(Photos courtesy of Slaters 50/50 other than the root beer float) Slaters 50/50, Pasadena, CA, labeled the “upper-echelon” burger dining experience and “Home of the Original 50/50 patty” adds ethnic-inspired appetizers, Brunch and Bloody Mary Bar to a new “excesstacy” Relaunch Menu. Th...
You may have eaten many Greek salads, but probably not one that looks like this. Or seen such delicate, handmade stuffed grape leaves....
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Frida Mexican restaurant (group) proves that an ethnic restaurant can grow in number and also go casual while remaining one of the best because of their rich, authentic (consistent) dishes, colorful decor, and outstanding hospitality. Challenging to write about; easy to enjoy. The Frida location in Beverly...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, All photos courtesy of Nourished) Connecticut-bred Lia Huber may have grown up with a potato and ship appetite; she even surreptitiously traded veggies for beef with her sister at dinner. But it was the ancient cuisines and the traditions around them of the Greek, Italian, Mexico and Central American villages...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Happy International Sachertorte Cake Day! Viennese Sacher Cake, also known as Eduard Sacher Torte is possibly the most famous chocolate cake of all-time. Apricot jam is thickly spread between a chocolate sponge cake cut into three layers, and on the top and sides of the cake. The Cake is then iced with...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) The absolutely perfect cloudless California weather was the final touch on new Italian-inspired Spaghettini Restaurant’s brand new patio to introduce their new cookbook, From Our Home to Yours by Chef Victor Avila – far out of reach of real-world worries. www.spathettini.com The 30-year-old Orang...
Love mac and cheese, spaghetti and meatballs? Then you have to get “From Our Home to Yours,” the brand new cookbook from Spaghettini restaurant in Seal Beach....
(Gerry Furth-Sides) You notice immediately that the one pound package of Tender Belly dry cured bacon looks smaller. That’s because there is less fat. That’s because the hogs are given enough time to mature, and the bacon is cured for two weeks. So you notice the instant it hits the pan that there is indeed ...
Stephanie Harris-Uyidi, aka the Posh Pescatarian, producer and host of the popular travel-adventure-cooking TV series, The Posh Pescatarian: Appetite for Adventure, is the perfect chef to create new salmon recipes. Chef Stephanie promotes a plant-based diet that is supplemented with seafood as a way of life and a path to ...
The new tales of turkey “pope’s noses,” Salt Restaurant French turkey confit and East Indian Chai Turmeric brined turkey all have a substantial, if novel, global twist. Let’s start with the tale of the tailor “pope’s nose”, actually a gland that attaches the turkey’s feathers to its b...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 