(Gerry Furth-Sides) The most popular cuisines in the world according to a recent study may surprise you as much as they did me. The findings are reported by pickyeaterblog.com which did a variety of research. Survey says: Italian and Japanese cuisines are the most popular worldwide. Why? As of 2023, each has been tagged mor...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) “Fried Chicken” in any language means an instant favorite. Fried chicken continues to be one of the top five most popular dishes in almost any country that serves it. And what’s not to like in any form of it, from buttermilk coated to extra spicy battered? Start with what Anthony Bourd...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Every city has that bigger-than-life place where you always take out-of-town visitors but rarely think of going on your own. Yamashiro is that place in Los Angeles. Its awe-inspiring city views and quirky charm kept it that way even when it was on its way to becoming dowdy and in decline [...
For one night only, Chef AC Boral, founder of Rice & Shine Eats and Chef Raquel “Roq” Jubran, chef/co-owner of Lasher’s Kitchen, will transport guests’ taste buds to the Philippines during a Family Feast pop-up dinner in celebration of Filipino-American History Month that takes place every year in October. The dinne...
(Roberta Deen) This well-received addition to the growing Las Vegas Filipino restaurant scene is visible from Highway 95 in North Las Vegas at Lake Mead Boulevard. Cutting Board Filipino Pub opened in the spring of 2016 to bring sophisticated, popular Filipino cuisine to Las Vegas. It is well worth a visit. I’ve passed i...
Dine LBC in Long Beach is expanding beyond its annual restaurant week event beginning in August by connecting diners and chefs for exclusive monthly pop-up style events. The first two of the Dine LBC pop-up events are scheduled for August 5 and August 6 ina currently undisclosed downtown Long Beach location. Long Beach Chef AC ...
“Hungry,” a film by Emmy Award-winning Logo Documentary Film, premiering on Thursday, November 17 at 9/8c on Logo, Chef Pink Delongpre (Bacon & Brine; Solvang, CA), Chef Sarah Kirnon (Miss Ollie’s; Oakland, CA) and Chef Dakota Weiss (Estrella and Sweetfin Poke; Los Angeles, CA) shatter the glass ceiling in th...
Chase Valencia (above) is the Co-Owner and General Manager of LASA, a popup restaurant project housed inside Unit 120 in Chinatown of Los Angeles. His and other migrant stories will be aired on the doc-series, The Migrant Kitchen, a series in co-production with KCETLink, a national independent public media organization. Pr...
Executive Chef Jeff Lustre’s menu, just in time for new full dinner service at Demitasse Roastery & Kitchen in Hollywood, brings with it unusual ethnic dishes. Lustre is inspired by his own use of French techniques and the flavors he experienced firsthand during his extensive travels in China, Southeast Asia, Ital...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 