(Gerry Furth-Sides) Faye Levy’s beautiful book, Feast from the Middle East, is a treasure trove of traditional recipes and cooking tips to explore the history and the preparation of Middle Eastern cookery. Faye, a native of Washington, D.C. whose experience at her family dining table was not very exciting to her, visite...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) This insiders guide to mideastern cuisine, the 2019 trending darling of the culinary social briefly defines the ancient and modern of the most popular items of this fascinating and universally appealing cuisine plus a quirky fact to impress your table mates! To start with, The Middle East includes the regi...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Festive Casita del Campo in Silverlake offers game viewing on a large projector screen with surround sound, right next to the bar. Enjoy delectably authentic Mexican cuisine, handcrafted margaritas and ice-cold beer as you cheer on your favorite team. Casita recently introduced Draft Beer selections by the ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Tiny new Hasiba restaurant defies almost all rules for a successful restaurant. The is short menu is literally contained to ten dishes with two dozen seats cramped indoor seating and another dozen outside. Israeli and Moroccan dishes rule the menu, and kosher vegetarian ones at that. Adding to this esot...
Romano’s Macaroni Grill is offering a free bowl of Mom’s Ricotta Meatballs + Spaghetti through Jan. 23 (or until the shutdown ends) between 11 AM – 4 PM at 84 U.S. locations. WHO: Romano’s Macaroni Grill, a national restaurant chain with award winning Italian food, is offering a free meal to all furloughed governmen...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Restaurant owners involved in creating outlet chains overseas are following USA entrepreneurs who are always on the lookout to expand their concepts. This year the standout trend on both sides of the ocean follows the American movement of ethnic- influenced American dishes in classic casual multi-unit diner...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Even foods known to be healthy and delicious since ancient times need to be renewed and improved these days. We spotted trends in 2018 that we predict will become mainstream. They range from beautifully colored foods being used to describe clothing, foods used as party floral decoration and bouquets, t...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) It is fitting that OSSO GOOD’s very first brick and mortar in LA is located on blockbuster 3rd Street within walking distance from the Original Farmer’s Market. Founder-owner, Meredith Cochran, told us that as soon as she drove down Third Street on her Los Angeles scouting trip, &#...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, earthenware photos courtesy of Janelle) Just one look at this striking, gorgeous Polish earthenware brings proud Polish-American lifestyle icon Martha Stewart to mind. In fact, I’ve done that myself whenever a few of the colorful pieces on a store shelf caught my eye. Now Elle Łoś-Englander mak...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, Kayco and Tuscanini Foods images courtesy the company.) Kosher bacon? Kosher Tuscan pasta? Why not? Although kosher food follows strict dietary laws for cleanliness and health, it adds, if anything to the taste and freshness and takes away nothing. The concept is, in fact, part of a budding movement...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 