(Gerry Furth-Sides, photos courtesy of the Strawberry Festival) Strawberry tacos, strawberry pizza, berry kabobs are only a few of the more unique strawberry offerings at the California Strawberry Festival 35th Anniversary Celebration, May 19 and 20, at Strawberry Meadows of College Park in Oxnard. This strawberry celebra...
The FLATS has a new meaning in Beverly Hills: Artisanal “Flats” or Flat Bread Pizzas prepared in a wood-burning oven star on the menu created by Michelin-starred Executive Chef Paul Shoemaker is the first. The second meaning refers to the community south of Sunset – a crucial matter as observed in the film, “Clueles...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Cochon555, the premium food, wine and spirit celebration and live-event series, returns to LA on Sunday, March 11, 2018, at the Viceroy Hotel, Santa Monica. It is the comprehensive celebration of the pig! We have been honored guests the past two years. For more information, visitwww.cochon555.com or fol...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) You notice immediately that the one pound package of Tender Belly dry cured bacon looks smaller. That’s because there is less fat. That’s because the hogs are given enough time to mature, and the bacon is cured for two weeks. So you notice the instant it hits the pan that there is indeed ...
The new tales of turkey “pope’s noses,” Salt Restaurant French turkey confit and East Indian Chai Turmeric brined turkey all have a substantial, if novel, global twist. Let’s start with the tale of the tailor “pope’s nose”, actually a gland that attaches the turkey’s feathers to its b...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Greensbury beef prepared simply in a skillet or broiled is so delicious and beautiful that this is the story. The beef has the wondrously “clean taste” of grass-fed animals raised in a pasture. This is because the cows are not fattened up by feeding them food they can’t digest well. Greensb...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) We’ve had Adam Fleishman’s business card filed almost since Umami burst onto the scene, as a reminder of his personal invite to Umami Burger and an interview. We didn’t realize at the time that this enthusiastic, approachable guy was the owner-creator. Thank you, Umami Burger’s R...
When I first read the ingredients on a protein bar package (after buying a case when I was out all day working on a field project), I almost fell off my chair. Sugar and processed food ingredients dominated the list. Now, even though the new healthy Munk Pack Protein Cookies tastes more like a protein bar than [&hell...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Gourmet Basil & Pomegranate Natural Lollipops, not Tootsie Pop suckers, first come to mind when I think, “candy on a stick.” This .75 ounce, sweet and savory, foresty beauties vary slightly from one another because they are hand-poured into molds. Bits of the fruit and herb extended crea...
FRENCH’S® MUSTARD HOSTS THE NO MORE KIDS WITH CANCER “MUSTARD CHALLENGE” for NATIONAL MUSTARD DAY SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, (Gerry Furth-Sides, all images are courtesy of French’s Mustard Company) This year, French’s Mustard is hosting the fundraiser for “No More Kids with Cancer”. The company will...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 