(Roberta Deen and Gerry Furth-Sides) Virtually “hidden in broad daylight” in a sprawling Sunset Boulevard strip mall, the spacious, subdued interior of Kura Sushi Restaurant becomes the realm of a sophisticated Korean father-son team (Sunny and Daniel) offering the finest of seasonal and omakase dinner...
SymmetryBreakfast: 100 Recipes for the Loving Cook features the most important meal of the day no matter what time it is served. Michael Zee’s unconventional cookbook explores what breakfast is and what it means to people around the world. Zee’s 90 internationally inspired recipes are paired up with his glo...
Origin Cafe is already packed for breakfast and lunch and now chef/owner Aaron Clayton has invited us to sample his first-ever dinner service. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings the chef offers seasonal three ($30) or four ($40)-course menus. The food is refined, beautiful seasoned kosher, reflecting the chef’s high...
If Ethnic cuisines have cooked their way into the hearts of Los Angeles mainstream food events, Japanese reigned this past week-end at TASTELA’s Field to Fork, hosted by Amy Scattergood, Times Food Editor, and Michael Cimarusti, Chef/Owner of Providence and Chef/Partner of Connie and Ted’s. Representative of th...
September 16 is Mexican Independence Day – (Dia de la Independence to celebrate the “cry of independence” that started a revolt against the Spaniards in 1810. What better holiday to add to this than National Guacamole Day on September 16, honoring the indulgent, rich, satisfying and healthy dish th...
The biggest surprise about our meal at Fogo de Chão, (“fire on the ground”in Portuguese),the world’s leading Brazilian steakhouse/churrascaria, were the superb side dishes that stood up and sometimes above the Brazilian-born gaucho chefs’ authentic, superb grilled meats – from beef filet mignon to Brazil...
The “California Roll” above was the innovative name twist that made sushi familiar enough to American diners to give this then-exotic cuisine a chance. It one of the first stories that Chef Rika Yukimasa playfully wrote about as one of her posts to introduce authentic Japanese cuisine to an international audie...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) The “insider” tip for new Jo Jo’s Mediterranean Grill is that the mysterious, unidentified image on the menu turns out to be the famous, colossal ruins in Baalbek (Lebanon) to introduce Lebanese favorites featured on Jordanian owner’s Malik Haddad’s menu. Most commonly...
The party in its honor at the Japanese Consul’s residence was more than enough to prove the affection of the Japanese community for the film, KAMPAI! FOR THE LOVE OF SAKE and the national rice wine drink revered in the culture. It was thrilling to have one of the features players in the film, Marie […]...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) California-inspired favorite Italian dishes prepared with an abundance of the freshest, most straightforward ingredients with counter-service practical prices – bread products produced from sister Superba Bakery – is the ticket at Pitfire Pizza Company. And how does this work out? I...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 