(Gerry Furth-Sides) Acclaimed Primo’s Donuts, a family-owned LA favorite since 1956, is currently serving “Dodger Donuts” to celebrate the 2020 World Series. Owners Ralph and Celia Primo, avid Dodgers fans, invite everyone to share their excitement about the Dodgers being in the World Series, which they hope will help t...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, content and photos provided by Slow Food Conference 2020) The ongoing health crisis has refocused everyone’s attention on the central role of food and the importance of the food chain, in all countries around the world. On World Food Day, it is necessary more than ever to think about the food system, f...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Fresh seasonal produce, plus a continually evolving menu of prepared, smart, globally inspired meals are always “on the menu” at TERRITORYFOODS.COM. Customers have the option of new and always healthy meal choices each week, with many of the favorite meals threaded back into the rotation. Cu...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) October’s National Dessert Day this year features classic and new desserts, many that can be prepared with healthy snacks designed for the increase in demand due to more at-home lifestyle. This includes a sorbet sundae with healthy, flavor-infused nuts, for example. Vegan-friendly Maple Flavoured Bo...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, content and photos courtesy of Spice Bridge in Seattle) Touted as the UN of cuisine, Seattle’s new Spice Bridge features a new market concept focused global cuisine by those who know it best, cooks from the country of origin. Eight stalls are in place. The best part? Businesses are immigrant and ref...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, content courtesy of The Raymond 1886). Craftsman restaurant and handcrafted cocktail bar kick-off the fall season with an extraordinary spirits pairing dinner created by Chef David Féau for a Five-Day Staycation at The Raymond 1886, Tuesday-Friday, October 6 -10, 2020. The tasting Menu ($75 per person) ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Do you gauge a new cookbook like I do by how many recipes you’ve tagged to make? I tagged so many in Tara Teaspoon’s Live Life Deliciously, I ran out of tags! Another plus in a new cookbook is already loving the ingredients (sweeteners like maple syrup, molasses, dates in a salad), [&...
(Gerry Furth-Sides; all photos by Victoria Pearson) Alan and Heidi Jackson’s new Bull & Butterfly, now open for dinner service in the Playa Vista neighborhood near the beach, marks a new direction from casual to fine dining for the Jackson team. We have loved Chef Alan Jackson’s food since our first dinner at...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) The Kitchen at Descanso introduces two new Gourmet in the Garden meal options available for a beautiful meal al fresco under the trees on Descanso Gardens’ Magnolia Lawn, or for take-out at home. Gourmet in the Garden on Magnolia Lawn is a great way to enjoy the garden. The Kitchen at Descanso offers ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) NOMAD asian bistro in Long Beach, long a cornerstone of the exploding Long Beach community dining scene, has also been worthy of a destination dining as the only halal Chinese restaurant in North America. Manager Cary Huynh, who is a chef himself, exemplifies the hospitality and outstanding service. Bo...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 