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  • Regal Cecconi Restaurant Covers Corona Charity

    Gerry Furth-Sides (charity content and photos courtesy of Cecconi).  Superpower Cecconi’s Restaurant in West Hollywood has always lived up to its heritage as the historic Venetian eatery credited with pleasing its guests in whatever way possible, including inventing classic carpaccio for one of them who wanted her meat a ...

  • Marino’s Ristorante Mother’s Day 2020 Stay-at-Home Edition

    Marino’s Mother Day Brunch Menu May 10, 2020 MENU On the breakfast side of things…. ASPARAGUS 18. Grilled Sacramento Delta colossal asparagus, poached egg, parmigiano reggiano POLENTA PANCAKE 17. Lily’s Farm eggs sunny side up, bacon,  roasted fingerling potatoes FARMER’S OMELETTE 16. Mozzarella and pance...

  • Festive Cinco de Mayo at Home Edition 2020

    (Gerry Furth-Sides, content at-home party courtesy Tommy Bahama) Cinco de Mayo commemorates the anniversary of Mexico’s 1862 victory at the Battle of Puebla over the French Empire. In Mexico, the commemoration of the battle that Cinco de Mayo celebrates continues to be mostly ceremonial, with strutting military parades or bat...

  • San Pedro Fish Market Feeds First Responders

    (Gerry Furth-Sides)  We were heartened to learn the  San Pedro Fish Market is donating World Famous Shrimp Trays to first responders across Los Angeles County. To date, San Pedro Fish Market has donated over 1,200 meals to front line healthcare responders across Long Beach, San Pedro and Los Angeles communities as a part of th...

  • Bilinski Natural Sausages Arrive for Delicious, Healthy Summer Fun Eats

    (Gerry Furth-Sides0 Bilinski’s Chicken Sausage and their new company,  High Peaks Plant-Based Sausage, arrive just in time for summer, fun meals.  They are also ideal for a quick yet healthful dinner.  They are made with whole, organic ingredients to keep everyone in the family on track to meet health goals as we weathe...

  • Mary’s Gone Crackers – Perfect Update to an Ancient Classic

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) A photo of Mary’s Gone Crackers immediately got my attention because I have already fallen in love with Scandanavian ground stone crackers at Trader Joe’s. And they are made right here in the U.S.  Mary’s Gone Crackers turned out to be just as wonderful, if not more interesting, healthy and less ...

  • Support Little Tokyo Business During the Current Crisis – Don’t Repeat History

    (Gerry Furth-Sides, Content from Go Little Tokyo)  What a wonderful opportunity the current crisis is to change social history by supporting Japanese American business in downtown Los Angeles during the pandemic.  The record in World War II for treatment of Asian Americans needs to be changed, and can be now.  The first thing...

  • Bake or Eat A Happy Easter at Home with Bunnie Cakes

      (Gerry Furth-Sides, all photos are courtesy of Bunnie Cakes) Bunnie Cakes knows it’s important to celebrate the little things now more than ever. It helps to bring smiles and laughter to those around us.  So the popular bakery is  committed to pushing forward in order to help families celebrate their special oc...

  • Greek Wines from Wildly Popular Santorini Island

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Santorini, often described as the ultimate of  the hundreds of Greek islands with whitewashed buildings tumbling down the dramatic hills to a pristine, turquoise ocean.  I speak from experience.  Fact:  sunsets have earned a reputation for being so spectacular that the price of a house is influenced by t...