(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 ...
There’s something different about this Indian cauliflower dish. The difference is, I’ve made it with tender sweet flowering cauliflower, called fioretto, instead of the usual clumpy florets....
(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. /...
(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...
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...
(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...
(Photos courtesy Emi Rose Photography) Yassmin Sarmadi and Executive Chef Tony Esnault will be celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year, with a traditional Five-Course Nowruz Tasting Menu and optional wine pairing, specially prepared and curated by Executive Chef Tony Esnault and Partner, Yassmin Sarmadi’s mother Shamsi Katebi...
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...
Pick up the novel “Not For You” and you may not be able to put it down. That is if you want to learn what Indian village life is really like. The stories interwoven in the book tell of huts plastered with dung, days spent in hot fields, lives that are poor but rich and […]...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) ” Cochon555, the LA stop toward the national finals is still the comprehensive celebration of the pig! We have been honored guests the past three years. For more information, visit www.cochon555.com. For more details on past parties, please see: //localfoodeater.com/this-whole-piggy-sta...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 