(Gerry Furth-Sides) New Food Products with an Ethnic Pedigree to Try range from pure Hellenic Gaea Greek Glaze to pure Virgin Coconut Oil from the tropics and Avocado spray from Mexico and Not Ketchup created in Santa Monica by way of ancient China. We start with Gaea Greek Glaze, crema di oymelo, the ancient balsamic. ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) A visit to Oxnard is like stepping back into time (think Ray Bradbury’s book, Dandelion Wine, and American Graffiti) . Our five reasons why: the Salsa Festival, the Farmer’s Markets, Moqueca, the Maritime Museum and 27 Mexican restaurants. The competition remains a wonderful, small town, se...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Salt Rox. If you’ve ever eaten food prepared on this absolutely beautiful surface that mirrors the look of natural pink quartz you know this is true. We were first introduced to this extraordinary rock at a spectacular party hosted by the California Restaurant Association as a closing event to a fo...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Even the names of new (or “improved”) products prove intriguing enough for a try: Himalayan Salt Table Cook-Top, Bear Paws and Burger Lifts — and the book, Salt Block Cooking. Each of them has earned high marks in our own kitchens. Salt Rox. If you’ve ever eaten food prepared on t...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Bear Paws are so appealingly tactile they look like a play toy although they really are the tool to help prepare American regional or international dishes. They just about scream out how far we’ve come from a stick over a fire! And of course they are “the tool” for finishing off ...
France’s largest white wine producing region, The Loire Valley, celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Quincy appellation with special wine tasting opportunities at US restaurants. In August of 1936 Quincy was the first Loire Valley appellation to receive an AOC (Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée)status – Controll...
Based in West Hollywood, Nuts About You is a popular line of almonds in creatively flavored coats. These include the Latin-trendy Sweet Sriracha and the Japanese Green Matcha Tea and tropical Coconut along with the very American Regional, Cookies n Cream. They are softer than raw or roasted almonds and are as satisfying a...
“If I didn’t have a grill to use this on, I would go out and buy one,” was the only thing I could think of when I opened the GRILL DADDY packing box. The tools are the “muscle car” of cooking equipment, bringing the caveman culinary method of cooking meat or poultry over a fire […]...
Melting Pot presents an insider’s look at the Thai Town neighborhood of Los Angeles with local celebrity chef, Jet Tila. It is a rare appearance by the chef with his busy schedule and the tour has been met with enthusiasm since its inception in December 2012. Tour guests have the exclusive attention of celebrity C...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Travelers can offset dining calories, light or dessert, at the glorious Frida Restaurant and become a dancing star on the golden shores of AAA Five-Diamond Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit during the third annual LaBlast Getaway led by three-time World Dance Champion and “Dancing With The Stars” alum, Louis ...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 