(Gerry Furth-Sides) “Customers have always said they don’t want to look at the eyes and tail! ” laughed Tuk Tuk Thai Restaurant owner, Katy, whose whole fish with red chili sauce ranks among the best dishes in the city, period.  “So we never featured them even though whole fish is a popular dis...
There are potato chips (most of which are addictively fun to eat) and there are “potato chips.”  Tim’s Cascade Snacks are “potato chips.”  Why? They are just thin enough to retain their strong have more of a snap; they are more flavorful, available in more varieties and more interesting varietie...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Pasta is the star of the Drago family restaurants.  And there are as many of them as brothers, even more these days, serving classic Sicilian and other Italian regional dishes with a sure hand. The legendary oldest brother Celestino (pictured above at a charity event honoring him), inspired the Pasadena r...
Taste of Mexico 2016,LA’s premier Mexican Food Culinary Festival, returned to the iconic LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes on Saturday, October 15th, 2016 to celebrate its 6th Annual Edition. Continuing to make history as the city’s staple event during Hispanic Heritage Month, Taste of Mexico treats guests to a curated selection ...
The Paso Robles CAB (Cabernet And Bordeaux) Collective (PRCC), www,pasoroblescab.com, will hold its annual CABs of Distinction Grand Tasting on Friday, October 14.  The highly anticipated event brings consumers face-to-face with acclaimed producers of over 75 different Cabernet and red Bordeaux varietals from Paso Robles. Th...
(photo The Raymond 1998) Executive Chef Tim Guiltinan goes all out in his regular menu at our favorite The Raymond 1886 in Pasadena.  He celebrates Taco day  all day long with Suckling Pig Tacos Al Pastor, rich with pineapple, avocado and salsa rosa. Pair these elevated tacos with any one of 1886 Bar’s extraordinary mez...
(Roberta Deen and Gerry Furth-Sides) Sensuous, intensely seasoned, crackly, whimsically shaped and in gloriously color, Indian snacks are irresistible. Is it because these technicolor beauties are actually elevated (although somewhat ancient) savory versions of onion rings, pancakes, fried chicken and dough...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Thai people own a reputation for open-door hospitality plus a love of pomp and circumstance.  They boast of their brilliant, colorful, balanced and varied cuisine.  After all, they are a country that has never been conquered by outside forces – they seem simply to invite potential invadersÂ...
Executive Chef Jeff Lustre’s menu, just in time for new full dinner service at  Demitasse Roastery & Kitchen in Hollywood, brings with it unusual ethnic dishes. Lustre is inspired by his own use of French techniques  and the flavors he experienced firsthand during his extensive travels in China, Southeast Asia, Ital...
As if the Market Table choices were not difficult enough to resist at the  Fogo de Chão churrascaria party, chefs have just added brand new fall menu dishes to the array (spring on this southern continent!)(//fogodechao.com) Each dish, such as the textured Pear & Endive Salad, highlights the rich tradition o...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 