(Gerry Furth-Sides, all photos below are courtesy Spencer Mackenzie’s) The nation’s largest cash cornhole tournament will take place in beautiful beachside Ventura as part of Spencer Makenzie’s 8th annual End of Summer Block Party (and the restaurant’s 10th anniversary). The Throw Down will take place at Spen...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Three new Chicken Schnitzel Sandwiches debut on the Wienerschnitzel menu this spring celebrate the company finally offering its namesake “Schnitzel” to customers for the first time. They include Classic Ranch ($3.49), BBQ Bacon ($3.99) and Blazin’ Bacon Guacamole ($4.49). Each Schnitz...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Even the names of new (or “improved”) products prove intriguing enough for a try: Himalayan Salt Table Cook-Top, Bear Paws and Burger Lifts — and the book, Salt Block Cooking. Each of them has earned high marks in our own kitchens. Salt Rox. If you’ve ever eaten food prepared on t...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Bear Paws are so appealingly tactile they look like a play toy although they really are the tool to help prepare American regional or international dishes. They just about scream out how far we’ve come from a stick over a fire! And of course they are “the tool” for finishing off ...
Based in West Hollywood, Nuts About You is a popular line of almonds in creatively flavored coats. These include the Latin-trendy Sweet Sriracha and the Japanese Green Matcha Tea and tropical Coconut along with the very American Regional, Cookies n Cream. They are softer than raw or roasted almonds and are as satisfying a...
“If I didn’t have a grill to use this on, I would go out and buy one,” was the only thing I could think of when I opened the GRILL DADDY packing box. The tools are the “muscle car” of cooking equipment, bringing the caveman culinary method of cooking meat or poultry over a fire […]...
Imagine receiving this box in the mail. The FEDEX guy read the name and looked like he wanted a taste. The bags are shiny and enticing. That’s because every element of BROWNIE BRITTLE™ is well thought out and bright. BROWNIE BRITTLE™is trademarked. BROWNIE BRITTLE, the company’s flagship snack product, is a...
This is a photo album story about how an American Original, Farmer John Foods (“the West Coast Original since 1931”) celebrates its 85th anniversary by going “City Sophisticated” in menu ideas (bacon lattice atop an apple pie!) and products. Unique to the west coast throughout its history, even after ...
It took the “California Roll” with a familiar name to entice Americans to try eating of Japanese sushi back in the day. So it took Taku H. Maeda winning a green tea ice cream manufacturing challenge to eventually launch an Americanized version of Matcha tea products and menu at SHUHARI Matcha Café. As the succ...
Entries are now in and recipes being tested by professional chefs and amateur cookss alike for the “Great Oxnard Salsa Challenge 2016″ taking place on Friday, July 29 and Sunday, July 31 during the 23rd Annual Oxnard Salsa Festival. Winning salsas for both professionals and amateurs are selected in a range of cat...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 