Any excuse is good enough reason to write about Frank Sinatra for me. Mario Marino was recently tapped to host the Frank Sinatra-Audrey Hepburn exhibition at Bergemot Station to usher in the year of the Sinatra centennial, co-sponsored by KJAZZ and The Grammy Museum. He was already legendary when he became a long-time customer o...
Named in honor of a town near the Taj Mahal, Agra Café is as praised among experts for serving properly spiced and consistent authentic regional dishes, such as Balti as it known among USC students for being about the most popular Indian restaurants in Los Angeles. Tucked in the back corner of a small shopping plaza, [&hel...
Inotheke, a contemporary dining destination from Carolos Tomazos, is now open in Santa Monica. The dining room and bar showcases modern Greek warm, lighthearted hospitality while taking its cuisine and spirits seriously. Even the name is written in Greek. Hints of the Mediterranean Island, Cyprus, (Tomazos’ homeland)...
(Gerry Furth-Sides)Tart Restaurant Chef Keith Shutta has created a satisfying fun feast for the season minus the fuss or time in the kitchen. The special seasonal dinners are available from November 15th-27th, 12pm-10pm daily. The dinner, like the restaurant and the regular menu itself, is a mishmash of styles and ideas, a...
SLS Hotel in Los Angeles celebrated WORLD TAPAS DAY, October 22, in style with traditional and modern “small bites,” La Rioja wines and a “Cortador de Jamon” carving the famous Jamon Iberico. The best news is that the tapas continue to be available on the Bazaar menu. The scene was fittingly the American home ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Known for their flavor-intensive Indian cuisine and lush interiors in the Los Angeles area, the family group’s newest restaurant in Westlake, Anarbagh Indian Restaurant, is ready to join their four other eateries as a “best Indian restaurant” designation. It’s easy to sit back and enjoy th...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, Los Angeles) “A Taste of Tomorrow,” food and job mixer, the first of its kind annual event designed to elevate lives and motivate the taste buds of youthful current and future food professionals, was met with bursts of enthusiasm by all participants. The site was historic Hollywood High School; a &...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Decades old, Peacock Gardens Restaurant and Banquet Room in Diamond Bar has earned ZAGAT Senior Editor’s affectionate distinction of “ institution.” He himself praised the restaurant as “Best Indian Restaurant” in the area. In fact, my friends in Walnut singled it out for me years ago wi...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Joyous, Chef-owner, Boda Nirouia, renews Gate of India, an old Hollywood mainstay since the 198o’s, with his gift for contemporary Indian cuisine fusion. Chef Boda’s dishes shows a light, deft hand at incorporating fusion elements that elevate the most ordinary Indian dishes. Here radish sprouts, ...
(Dalia Miller, C-CAP Advisory Board Member, Los Angeles). The third annual Ventura County Farm Day on September 26, 2015 brought out two dozen C-CAP guests for a day-long bus tour that included visits to farms plus a grand BBQ dinner at Limoneira Ranch in Santa Paula. They joined about200 of the 2000 partic...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 