(Gerry Furth-Sides) Founded in 1986, Mooney Farms in Chico, California is a third-generation certified, woman-owned family farm. (Read details below). When I had a problem with the bottle seal, I got an immediate response on how to use it properly! It is another case, like Capri gelato, of taking a European food item and adding ...
(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...
The Bone in Butcher Shop is a unique online, custom cutting operation. Creators John Sayklay and his son, Jake, are 3rd and 4th generation food service vendors. A passion for great food and great customer service is their legacy, just as a nutritional need for beef seems to be in my DNA because I come […]...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Ricardo Zarate’s Causita Restaurant in Silverlake, translates into “little friend,” perfect for the congenial Ricardo. Chef Ricardo serves his beloved Nikkei Peruvian food, refined Japanese-influenced Peruvian dishes. Culminating a decade-old career in Los Angeles, breathtaking Causita do...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Dim sum dates back to the 10th century when commercial travel elevated the city of Guangzhou (formerly Canton) to star dining status. (Please see the mind-boggling Michael Woods’ documentary, THE STORY OF CHINA). The leafy, spiffy neighborhoods of Guangzhou reminded me of spiffy, tree-lined Greenwi...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Even the voice answering the phone on just about the first ring at Delhi Belly sounds happy and welcoming. That would be Sagar Ghosh, co-owner-founder and sometimes these days, the manager, server, executive chef and interior designer, as needed. Ghosh is already well known for his elevated Indian cuisine,...
(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) Amy Riolo’s Italian Recipes and Mediterranean Lifestyle for dummies books both need to be up there on your bookshelf with Julia, The Joy of Cooking and New Larousse Gastronomique. She is a writer after my own heart, seeking out and sharing fascinating individual facts and trend...
Gerry Furth-Sides) Celebrate National Extra Dessert Day on September 6 and do it with the best cakes in the world! The Lemon Hazelnut Torte at Il Forno and the Swedish Princess Cake at Copenhagen Bakery are our two international, favorites, deserving of an article. For more “ethereal” desserts, please see: //lo...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Sublime: Duck! two ways at Chef Tony Dim Sum in Pasadena as Roast Duck and Minced Duck Lettuce Wrap. Duck! Confit at Le Vallauris in Palm Springs. Duck! Schwarma at Momed in Atwater. Chinese, French and Middle Eastern versions that are as original as they are elevated. Chef Tony Dim Sum menu in […]...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 