(Gerry Furth-Sides) Faye Levy’s beautiful book, Feast from the Middle East, is a treasure trove of traditional recipes and cooking tips to explore the history and the preparation of Middle Eastern cookery. Faye, a native of Washington, D.C. whose experience at her family dining table was not very exciting to her, visite...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Tiny new Hasiba restaurant defies almost all rules for a successful restaurant. The is short menu is literally contained to ten dishes with two dozen seats cramped indoor seating and another dozen outside. Israeli and Moroccan dishes rule the menu, and kosher vegetarian ones at that. Adding to this esot...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) “what are your favorite dining spots” is the question I’m asked most often. And I love to answer with an ethnic surprise, whether it is a new place or a timeless classic. Answers are based on the overall experience that naturally includes memorable, delicious food; hospitality; ambianc...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, photos of “to-go” courtesy of sbe) sbe’s Cleo Third Street launches a new grab & go window concept, serving Mediterranean street food favorites. We are already major fans of Chef Danny Elmaleh’s cuisine and this is an opportunity to try it or to enjoy it outside the restaura...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) The first Taste of Israel Food and Wine Festival at the Majestic in downtown Los Angeles, was as wild as a bus ride in Tel Aviv. For starters, being Los Angeles on the Pacific Rim, sushi was one of the busiest booths. And with Los Angeles bordering Baja, David Slatkin offered tacos. All […]...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Brunch is now being served at Cleo on Third Street. And Chef Danny Elmaleh’s menu boasts all the energy, fun and chic design of the popular walking street. There is always something going on. The morning we went, light and refreshing Ketel One Botanicals were being featured. And so was crystal clea...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) International spices have come mainstream. Just one glance at a supermarket spice shelf today reads light years away from even a year ago. Spice Island’s New Line of Seasonings Inspire Global Cooking with product plus a website filled with details and recipes, and most of the sources. It goes al...
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 ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Just when it feels like you’ve had the full array of Chef Danny Elmaleh’s updated fusion classics at Cleo by sbe and at his family restaurant, Mizlala, the Japanese-Moroccan star creates a new “must-try” summer menu. Each one is exceptional, and there is a chef’s signature M...
(Darien Morea, photos by Gerry Furth-Sides) Got Kosher? Cafe, for nine years a well-known strictly Kosher cafe in the Pico/Doheny corridor, is rebranding itself with a new name – Harissa Restaurant. Owner/alchemist Alain Cohen wants his Westside neighborhood and beyond to come experience the expansion of the menu towards...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 