(Gerry Furth-sides, photos courtesy of Applegate, French’s Mustard and Mimi’s Cafe). Three food imports for the table have become American staples, perfect for the Fourth July holiday and all year, Applegate, the nation’s leading natural and organic meat brand under the historic Hormel umbrella, is the C...
(Roberta Deen, food stylist, photographer) Simple Mills is a thriving young company founded by Katlin Smith. She holds the firm belief that clean “intentional ingredients” can be combined to create wholesome baked goods, easily used by home cooks. Each of the Simple Mills mixes is printed with clear instructions and ...
Bokksu Founder, Danny Taing, is becoming known as the “ambassador of Japanese snacks,” selling a million snacks to over 75 countries around the world in his company’s first two years in business. The company offers the only gourmet snack box sourced and curated directly from local snack makers in Japan, has grown...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) First of all, chef Jenn Segal generously shared with us, that the title of her new book, The Once Upon a Chef Cookbook: 100 Tested, Perfected, and Family-Approved was chosen only because a publisher came after her, after being impressed with her popular blog of the same name. And rightly so. Jenn’...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, photos courtesy of California Pizza Festival). World famous pizzerias headline the inaugural California Pizza Festival on July 28 – July 29 at Los Angeles Center Studios with unlimited pizza-samplings. World-renowned pizza chefs from Naples, Italy join 30 pizzerias from California, Arizona, Nevada, ...
The new award-winning Crustacean Restaurant beverage team welcomes in summer with a show-stopped lineup of Vietnamese-inspired seasonal cocktails, matched by a new Red Hour bar bites menu (the An version of “Happy Hour) to celebrate their newly remodeled space. Innovative Beverage director Peter Barriga heads up t...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, all photos courtesy of Dr. Dolly Alzenman) Dr. Dolly Alzenman’s, engaging Kool Kosher Kitchen: Collection of Recipes combines her passion for cooking with her vast knowledge of cultural and global recipes. Educator Dolly exemplifies the first rule of teaching: engage and motivate your stu...
(Roberta R. Deen, writer/stylist) The impeccable packaging was the first thing that impressed me about Harney & Sons when the gift box of sample teas arrived. The elegant black and gold gift box, with its embossed gold logo, emerged from the humble cardboard shipping carton. The sample box contained four black and...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) For Fathers Day, why not dine at a restaurant that a dad made famous and now is being cared for and expanded by a daughter? Antonio’s Pizzeria and Casa Vega have been lighting up restaurant way on Ventura Boulevard for 60 years apiece. These days, it’s “ladies night” in a dynam...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Cheers to the immigrant dads who originated successful restaurants now taken over by their sons or daughters. What better places to celebrate Father’s Day? First up is Kura Sushi Restaurant, the realm of a sophisticated Korean father-son team (Sunny and Daniel Son), offering the finest seasonal sush...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 