We found Casablanca Market harissa- not your typical harissa sauce. That is because it’s made in Morocco in the most careful way. Refined and rich, it’s the perfect addition to mild foods such as rice, couscous, pasta, hummus, and quinoa. We’ve put Casablanca Market harissa on every dish possible fro...
The Beckmann family who created the Jose Cuervo tequila company is one of the world’s leading examples of descendants of an immigrant keeping the original vision of a company while expanding it for two centuries. Family-owned, the company today is run by the Beckmann family, direct descendants of Don Jose Antonio de Cuervo...
Israeli-born Sima Cohen’s energy seems to bounce right out off the pages of her new Healthy Indulgence cookbook. Not two days after we met Sima at Melissa’s workshop, she had thanked each and every one of my emails and requested our permission to be put on her mailing list. Clearly, a go-getter and we want to [&...
Even if you never go to Turkey, you can still taste its wonderful food through the book “Istanbul and Beyond” by Robyn Eckhardt, with photographs by David Hagerman, her husband. The subtitle of the book is “Exploring the Diverse Cuisines of Turkey,” which they did by getting off the beaten track, dropping...
Award-winning, widely-published and highly respected food writer, Robyn Eckhardt, with photographer-husband David Hagerman’s location photography, brings “her personal vision of regional Turkish cuisine” in the new cookbook-travelogue, ISTANBUL AND BEYOND. Robyn’s s far-ranging exploration takes readers on t...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Admittedly my dad’s short-lived career with Italian cuisine catering was more ” front of the house” than a chef. And Lee (Zoli) Furth’s inspiration was to more to keep himself in his beloved Tenth Mountain division than culinary. The 10th meant the best of both worlds after his ...
Our stamp of approval goes to Chef Daniel Son’s sharing his usual 4 perfect versions of KATSU SANDO” “cutlet sandwiches” at Kura Sushi Sunset Sunday evenings only, from 6 PM until the food is sold out. Chef Daniel became obsessed with the historic street food, Yōshoku translating into a Japanese twist on European ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) What I wouldn’t have done for Nona Lim on-the-go soups when I was a researcher for the LA Board of Education, both in the field and in their downtown office! They provide a nutritious, tasty meal of bone broth and other flavors in a cup – no bowl needed — filled with Asian flavors...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Greensbury beef prepared simply in a skillet or broiled is so delicious and beautiful that this is the story. The beef has the wondrously “clean taste” of grass-fed animals raised in a pasture. This is because the cows are not fattened up by feeding them food they can’t digest well. Greensb...
Even plain tomato soup stands out at Abhiruchi Grill. That’s how good this new South Indian restaurant is. Although just opened, there’s plenty of experience behind it, because Abhiruchi is part of the Annapurna group of restaurants. The original, Annapurna Cuisine, is a few blocks east on Venice Boulevard in Culver ...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 