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  • Melting Pot Tours “Old Pasadena” Gift Day

    The food and culture-rich Old Pasadena, Food Tasting Walking Tour feels like minutes even takes over two hours and covers over two miles. That's because of the planning and expertise of Melting Pot Tours ...

  • Classic Indian Food: Live Long and Deliciously

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Indian food is delicious with its dazzling array of dishes and regional cuisines and it is one of the healthiest in the world. The cuisine is famous and popular for being deliciously satisfying, balanced, textured and colorful. The  rich array of ingredients contains a variety of healthy whole grains, le...

  • Project x Project’s PbP-LA Insider Success Story

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Project x Project’s PbP-LA evening was always one of my top three food events. It proved better than ever this year. The annual charity benefit continues to be exquisitely organized and presented. All proceeds benefit a single different charity each year. Planning is key. With Delhi Belly in Alhambra, t...

  • Project x Project’s Asian Exquisite PbP-LA  Benefit

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) When people used to ask me for restaurant recommendations, I would always suggest attending a charity food event to sample a variety of places. and a chance to meet the chefs or owners, plus benefit a worthy charity were reasons enough. Project x Project’s PbP-LA was always one of my top three. It [&hel...

  • What are the World’s Most Popular Cuisines?

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) The most popular cuisines in the world according to a recent study may surprise you as much as they did me. The findings are reported by pickyeaterblog.com which did a variety of research. Survey says: Italian and Japanese cuisines are the most popular worldwide. Why? As of 2023, each has been tagged mor...

  • We Use and Love the Beef It Up! Book

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Any conversation with me about beef always used to start with my mother’s entire family of 15 all being meat brokers. Now the story is Jessica Formicola’s new, authoritative, illustrated, comprehensive and compact book, Beef It Up! //www.storey.com/books/beef-it-up/ The extensive, current in...

  • We Follow Chefs Sagar and Sourav to Delhi!

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Even the voice answering the phone on just about the first ring at Delhi Belly sounds happy and welcoming.  That would be Sagar Ghosh, co-owner-founder and sometimes these days, the manager, server, executive chef and interior designer, as needed. Ghosh is already well known for his elevated Indian cuisine,...

  • Ethnic Surprises at Masters of Taste 2022

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) If Italian and soul food and Thai were insanely popular at the 2022 sold out Masters of Taste 2022 it is no surprise. The news is all the surprising twists of why for these ethnic and regional favorites. Over 100 savory Culinary Masters and restaurants, plus unique sweets prepared by L.A.’s top Sweet [&hell...

  • The Cutest, Quirkiest Veggie in the World: Tindora

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Quirky tindora acts like a cross between a tiny, toy zucchini and a cucumber. Two inches in length, they may share the characteristics of super-healthy zucchini or cukes, yet resemble a cornichon more than anything else. Absolutely scrumptious in taste and texture, tindoras can be prepared in a dazzling varie...