(Gerry Furth-Sides) How do you promote a heartburn medicine to Millennials and foodies? PEPCID® has the medicine and Feastly has the event spaces and diner market. So by way of a New York PR company they partnered to create a series of dinners to trigger heartburn with chefs. Chef Bruce Kalman, known for his […]...
This month’s top tastes range from an all-American steak sandwich with fries to exotic fare such as a saffron-laced drink from India. The others are an exceptionally pretty crab cake, a Salvadoran pupusa with a touch of tradition and a Russian-Armenian pastry that is more than sinfully delicious....
(Roberta Deen) The Garden Lites company is focused on getting more vegetables into home menus and they are sneaky about it. Carrots and zucchini are the first two ingredients in their veggie-forward snack muffins. You would never suspect it from the flavors and textures of these moist little cakes. While we are not...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Masala Grill Indian Fusion Kitchen achieves the trifecta of unique intensely flavored regional food and inviting decor, plus hospitality both professional and friendly, that makes you wonder why every place cannot be like this. And did I mention free parking? Everything is such high quality and so well thou...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) The story here is that French dining is back. And, it is back in style. It’s a California-inspired and staffed, next generation of the innovative casual bistro style pioneered by Le St. Germain’s in the 1980’s (see below). This generation adds performance-kitchen informality and the in...
Sometimes things seem topsy turvy, as in Oregon wine. Southern Oregon may be the second largest growing region in the state, responsible for 22% of production, but when the Oregon Wine Trail made a stop in Los Angeles, most of the wineries pouring were from the Willamette Valley. Only a few were from the south....
Montrésor is simply dazzling, what you see when you enter and what you get on the plate. This is why, only a few weeks after opening, the wait to get in can take 1 1/2 hours on a Saturday night....
Hidden treasure maps of superb vegetarian and vegan small plates can combine into a filling meal at ethnic mainstream restaurants. Indian, Italian, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and even regional American comes to mind. Often so surprising and universally appealing, the dishes often are equally enticing to carnivores. T...
I drink wine often at home but gave it up while traveling in Turkey because alcoholic drinks are forbidden to Muslims, and I wanted to respect that. At a cocktail reception I attended, the cocktails were fruit juice, even though the hotel where this event took place had a beautiful bar....
You’re vegan. You’re gluten-free. Or both. And you’re hungry for Indian food. Where to go? Masala Grill, an Indian fusion restaurant that has plenty of contemporary diet options....
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 