Events

  • Los Angeles Times’ The Taste 2018!

    Ethnic food is a natural at the annual Los Angeles Times’ The Taste celebrating the flavors of the world. Hosted by The Times’ editorial staff and acclaimed L.A. chefs and bartenders, The Taste takes place on the Paramount Pictures Studios backlot over Labor Day weekend (August 31-September 2). Each ticket grants acces...

  • Celebrate Hatch Chile Month 2018 with Panxa Cocina’s Menus & Roastings

      Panxa Cocina celebrates the coveted Hatch chile with a special Hatch chile tasting menu and a weekend “chile roast-out” during the entire month of September.  A portion of the proceeds going to New Mexico State University’s Chile Pepper Institute.  GREEN HATCH CHILE PANXA BURGER  (8 oz. beef patty, hatch green ch...

  • Meet the Hatch Chile “On Fire” at Market Events (Schedule Here!)

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) HATCH CHILE is here, and only for six weeks.   And they MUST be from Hatch, NM.   It is the altitude in this southern New Mexican area that infuses the unique characteristic, cold at night and hot in the daytime.  Like mesquite in the 80’s, New Mexican cooks have known about them […]...

  • Save the (Jewish) Deli Month (Aug 1 -31)

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) The third annual, nationwide National Deli Month returns to celebrate the dwindling number of New York style delis with special menus and a reason to put the spotlight on them.  The idea is to bring renewed attention to their unique and truly American businesses for the month of August. National Deli Month r...

  • A Must Attend: Angeleno’s Live & Dine LA 2018

    (Gerry Furth-Sides)  Angeleno‘s annual Live & Dine LA honors the city’s most distinguished chefs and restaurateurs that continue to shape and evolve L.A.’s ethnic culinary scene. With the luxe Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows at the foot of Wilshire across from the ocean as a background, the even...

  • Must Visit: Genghis Khan Exhibit at Ronald Reagan Library

    When we were growing up, my dad would tease us at the dinner table: if you don’t think the meat is tender enough, put it under the saddle, like your ancestors did!  Little did we know that not only did the galloping Mongol armies actually cook their meat this way as they conquered great swathes […]...

  • Must-Go! LUCKYRICE 2018 Celebrity Asian Chefs Share Family Recipes

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) LUCKYRICE Festival 2018 in DTLA, “Breaking Bao” is a must-go:  International Asian celebrity culinary stars and popular local chefs will be sharing their family recipes and stories passed down from generation to generation in this year’s exciting focus of We were already impressed with LUCK...

  • Roku, IDG Create New Concepts for dineLA July 13-July 27

    (Gerry Furth-Sides, all photos from IDG, dineLA).  Whenever people ask me where to go to eat, I always tell them to go to as many food events as they can to have a sampling of the chef’s choice and a meet-and-greet with the restaurant staff.   Chef-designed prix fixe menus give Los Angelenos an opportunity […]...

  • Pearl’s BBQ June 8- July 1 Picnic Deep in the Heart of DTLA

      (Gerry Furth-Sides) Pearl’s Texas BBQ celebrates a Good Ol’ fashioned five-day (June 27-July 1, noon to 9 PM) Fourth of July Texas Picnic, worthy of its name, right smack in downtown Los Angeles.   Live Music, Full Bar and ice cold Beer, Games and the best BBQ west of Texas headlines the event. Live Music from Al...