Authors

Gerry Furth-Sides

gerry@localfoodeater.com
Photojournalist, Gerry Furth Side's media experience ranges from Newsweekeditorial/TV to writer/editor of the Southern California section of Frommer Guidebooks and a decades- long stint doing west coast TV tours representing the California Growers Association. Her book writing credits include The Los Angeles (Walking) Food Guide; Tommy Tang's Asian cookbook. Gerry produced two dinners with LA chefs for the James Beard Foundation in New York. She was editor of the American Institute of Food & Wine; The Southern California Culinary Guild; Women's Culinary Alliance newspapers. She wrote the Cecil Pennyfeather columnist for the Beverly Hills Courier in conjunction with hosting the chef segment of the TV Show, East-West Therapies. She is completing the book-directory on LA ethnic food: A Long Way to Go for Dinner.

Barbara Hansen

A native Los Angenelo, Barbara Hansen writes about ethnic food for the blog, www.tableconversation.com" , as well as the LA Times Daily Dish and The Cook's Cook. A staff member of the Los Angeles Times for many years, she has been a regular contributor to the LA Weekly and Saveur Magazine. Barbara is a James Beard Award winner in the wine and spirits category for an article on mezcal in Oaxaca. She has written four cookbooks: Mexican Cookery; Southeast Asian Cooking: Menus and Recipes From Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines; Cooking California Style; Good Bread, and a revised edition of the Southeast Asian cookbook with new format and new recipes. By request, she wrote Guidebook to Korean restaurantsin Los Angeles. Barbara is an avid world traveler and considered an authority on Indian and Mexican food.
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Chef-owner Alain Cohen

Chef-owner Alain Cohen’s mission is to expand awareness of how delicious kosher food can be. He creates food from international cuisines "that happen to be kosher."

Alain menus in his Sephardic inspired Got Kosher? Cafe, bakery, commissary and catering company are spiced with North African ingredients. Specialties include his award-winning (LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE top 100 food items of 2012) thin-crust pretzel challahs and rolls, and authentic merguez sausage, the classic Tunisian sandwich offered in three versions, couscous and grilled menus. The Tunisian- born chef starting working in his family’s landmark Parisian restaurant, Les Ailes, (The Wings) and learned the power of creating artisanal sandwiches with Nancy Silverton at LaBrea Bakery, where he was manager.

Roberta Deen

Roberta Deen was chef-owner of Capers Catering company for 25 years. She was the opening chef for the Along Came Mary, Inc. Catering company, where her made-from-scratch, gourmet ethnic food helped put the company on the map. Chef Roberta gained recognition as a recipe tester for Bon Appetit Magazine in Los Angeles and catered the publication’s staff holiday parties. She has lived in Europe, Asia and the southwest.

Jose Martinez

Jose Martinez is the founder and editor of LAdineNclub.com and an award-winning author and seasoned journalist who covers food and cocktails

Nivedita Basu

When I started my blog in 2019, I never imagined it would take me this far. As a student in school, I always doubted my writing abilities, but it also helped me grow from there. My previous title was Psychology Intern, and now it stands as Associate Content Writer at Clorder. I recently also got one of my poems published in a book that will be out soon. Writing will always be a part of my life. Along with this, Psychology also intrigues me and I want to learn more on the subject. This is me in a nutshell. In my free time, I like reading books, playing the guitar, watching movies and TV shows.
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Sameeksha

From only a reader to a writer, words have always been one of my closest friends. This subconsciously provoked me to learn more. Resulting in enrolling for an undergraduate degree in Literature, Journalism, and Psychology.
Everything is better expressed when penned down, or so I believe.
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