(Gerry Furth-Sides) Let’s go straight to the grill poolside to tell the store of the “Aloha to Summer” event created by the SALT Restaurant at The Marina Del Rey Hotel, (//www.marinadelreyhotel.com). The festive “authentic Hawaiian” spirit made this event as extraordinary as “an island...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, Darien Morea) Globally- inspired dishes are featured by the vast array of restaurants at the upcoming Los Angeles Times ” The Taste,’ the annual festival celebrating the flavors of the world in Southern California style. Hosted by The Times’ Food staff and acclaimed L.A. chefs and barten...
Jet Tila, celebrity chef, judge on Food Network’s “Cutthroat Kitchen,” and author of the new 101 Asian Dishes You Need to Cook Before You Die joins the 20+ participants at this year’s Los Angeles LUCKYRICE Feast. (Above) The parties started this month. Here Jet has a bit of fun with fr...
Chef-owner Aron Robbins’ new global-inspired lunch program ($14-25) arrives just in time for summer in his spiffy new steak and seafood destination, SOCA in Sherman Oaks. It is as contemporary, as it is timeless. Chef Robbins and his staff capture the tastes of South America and Southeast Asia accented by Fr...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Icy glaciers, serene cloudless skies and a sense of the deep find their way into the wondrous new wines from the ancient regions of Valpolicella and Lugana in northern Italy. A cavernous, shadowy urban hall was the scene of a recent wine tasting in Los Angeles. But the wines carried guests away to...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Ysabel Restaurant is so dazzling — inviting straightforward American cuisine, unparalleled craft cocktails and extraordinary service set into a private space that takes the best of classic Mediterranean and overlays a spiffy West Hollywood tone to it –that on on a sunny spring Sat...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Bru’s Wiffle in Beverly Hills takes on a slightly ethnic riff on the casual “Waffle Joint.” Under the direction of the chef who created it, Ebru Fidan Caplan, all dishes are made from scratch, using only the freshest and finest ingredients. Popular menu items include the always fre...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) “Star” chef, Jeremiah Tower, the subject of Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent in every way deserves this film tribute, although in a much more fair depiction. The film was named after the chef’s own hero, Lucius Beebe, described as “The Last Magnifico” in James Villas’ Gourmet ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Serafina Sunset now offers a new Italian-inspired week-end brunch menu. Brunch from 11:30 AM to 4 PM at the breezy, very social means Friday, Saturday and Sunday. (www.serafinasunset.com). The opening of Serafina Sunset, fall of 2016, was the first California installment of the popular ...
(Gerry Furth-Side) It’s always reassuring to know you are being efficient when you eat the life-affirming historic Brent’s food – one sandwich is the equivalent of packing in three meals at once. So you can imagine how happy I was to learn how much history is a part of the mouth-watering package. For starte...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 