(Gerry Furth-Sides) The story about Pixie’s coming to market is of fairytale nature. This spring cleaning we came upon a SPA OJAI bag with a pixie tangerine spray tucked inside fit that felt just as magical. Its fragrance was as fresh as when we first made it in the Artist Cottage Cottage, a working artist […]...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) What can you add to Pixie tangerines that are perfect to eat on their own with their bright orange, easily separated, seedless segments? Even their size that is never over two to three inches in diameter is endearingly size. We recommend these “must-try” bakes! We used colorful Fla...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) It was a (rare) dark and stormy night in Los Angeles this past winter when Smithfield Foods brought in a Chicago-style party, part of a three-city tour, to introduce their take on Italian-influenced pork dish options to local chefs at Pistola-LA. The fashionable...
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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...
Pasadena’s beloved Craftsman restaurant and handcrafted cocktail bar celebrates Fall with Michelin Star Chef Paul Shoemaker’s Five-Day Staycation guest chef event at The Raymond 1886 through Saturday, November 14th, 2020. We loved the chef’s superb food at Montressor and wr...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) It took Dallas’ Bone-In Butcher Shop‘s enthusiastic owner-founder, John Sayklay with his partner-son Jake, a little bit of convincing to get me to try Texas Wagyu. That’s because I am a confirmed lover of the lean, double-muscled Piedmontese beef. (localfoodeater.com/piedmontese...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Popular says that the name “sundae” was created in response to the “Blue Laws” mandating ice cream sodas not be sold on Sundays because they were too “frilly.” This was because the “righteous” were very much against what they called “sucking soda” (especially on the Sabbath and the clerg...
(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...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Any conversation about beef always used to start by saying that my mother’s entire family of 15 were meat brokers. Now it begins with the story of Piedmontese beef. And Piedmontese Beef is a tale the finer things. Let me take you there. It is my favorite gift to beef lovers, because as much of...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 