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Posted on: Wednesday, June 17, 2009

TASTE
Mangoes @ The Moana Cooking Competition

 • Mad about mangoes

MANGOES @ THE MOANA

July 11-31: Special mango menu items nightly in the Beach-house and on the Veranda tea menu; mango smoothies at check-in.

Mango festival: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. July 11. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cooking contest (see separate announcement), cooking demonstrations, mango tasting, information about mango-growing. Noon-3 p.m. Veranda mango lunch ($18). 1-3 p.m. Tea with mango specials.

Reservations for curry lunch and wine dinner: 922-3111.

Special kama'aina rates during mango promotion include free parking, mango smoothies for two, discounts on food and beverage, early check-in and late check-out. Information: www.moana-surfrider.com; 922-3111.

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You can win amenities from the Moana Surfrider hotel, cookbooks and the admiration of mango lovers by entering the Mangoes @ The Moana Recipe Contest, sponsored by The Honolulu Advertiser and Share Your Table. Just enter the recipe for your favorite mango bread or cake, or for a preserved mango recipe (wet or dry pickle or “seed,” or chutney; no jams or jellies, please).

Finalists must commit to appear at the Mangoes @ The Moana event, bringing their recipe, which will be judged by local chefs and celebrities. Recipes will be featured in The Honolulu Advertiser and on the Share Your Table Web site. There will be 10 finalists in each category and three winners in each category (first, second and third) with prizes for each.
The rules:
• Recipes must use locally grown mangoes.
• One entry per person in each category.
• Entries may be mailed, faxed or e-mailed (address and deadlines below).
• Illegible entries will be disqualified.
• Include name, address and daytime phone (not to be made public); these should be typed or written on the same document as the recipe and all pages should be stapled together with page number, name and address on each.
• Recipes must be original or accurately credited and used with permission of the original source.
• Winners grant permission for the Moana Surfrider hotel, The Honolulu Advertiser and Share Your Table to use their recipe in print and online.
• Recipes will be judged on taste, presentation and use of mangoes.
• Finalists must be present to win and must provide one cake or loaf in the cake and bread category or one jar in the pickle or chutney category. Accompaniments (garnish, crackers, etc.) are allowed.
ENTRY PERIOD: Now through July 2. Entries must be postmarked July 2 or earlier. SEND TO: Wanda Adams, Food Editor, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802. Or fax to: 525-8055. Or e-mail to wadams@honoluluadvertiser.com.
Find rules online at www.honoluluadvertiser.com (in the Taste section), www.shareyourtable.com or www.moana-surfrider.com.