{"id":71772,"date":"2017-12-05T13:10:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T23:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=71772"},"modified":"2020-01-07T13:55:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T23:55:52","slug":"uh-alumni-holiday-mingle-and-jingle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/12\/05\/uh-alumni-holiday-mingle-and-jingle\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate holiday cheer at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Alumni Holiday Mingle and Jingle"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/uh-alumni-holiday-mingle-jingle.jpg\" alt=\"Holiday decorations\" width=\"676\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-71789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/uh-alumni-holiday-mingle-jingle.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/uh-alumni-holiday-mingle-jingle-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alumni and friends from across the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> System are invited to a special evening of gourmet delight and holiday shopping at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/uh-alumni-holiday-mingle-jingle-tickets-39754046423\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Alumni Holiday Mingle and Jingle<\/a> on Thursday, December 14, 5:30&#8211;8:30 p.m. at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waikikiparc.com\/l%C4%93%E2%80%98ahi-concept-kitchen\"><span aria-label=\"Leahi\">L\u0113&#699;ahi<\/span> Concept Kitchen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy a gourmet concept experience by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College&#8217;s<\/a> nationally recognized culinary arts program and meet the culinary master and <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> alumnus that leads <span aria-label=\"Leahi\">L\u0113&#699;ahi<\/span>, Executive Chef <strong>Eddie Mafnas<\/strong>. Highlights of Chef Mafna\u2019s concept menu for the evening include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black pepper <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> shrimp with Big Island honey, plantains, tropical fruit salsa, Chamorro red rice and black pepper molasses<\/li>\n<li>Fresh island catch\u00a0with ginger scallion crust, sweet corn succotash, Okinawan mash, sesame miso vinaigrette<\/li>\n<li>Ewa farms sweet corn cake\u00a0with tomato salsa and tomatillo cream<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71791\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/uh-alumni-holiday-mingle-jingle-dessert.jpg\" alt=\"A fruity dessert\" width=\"676\" height=\"383\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/uh-alumni-holiday-mingle-jingle-dessert.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/uh-alumni-holiday-mingle-jingle-dessert-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A culinary delight from <span aria-label=\"Leahi\">L\u0113&#699;ahi<\/span> Concept Kitchen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Alumni-Made Pop-Up Boutique<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to the culinary delights, attendees can shop for holiday gifts at the\u00a0Alumni-Made Pop-Up Boutique\u00a0featuring the latest products made by local <abbr>UH<\/abbr> alumni artisans. Some of the vendors include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> Culinary Arts Program&#8212;packaged delights created by future alumni of the program<\/li>\n<li>Kumumea (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo)<\/li>\n<li>Makalani Creations (Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> and Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>)<\/li>\n<li>Malia Nakai Designs (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa)<\/li>\n<li>Malorie Arisumi\u00a0(<abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College)<\/li>\n<li>Sticks and P\u014dhaku (<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa)<\/li>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Glass and Plants&#8212;creative collaboration from the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources and the art department<\/li>\n<li>Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> visual arts program&#8212;art pieces created by alumni and friends<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>More information<\/h2>\n<p>Pianist\u00a0Keith Montross will perform timeless and heart-warming Christmas classics and other familiar tunes.<\/p>\n<p>Admissions is $55 per person and includes heavy p\u016bp\u016b, tea\/coffee and two alcoholic beverages as well as complimentary valet parking for up to four hours at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waikikiparc.com\/\">Waik\u012bk\u012b Parc Hotel<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halekulani.com\/\">Halekulani Hotel<\/a>. Aloha\/holiday attire requested.<\/p>\n<p>To <abbr>RSVP<\/abbr>, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/uh-alumni-holiday-mingle-jingle-tickets-39754046423\">Eventbrite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Ching<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alumni and friends from across the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> system are invited to a special evening of gourmet delight and holiday shopping at the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Alumni Holiday Mingle and Jingle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,184,377,61,62,63,64,65,271,71,319,14,9,60,59,66],"class_list":["post-71772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-alumni","tag-culinary","tag-culinary-arts-program","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-alumni-association","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-foundation","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71772"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108761,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71772\/revisions\/108761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}