Food

Alchemist in the Kitchen at New Harissa Restaurant

(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...

Chef Danny Elmaleh, sbe’s East-West Mastermind

(Gerry Furth-Sides) Culinary mastermind, Chef Danny Elmaleh, shines with his award-winning sharable middle eastern plates at the third award-winning  Cleo location in Los Angeles, by sbe.   Every refined Japanese-Moroccan dish makes a statement, yet feels effortless and satisfying.  Even his older, original menu items, such ...

Chef Danny Elmaleh’s Japanese-Moroccan Family Favorites Reign at Gutsy Cleo (patra)

(Gerry Furth-Sides) Culinary mastermind, Chef Danny Elmaleh, shines with his award-winning sharable middle eastern plates at the third award-winning  Cleo location in Los Angeles, by sbe.   Every refined Japanese-Moroccan dish makes a statement, yet feels effortless and satisfying.  Even his older, original menu items, such ...

Do You Know the Difference Between Eastern and Western Easter Foods?

(Gerry Furth-Sides, Photos and Kontos Company content are courtesy of the company) Easter is the most sacred holiday for Eastern Orthodox Christians and Western Christians.  Each sect celebrates it differently.  And the more commercial Western version has the most fun of all, especially this year when takes place on April 1. /...

A Wily (Sam) Fox Captures WEHO with The Henry

(Gerry Furth-Sides) The Henry is known for being one of the “best neighborhood restaurants” in Phoenix.   “Neighborhood” also fits creator Sam Fox’s shiny, big 100,000 sq.ft (!) newest incarnation if you think of chic West Hollywood “neighborhood” as “neighborhood”.   The remodel of the huge spac...

Five Must-Try Old School Pappardelle Dishes to “Gobble Up” (and Why)

Pappardelle, the beautiful, large, broad, flat paste noodles fittingly got their name from the Italian verb,  “pappare”, “to gobble up”. It works for the paste standing up to heavy sauces or for every diners’ reaction.  Architects recognize only the color grey (unless they have to), and I recogni...

Where and How and Why to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

(Gerry Furth-Sides, photo credits as noted) St. Patrick’s Day has changed from a day of mourning for the patron saint of Erin into an Irish parade of rebellion against discrimination in American and finally into a joyous national celebration of all things Irish and green in food, drinks, and fashion to honor “the Eme...

Nandita Godbole’s Book is NOT FOR YOU

She’s “one of those women” who expresses a strong opinion about everything that concerns her and remains warm and engaging to every single person in a room.  She is an international Indian Woman on a Mission and knows how to make it happen. She is Nandita Godbole (Goad-ba-le), author of the recently published...

Ethnic Restaurants + Products Stand Out at PPLA Food Fare 2018

(Gerry Furth-Sides) New ethnic restaurants, newly renamed ethnic restaurants with expanded authentic menus and classic eateries with ethnic products for sale highlighted the best-ever event PPLA FOOD FARE 2018.   The feeling of genuine hospitality and generosity lent good cheer from beginning to end. And it all started with a...

Merguez Lamb Burgers from Famed SF Chef at Sun Basket

(Gerry Furth-Sides) The more we use Sun Basket meals, the more we love their refined ethnic inspired recipes such as this week’s Moroccan Merquez Patties with Warm Carrot Salad.  What sets Sun Basket apart is the extraordinary quality of their ingredients for the professional quality, inventive, ethnic-inspired meals fr...