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  • New Italian-Inspired Spaghettini Restaurant Cookbook and Ancient Hospitality

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) The absolutely perfect cloudless California weather was the final touch on new Italian-inspired Spaghettini Restaurant’s brand new patio to introduce their new cookbook, From Our Home to Yours by Chef Victor Avila – far out of reach of real-world worries. www.spathettini.com The 30-year-old Orang...

  • New, Next Generation Flavored “Tender Belly” Bacon and Pork Cloud (Rinds)

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) You notice immediately that the one pound package of   Tender Belly dry cured bacon looks smaller.  That’s because there is less fat.  That’s because the hogs are given enough time to mature, and the bacon is cured for two weeks. So you notice the instant it hits the pan that there is indeed ...

  • Posh International Pescatarian Chef Stephanie Harris

      Stephanie Harris-Uyidi, aka the Posh Pescatarian, producer and host of the popular travel-adventure-cooking TV series, The Posh Pescatarian: Appetite for Adventure, is the perfect chef to create new salmon recipes. Chef Stephanie promotes a plant-based diet that is supplemented with seafood as a way of life and a path to ...

  • Casablanca Market’s Finest Moroccan Products Go Global

          We found Casablanca Market harissa- not your typical harissa sauce.  That is because it’s made in Morocco in the most careful way.  Refined and rich, it’s the perfect addition to mild foods such as rice, couscous, pasta, hummus, and quinoa.  We’ve put Casablanca Market harissa on every dish possible fro...

  • How My Dad Mastered Italian Cooking in the 10th Mountain Division

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Admittedly my dad’s short-lived career with Italian cuisine catering was more ” front of the house” than a chef.  And Lee  (Zoli) Furth’s inspiration was to more to keep himself in his beloved Tenth Mountain division than culinary.  The 10th meant the best of both worlds after his ...

  • American Greensbury Market Beef: Paleo and Pocketbook Perfect

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Greensbury beef prepared simply in a skillet or broiled is so delicious and beautiful that this is the story.  The beef has the wondrously “clean taste” of grass-fed animals raised in a pasture.  This is because the cows are not fattened up by feeding them food they can’t digest well. Greensb...

  • Abhiruchi Grill in LA: “Delicious” in Indian (or any language)

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Abhiruchi is already arguably part the best family of Indian restaurants in Los Angeles.  It is the same team behind Annapurna (vegetarian) down the street on Venice Boulevard and in Pasadena are behind it. The name “Abhiruchi” translated into “delicious.”  It reminds us of the awa...

  • Greensbury Salmon: the Best, Healthiest – and the most PC

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) What can I say about Greensbury salmon after saying it is the best of the best. Salmon is already the most popular and about the healthiest fish in the world and Greensbury delivers the healthiest as fresh as it can possibly be.   And it is foolproof to prepare. How do I know? […]...

  • Cheeses of Europe Pop Up Store Visits Topanga Mall, October 21

    Cheeses of France, the leading resource for information on French Cheese and Butter in the U.S., France, will be hosting a fun, interactive pop-up event at The Westfield Topanga on Friday, October 20th and Saturday, October 21st.   Président Cheeses will be featured at the event. At this two-day event, “Fall I...

  • Premier Restaurant & Bar Makes “Old Traditions from New Russia”

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) “old Traditions from New Russia” is the motto of Premier Restaurant & Bar Banquet Hall – the old being the gorgeous, bountiful banquet tables and flowing “wodka” with new, refined Russian/French/middle easter fusion cuisine leading to a jam-packed evening of dining, music, da...