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Ethnic Health Food Expert Dr. Michael Crupain, MD, MPH

Michael Crupain, MD, MPH is executive vice president, clinical operations, at Sharecare. A board-certified preventive medicine physician whose mission is to make the world a healthier place. ...

International Executive Chef Oliver Malmsten

Executive Chef Oliver Malmsten and a passionate team, head up the kitchen at Twelve Twelve Santa Monica Ristorante. The New American Italian restaurant is located on the iconic 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica. ...

Next Generation Marius Taix and Marius Taix Jr. of Les Freres Taix French Restaurant

(Gerry Furth-Sides) Second generation Michael Taix is credited with transforming the landmark continental era restaurant back to Le Frere Taix’s original French roots, and has been successful at attracting a wide-range of customers from long-time customers and business executives from 11:30 a.m. into happy hour at 5 p.m., to f...

The Karachi Kitchen Cookbook: A Contemporary Look at Regional Pakistani Cuisine

(Gerry Furth-Sides) One look at trim, attractive Kausar Ahmed, with an apron neatly tied around her waist, piques your curiosity about what she eats because you want to eat the same thing. And you can know. Kausar’s The Karachi Kitchen cookbook holds beloved family recipes from her hometown Karachi, Pakistan, that ref...

Brilliant Rémi Lauvand: from Restaurant Chef to Store Culinary Director

We met Executive Chef Rémi Lauvand through his food at the now-shuttered Le Ka in downtown Los Angeles. I still dream about his food. Now there is an opportunity for him to reach grocery shoppers. Chef Lauvand will be the Culinary Director at Vintage Grocers’ third location to open this September in Caruso’s Palisade...

Moroccan -Japanese, French-Trained Chef Danny Elmaleh

Executive Danny Elmaleh’s food is perfect for both the spiffy, high-end Cleo international sbe restaurants, including new establishments in the Bahamas and in Kuwait and in a more casual atmosphere, such as Mizlala. His intriguing, bold menus feature sharing plates that also work alone to beautifully combine for a meal ...