A Chinese Kitchen is that in mind when writing part of a series from the Ho- called Heong Shan, where her book. nolulu Star-Advertiser, which about 75 to 80 percent of Lo Tom explores Chinese Hawaii’s plantation workers explores Hawaii’s ethnic food by telling a story for cuisines through writers who came from. most of the dishes she Most of the dishes in Lo grew up in Hawaii. makes and sprinkles in Tom’s cookbook are from Exploring her culture vignettes and family portraits one region: Zhongshan, through these recipes was throughout the book, which which is in Canton, the enlightening and exciting, brings each recipe to life. despite it being untimely, Lo southern part of China. That’s But gathering the recipes not to say other regions Tom said. themselves was trial and aren’t represented, it just “Look at me, almost 60 error, she said. It required her and just now learning about means most Chinese food going back and forth to her people are familiar with is my heritage,” she said. mother’s house for a taste

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test. “My mother would just say, ‘I’ll just whip this up,’” Lo Tom said. “She doesn’t make it with a recipe. Just many of her tasty dishes, I would make with her.” Lo Tom started A Chinese Kitchen with her mother in mind but her idea evolved and pretty soon, she had friends and family involved. “I’m hoping to keep the food memories alive,” Lo Tom said. Lo Tom will present her cookbook and tell her story at the Lihue Public Library at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Cola Soy Sauce Chicken Wings

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hyana Quartet” will make its debut performance Oct. 29 at Trees Lounge. The foursome plays a blend of Blues, R&B, funk, pop, jazz, dance and Bossa, “with a twist.” Founders Dhyana Dunville (vocals) and Edd Cook (bass) set out to bring new life to a range of familiar music. They are joined by Bill Mello (guitar) and Dennis Pierson (drums). Cook and Pierson were members of the band that opened Trees Lounge eight years ago. Dhyana Dunville made her first appearance singing in front of an audience at open mic night at Trees in 2010. Don’t be surprised to hear your favorite oldies revived in a fresh and current arrangement, or a contemporary tune presented with a vintage/retro feel,

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book review

Have faith in our fathers could work together in creating an establishment that respected all their beliefs. Now if we can only get the national discussion back to that mindset, imagine what we could create! As Thomas Jefferson CYNTHIA & ED JUSTUS was apt to quote (and this SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY book certainly applies), “Knowledge is power.” This his week’s book review is the purpose of this brief is “The Faiths of Our Faand enlightening work by thers: What America’s Alf J. Mapp Jr. entitled “The Founders Really Believed,” Faiths of Our Fathers: What by Alf J. Mapp Jr. Constitution and the Bill of America’s Founders Really I’ve been interested in Rights came to be enumer- Believed.” the Declaration and the We found this to be a ated and why they were Constitution since high worded the way they were. great introduction to 11 school (and even today in of these men and their I have found this book studying our own Kauai to be a great primer for un- diversity of spiritual thought, County Charter). Knowderstanding our most-con- especially on how it influing the mindsets, beliefs tributing Founding Fathers’ enced their approach to and perspectives of those the creation of the governspiritual philosophies. that created the ConstiWhat makes this exciting is ment and liberties we now tution gives me a better enjoy (and take for granted). understanding how these understanding of how the “There was no monolithic different ways of thought matters addressed in the

national faith acknowledged by all Founding Fathers. Their religious attitudes were as varied as their political opinions.” This becomes especially important in understanding how this relates to the intent of the First Amendment. Many were Deists — a spiritual belief that focuses on understanding God by studying with reason the universe that was set in motion. Others were practicing Christians, while others, like Benjamin Franklin, were quite interesting and unusual for the times! This is just scratching the surface of the inside information this book provides. See you soon! •••

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like American football,” said Jan Ebert, a visitor from Germany. Jan and his wife Doreen happened to drive by Hanapepe Stadium and stopped in to catch some of the Kauai Pop Warner Football League football games, joining the throngs of family and friends of football players and cheer squad members. Three more games remain on the KPWFL calendar for the 2015 season. Gates open at 9 a.m. Sunday.

The KPWFL cheer squads host its islandwide competition Nov. 1 at the Clem Gomes Gym on the campus of Waimea High School when doors open at 11 a.m. Admission for this competition, which earns eligibility to compete at the National Pop Warner Cheer and Dance Competition in Orlando, Florida, is $8 for adults. Children between 5 and 13 years old, and seniors 65 years and older are $6. Children under 5 are free.

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