Next time you're at Costco, be on the lookout for a rather unassuming product that makes a great no-fuss pupu: Exotic Mushroom Poke, from Hamakua Heritage Farms in Laupahoehoe. Reader Phyllis T. e-mailed me about this one: She likes to serve the 1.5-pound containers of marinated oyster mushrooms with pasta, rice or vegetables, but I also think they're great as is. Or you can try mixing in fresh raw 'ahi, 'aku or other fish or even canned clams (drained) or abalone (drained and roughly chopped). The marinade is a pleasant vinaigrette. Information: www.hhfhawaii.com.

— Wanda A. Adams

MEET A MONDAVI

WINE, FOOD AND GOOD CONVERSATION

Michael Mondavi, son of California vintner Robert Mondavi and co-founder of Robert Mondavi Winery, will play host next week at Sergio's Italian Restaurant for a dinner featuring the wines of Italy and a couple of Italian-inspired wines from California, all chosen to complement chef Dell Vandez's menu of Kona Kampachi carpaccio, vine-ripened tomato salad, seared diver scallops with guitarrine pasta, Kona coffee-marinated smoked pork tenderloin and cannoli with Gianduja chocolate. Mondavi will discuss wine and its culture.

Dinner is from 6 p.m. June 17 at Sergio's, 449 Kapahulu Ave., second floor. Price is $69 per person. Reservations: 737-4461.

— Wanda A. Adams

TASTY TIDBITS ONLINE

Visit our Taste and Dining Out mini-site on www.honoluluadvertiser.com for Wanda Adams’ blog, a searchable recipe database, videos and picture galleries and an archive of Simplicio Paragas’ “The Inside Scoop” and other dining-out features:

www.honoluluadvertiser.com/taste

www.honoluluadvertiser.com/diningout.