(Gerry Furth-Sides) Meg and Mary drive in from Malibu to Brentwood Pressed Juicery (www.pressedjuicery.com) for their Freeze snacks at least twice a week they told me. The “Freeze” (above) is the “vanilla” and “fruit” with raspberries (which replaced the mochi dots. The Fr...
Terroir in the world of wine is everything. It provides invaluable clues as to the particular soil, climate and locale where a grape or bottle of wine was produced. And the Loire Valley has it all. Known as the garden of France, the land of castles, the place where the purest French is spoken, the array […]...
(Roberta Deen and Gerry Furth-Sides) Stepping through the magnificent wooden doors into intimate (26-seat) Q Sushi on a blazing hot day in DTLA, Tokyo-bred Chef Hiroyuki Naruke’s Edomae-style Sushi takes you back centuries to the best of the Edo period. It is distinguished for simplicity, timeless refinement and...
(Roberta Deen and Gerry Furth-Sides) Virtually “hidden in broad daylight” in a sprawling Sunset Boulevard strip mall, the spacious, subdued interior of Kura Sushi Restaurant becomes the realm of a sophisticated Korean father-son team (Sunny and Daniel) offering the finest of seasonal and omakase dinner...
SymmetryBreakfast: 100 Recipes for the Loving Cook features the most important meal of the day no matter what time it is served. Michael Zee’s unconventional cookbook explores what breakfast is and what it means to people around the world. Zee’s 90 internationally inspired recipes are paired up with his glo...
A new Japanese and a Latin Pavilion among the new products representing the infusion of ethnic foods done mainstream at the Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Over 10,000 restaurant and foodservice industry professionals viewed these and other new products and services from 40...
Origin Cafe is already packed for breakfast and lunch and now chef/owner Aaron Clayton has invited us to sample his first-ever dinner service. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings the chef offers seasonal three ($30) or four ($40)-course menus. The food is refined, beautiful seasoned kosher, reflecting the chef’s high...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) A festive crowd ready to explore “bites” repenting “LA’s Culinary Landscape” discovered Mexican, African and Middle-Eastern cuisine added to the Asian influence at THE TASTE’s Sunday Block Party. Friendly Paramount Studio guards opened the gates at 11; the...
If Ethnic cuisines have cooked their way into the hearts of Los Angeles mainstream food events, Japanese reigned this past week-end at TASTELA’s Field to Fork, hosted by Amy Scattergood, Times Food Editor, and Michael Cimarusti, Chef/Owner of Providence and Chef/Partner of Connie and Ted’s. Representative of th...
September 16 is Mexican Independence Day – (Dia de la Independence to celebrate the “cry of independence” that started a revolt against the Spaniards in 1810. What better holiday to add to this than National Guacamole Day on September 16, honoring the indulgent, rich, satisfying and healthy dish th...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 