This year we’re sitting down to a feast of dishes from Spain. And we will toast to all of it with a Spanish Rioja and a Temperanillo – Already our favorites. Why? Archaeologists at Florida’s Museum of Natural History recently revealed that the first Thanksgiving was a...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) A toast to San Antonio Winery for our first lunch outside since March! Thank you, Barbara Hansen, for a perfect first pre-Halloween restaurant outing to our last shopping stop before lockdown in March. Now perfectly prepared for safe outdoor dining that makes any day special, owner Santo is on hand to gree...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, content and photos provided by Slow Food Conference 2020) The ongoing health crisis has refocused everyone’s attention on the central role of food and the importance of the food chain, in all countries around the world. On World Food Day, it is necessary more than ever to think about the food system, f...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) There’s still time to toast to Mezcal week, September 8-15! And there is wide leeway: Mezcal is the umbrella category, that covers all agave-based liquors, including tequila. Tequila, however, must be made only in specific regions of Mexico and must be made from only blue agave (agave tequilana)...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) When you drive down Vignes Street near Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, please remember to honor the road name with the proper “soundless S” French manner. Why, you may ask? This astonishing account of this historic street by Charles Perry, Founder of the Los Angeles Culinary Historians and ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) When Brad and Linda Johnson opened Post & Beam with Executive Chef Govind Armstrong in 2011, they established a South LA culinary institution with their charming neighborly draw. The fine dining restaurant has always made the most approachable and complete an experience with its friendly, open, airy o...
The Los Angeles Times harvest time event on Labor Day has always been a highlight of the summer season. This year a new series of dinners kicking off on September 5 will bring curated menus and online gatherings to Angelenos for at-home experience. The Times Dinner Series, hosted by its acclaimed Food staff, w...
(Content courtesy Blue Oceans) The Covid-19 pandemic in Europe has caused different countries to find creative ways to implement social distancing. Even after European countries started reopening borders and lifting the quarantine, many still practiced safe ways to spend time socially. Some of these examples might serve the U....
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Los Angeles and Orange County restaurants unite to introduce Burger Week, which will be held throughout Southern California from Sunday, July 12th, 2020 through Sunday, July 18th, 2020. Produced by the Orange County Restaurant Association this will be a first-time event in Los Angeles and second annual e...
Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy Opens Nationwide on Virtual Cinema Friday, May 22nd. It will be available on TVOD/EST Friday, June 19th. DIANA KENNEDY: NOTHING FANCY will open nationwide on Friday, May 22nd as part of Greenwich Entertainment’s virtual cinema partnership with theaters throughout the country. 50% of proceeds ...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 