STAR-STUDDED LINEUP SUPPORTS RESTAURANT HIGH’S “TASTE OF TOMORROW,” ON OCTOBER 14 TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND CAREER PATH OF THE NATION’S YOUTH ((Gerry Furth-Sides, LOS ANGELES, CA) — Chef and restaurateur Carla Hall from ABC’s The Chew, producer, entrepreneur and television personality will be in support of incre...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, Los Angeles)New, dedicated owner-chef Durga’s authentic Nepalese and South Indian dishes are only part of the ambitious revamp of Shalimar Cuisine of India (Culver City Raintree Plaza) from neighborhood mainstay into a “best of Indian” restaurant. Details, such as offering Mustang bee...
(reprinted with permission from Lisa Deutsch’s Cultural Wanderings blog) We had the pleasure of dining at India’s Tandoori today and we feel the same way we felt after our spice plantation tour of Goa, awed by the variety, intense flavor and richness of India’s abundant spice palette. India’s Tandoori dining room is ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Even in its second month neighborhood “buzz” and new regulars regularly fill New Tamarind Cuisine of India Restaurant in Sherman Oaks. When we ate at Tamarind last week, one of the customers walked over just to say that the owner of the cleaner business next door sent him in to Tamarind, and he [&hell...
Torrance Tavern owner John Shapiro’s South Bay beach town neighbors at 24th and Strand unknowingly inspired him to open his brand new pub. They inspired him by throwing parties at their place and serving beer served fresh from their bathtub. Yeah, the neighbors were Strand Brewing Co. founders, Marcello Joel Elliott and Jeff...
French Chef, Isabelle Azoulai,has been at the apex of a new wave of fast food alternatives in France that focus on seasonal and healthy pre- portioned and pre-packaged meals, freshly made every day. She need only say that she was formally trained by Alain Ducasse and in Robuchon’s Atelier to establish her credentials. Ha...
Live & Dine LA: Celebrating Angeleno’s Sweet 16 on Sunday, September 20, from 3 to 6:00 p.m. at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows (101 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401). This is a must-do event with top marks in the event department since its first year at the turn of the century. This is […]...
Asian Fusion Brings Banh Mi to the Westside (Lisa Deutch) There’s a new Asian spot that we’ve driven by at least a dozen times without noticing it. We stopped in at Asian Fusion today and were beyond surprised to find an impressive Vietnamese kitchen tucked inside. The menu is an eclectic mix of Vietnamese, Chines...
My grandfather grew okra for me. He tended the bushes carefully, harvesting and freezing it so he’d have some when I came to Texas to visit. I’d walk out to the back porch, move the cases of Coke bottles off the deep freeze onto the painted cement floor. Lifting open the freezer, I’d marvel at the bags of f...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Cafe de Olla Corretto, a beauty of a drink, was first created for me one hot, lazy day in South Pasadena this summer at the AROLATIN bar. And there is no hotter or lazier than on this quaint street. Alejandro Chavez revamped and elevated the drink for us. His recipe goes thusly: Café de […]...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 