Got rice? G-Call Corp. does. The international telecommunications service provider is hosting a benefit rice sale, giving away 2.2-pound packs of super-premium, Japan-grown rice for a donation of just $1 each to support public education in Hawai'i. The event is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i. Also planned: a rice musubi tasting, using premier-grade rice.

The rice in question is grown in Minami Uonuma, in scenic Niigata prefecture, in Japan's northern snow country, and is highly prized. Although rice is grown in many places, the rice from this area is so richly valued that it accounts for 70 percent of the worth of Japan's entire rice crop.

COOKING FOR CHARITY

A CHANCE TO DO GOOD AND HAVE FUN, TOO

Good, local-style recipes; some time to talk story about our favorite subject (food!); a full lunch; the opportunity to buy copies of The Advertiser 150th anniversary cookbook, "The Island Plate," and the feeling of doing something worthwhile: You get all these when you sign up for Advertiser food editor Wanda Adams' cooking demonstrations at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Sub-Zero/Wolf demonstration kitchen.

Sub-Zero/Wolf is not only contributing the expertise of their in-house chef, Carol Nardello, but 100 percent of the $50 per-person price will be donated to nonprofit organizations. The 11 a.m. class, which is almost sold out, benefits the Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i, and the 1 p.m. class, which has 20 or so spaces left, benefits the Life Foundation, O'ahu's AIDS service organization. To register: Amanda, 275-3002.