(Gerry Furth-Sides) This summer a Melting Pot Tour proved in the most fun way that you can visit an iconic (read “tourist) place and always learn more about it! Tour company owner Jodi Flowers, who combines midwest common sense with southern charm, led us to places that boasted 40 years or more at the market. […]...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Summer Sundays in Anaheim can be as sticky and hot as the original home of Mandi Biryani in Mandi (the name for this feast) in Hadhramaut, Yemen. We arrived for a meal here in the name of research because Banana Leaf Chef-Owner, Sri Sambangi, LocalFoodEater.com publisher, added Mandi Biryani platters his ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Welcome Hatch Pepper season! And it runs longest at Zapien’s Salsa Grill. The restaurant introduced this year’s early season which started in July, and the last pepper roast and special menu feast will be right outside the door on September 10. For detail please see: //thesalsagrill.com/events-2...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Celebrating Indian Independence Day when on August 15, 1947 the United kingdom proclaimed the Indian Independence Act and the country began its transition into a republic (January 1950). Independence came with partition along religious lines when British India was divided into the Dominions of India and Pakis...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) We welcome Tay Ho Restaurant Chino Hills, the second restaurant Vietname restaurant, lovingly named after the Tay Ho District located in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi. Like the flagship restaurant in San Gabriel, it serves authentic, delicious Vietnamese street food and eclectic Asian dis...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Returning after a two-year hiatus, half-century-old AltaMed Health Services, we were honored to attend the nation’s largest, independent federally qualified community health center held the 15th East LA Meets Napa Food & Wine Festival at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles. The ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Look what just arrived in the mail! Generous 25.8-ounce jar.bottles of Heka Saucery Egyptian Tomato Sauce! And in such sleek, luxurious wrappings it was tempting to leave them in the box. But, as new aficionados of tomato sauce, we were eager to try it! We also have long admired, co-founder Natalie Wiser-Oroz...
If Indian Sag Paneer were an American dish there would be no need to create a Popeye to get kids to eat spinach. Or me. I never tire of it. This is especially true after about a decadent month of candy and spirits, like now. And it is the perfect side dish that complements all foods. […]...
Muslims all over the world this week are celebrating Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Fitr, one of the religion’s principal festivals was celebrated in spring. Ken Chitwood, a scholar of global Islam, helped us understand the two Islamic festivals. Eid literally means festival or feast in Arabic. There are two major eids in the Islamic cal...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) We used to drive up to Oxnard on lazy summer evenings in the late ‘70s. The sleepy “main drag” was a scene straight out of American Graffiti. About the only thing missing was a Dairy Queen. Fast forward to the present and a revamped Oxnard. It still retains the best of ...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 