Gerry Furth-Sides) Greater Los Angeles Area is the most culinary and culturally diverse place in the world. This year's ninth Los Angeles Food & Wine, August 22-25, sets out to display this ethnic diversity, plus showcase international culinary superstars, headed by 25 chefs...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Sir Winston’s Restaurant & Lounge on the Queen Mary in Long Beach presents a novel, tasty way for a first time visit or revisit to the historical ship with the new pre fixe Sunset Hidden Gem Menu. Winston Churchill enjoyed travelling in grand style by sea and crossed the Atlantic aboard the [&hel...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) The best part about Hatch Chili Season is that during its annual short one month or so duration, chefs and stores and restaurants go wild with wonderful new ways to use the chili. And each one is pretty fantastic. As for this writer, I just put the chili or the powder into everything […]...
Announcing the return of the Third Annual Pacific Wine and Food Classic to the beautiful Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort in Newport Beach, CA on Saturday, August 17, and Sunday, August 18, w-5 PM (Saturday is already sold out). Come and meet our friend, Chef Shachi Mehra of Adya Restaurants, among other superstars, at this O...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Yes, it is another one of those food holidays without a specific historic origin but (almost) everyone who loves oysters loves appreciates new versions from chefs, with favorites or new tries. Did you know there are over 100 different species of oysters? Or that they are typically named after the body o...
(Content and photos supplied by Dine LBC) Dine LBC – Long Beach (California) Restaurant Week returns August 3 – 11, 2019 with enticing ethnic options. . Participating restaurants and food retailers will be offering multi-course, “value-oriented” meals and special deals set at one of six price points: $5, $15, $2...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Gelson’s Markets “Taste of France” celebration includes not only samplings of authentic French products but breakfast, lunch and dinner meals ready to serve. The finest champagnes are also being offered in a new format. In the bakery, Taste of France offers croissant and brioche, and the v...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) We’ve been affiliated and supporting concern Foundation for a generation now, and even scooped ice cream for Robin Rose one year when the event took place in Beverly Hills on Rodeo Drive. Saturday evening July 13, 2019 Concern Foundation’s 45th Annual Block Party will be CALIFORNIA DREAMING to Conquer...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, photos are identified)India’s Tandoori Restaurant, Brentwood is already a neighborhood favorite that includes celebrities who hold gatherings there that can last an entire evening and turn the place into one big party – like the one we were at last Sunday. It is fitting then that beloved, dedi...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) This writer has always been enamored with the French sensibility, first with a fellow lifeguard at camp, then all films French and finally food. The finest dining LA restaurants and pioneer bistros. And now the current Gelson Market’s three-week July French promotion is especially exciting because s...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 