(Gerry Furth-Sides) High-end The District by Hannah An continually evolves to fit its West Hollywood neighborhood, such as a new Business Express Lunch menu. The “Express Lunch Box,” is available for pick-up or delivery, featuring menu favorites like noodles, a variety of Bahn mi’s, salads, and rice bowls. Chef...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Tiato Kitchen + Garden Venue tucked into a tree-filled Santa Monica neighborhood has no rival as the prettiest, liveliest garden indoor-outdoor eatery in the city – let alone as the city’s biggest outside dining spaces. Indoors, the soaring ceilings and polished concrete floors, reclaimed wo...
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...
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...
The first and only authentic Japanese green tea café, SHUHARI Matcha Café comes to the heart of Venice backed by Maeda-en USA, a green tea distributor founded by green tea aficionado Taku H. Maeda in 1984, as well as the Cool Japan Fund, a public-private fund that supports the development of overseas demand for Japanese [&hell...
(Roberta Deen and staff) American versions of Izakayas have been popular in America for years, sushi usually being the draw, with several in Los Angeles fully booked for their entire 24-hour daily runs. Owner John Lee recently introduced a more classic version at Izakaya by Slow Fish in West Hollywood. His executive ...
Jessica Tom’s first novel, Food Whore, published this fall by William Morrow made recent news when Dreamworks acquired the rights to it; Lisa Rubin will write the screenplay. Food Whore follows the melodramatic graduate student life of Tia Monroe, an “aspiring cookbook author” seeking an internship with rever...
Seaweed may first have made American news decades ago as a kooky Asian health food fad, popular with “hippies” but these days the intriguing ingredient has moved onto more sophisticated and fashionable international circles. Dishes can be as lavish as the tony new grazing dishes on the posh Norwegian Cruise Lines at sea. A s...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) The Seared Yellow Wax Beans “N” Greens dish above was prepared in an All-Clad pot for good reason. Los Angeles chefs Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo are the owners of animal, Son of a Gun, Trois Mec, Petit Trois and Jon & Vinny’s. They have been credited with innovating and changing the dining [&hell...
Asian Fusion Brings Banh Mi to the Westside (Lisa Deutch) There’s a new Asian spot that we’ve driven by at least a dozen times without noticing it. We stopped in at Asian Fusion today and were beyond surprised to find an impressive Vietnamese kitchen tucked inside. The menu is an eclectic mix of Vietnamese, Chines...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 