(Gerry Furth-Sides) Restaurants as beloved gathering places once defined neighborhoods, like the Raincheck and Rainbow in West Hollywood. Wolfsglen, blocks from UCLA, is reviving this trend in the once vibrant Westwood. Once home to the beloved Moustache Cafe, and a walk away from Alice’s Restaurant and Tannino’s, Wo...
You wouldn’t expect any ordinary cookbook signing by a restaurant. And this one for Spaghettini at Home was all that and more...
In the realm of international and especially Jewish or middle eastern cookbooks, Faith Kramer is as familiar and well-regarded as that of Claudia Roden, Joan Nathan and Faye Levy. Faith is a long-time writer in the field, both authoritative and ready to share and encourage in the most friendly, warm way. And, as expected, 52 [&h...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) You can taste the difference in Botticelli Pasta Sauces from the first spoonful. You understand why the term “premium” is used for the ingredients entirely sourced from Italy and made up in small batches. We opened the Spicy Vodka first, and then tried it on everything we could (see below). https:...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Any conversation with me about beef always used to start with my mother’s entire family of 15 all being meat brokers. Now the story is Jessica Formicola’s new, authoritative, illustrated, comprehensive and compact book, Beef It Up! //www.storey.com/books/beef-it-up/ The extensive, current in...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) We learned that Stella Barra has so much more than pizza when we went to celebrate “Beach Days,” there this year. The official and unofficial dates range from Italian Beach Day (a religious holiday) on August 15 to National Beach Day in the USA on August 30th, also an alert that September 17 [&hel...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) This summer a Melting Pot Tour proved in the most fun way that you can visit an iconic (read “tourist) place and always learn more about it! Tour company owner Jodi Flowers, who combines midwest common sense with southern charm, led us to places that boasted 40 years or more at the market. […]...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) When infamous celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsey took on the menu for Zayna Flaming Grill in Redondo Beach, he balanced and refined the seasonings of the Greek-Lebanese family recipes. Owner Raid Younis followed his instructions from then on. Chef Ramsey would be pleased with the results: consistently the best Med...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) A warm welcome on the phone even before you arrive starts your experience at Romano’s Macaroni Grill®, with a parking lot and everything is done to please you once you arrive. Before you even enter the inviting, softly lit, rustic dining room, this is the first family-friendly greeting you see inside ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) A few years back, I dashed into BOA STEAKHOUSE Santa Monica for meter change during the insane lunch hour traffic. The hostess herself ran back to her own purse for the quarters, and I have been telling this story ever since. BOA STEAKHOUSE bills itself as having “unrivaled hospitality”, along w...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 