What’s it like to attend One Michelin-starred chef Italian dinner? Italian One Michelin-starred chef in 2014, 2015 and 2016, Felice Sgarra, Executive at UMAMI Ristorante, Andria, Italy, and his brother Roberto, sommelier were flown all the way from Italy to prepare the post-premiere dinner for Cinema Italian Style open...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) With as well-respected a food writer as Barbara Hansen excitedly reminding me weeks in advance about Dorie Greenspan’s new book, Everyday Dorie to be introduced, there was no way I could not go. Barbara is a cookie fan and love’s Dorie’s cookie books. I found that lively, intelligent, know...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) We knew immediately from the invitation for a new, modern kaiseki restaurant experience presented by INN ANN Los Angeles, JAPAN HOUSE, that it would be exquisite. We had already experienced the superlative food of first guest chef, Taro Araki, Executive Chef for the Los Angeles Consul-General of Japan. //...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) I love French cuisine, and with a well-respected cookbook author like Barbara Hansen singing the praises of Susan Herrmann Loomis’ there was no way I going to miss the presentation of this French expert’s brand new (13th) cookbook, FRENCH GRILL. The award winning book author and enormously pop...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, photos of “to-go” courtesy of sbe) sbe’s Cleo Third Street launches a new grab & go window concept, serving Mediterranean street food favorites. We are already major fans of Chef Danny Elmaleh’s cuisine and this is an opportunity to try it or to enjoy it outside the restaura...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) It ranges from invigorating to revitalizing and the last song at the House of Blues Gospel Brunch at the continually growing Anaheim Gardenwalk said it all, “Oh Happy Day”. In fact, you might be part of the audience to end up on stage waving dancing to celebrate a birthday, according to brunc...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Chef Nick Shipp goes all out to trail blaze dishes from his big, wild Texas imagination. And they are going to appear on his table only once inside the glassed-in front private room . “Too much work to do on a regular basis,” he laughs at every event. So at this point no […]...
(photos courtesy of Tim Johnston Photography) Harbison from Cellars at Jasper Hill in Vermont has been named the Best American Cheese at the 31st edition of the World Cheese Awards in Bergen, Norway following a record breaking 3,472 entries being judged in a single day at the city’s iconic Grieg Hall. With a total of eigh...
The first-ever. 3-day Los Angeles Coffee Festival takes place from Friday, November 9 to Sunday November 11 at The Magic Box @ The Reef. The event will feature a number of elements for coffee geeks and foodies alike, including a Coffee Cocktail Bar, Latte Art Live, and The Lab, as well as the Ultimate Food Experience...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Georgia is generally recognized as the birthplace for domesticated wine, with a history dating back to 6,000 B.C. and wines continuing to be made by many families in the country’s fertile valleys in the South Caucasus Mountains. See our article on the stunning Georgian wine we wrote about as the new darl...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 