(Gerry Furth-Side) Traveling with Chef TommyTang to film the travel sections of his fourth TV cooking series, Tommy Tang’s Modern Thai Cuisine, aired on PBS nationally, turned out to be a major culinary hunt for the remembered “great noodles” of his youth. This was only a part of the larger quest to document the culinary [...
(Roberta R. Deen, writer/stylist) The impeccable packaging was the first thing that impressed me about Harney & Sons when the gift box of sample teas arrived. The elegant black and gold gift box, with its embossed gold logo, emerged from the humble cardboard shipping carton. The sample box contained four black and...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Editor’s Note: This was a true experience though I was always welcomed effusively and genuinely at The Panda Inn and I was there often. When I handled Special Projects for the Panda Corporation soon afterward, I had the same pleasant experience. And while filming in China with Chef Tommy Tan...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, photos by Roberta Deen). Chinese cuisine and culture have influenced our way of eating for centuries in healthy, delicious ways. The wise Chinese always seem to have known psychologically what science now proves: the stronger the intentions for positive ideas we put into our consciousness, the stronger ...
In order to make their new Chef’s Table more “palatable,” Six Senses Qing Cheng Mountain Resort in the heart of China, recently introduced a unique concept for menu pricing in their Farm2Fork restaurant by asking guests to pay what they feel is appropriate for food and service when dining there. The Chef’s ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Leading the way to a new mushroom shake fad, celebrities are following health enthusiasts – West Hollywood and Brentwood, wouldncha know it – to LA juice bars to get their daily dose to help them glow and detox. While mushrooms have always been known to provide enormous health benefits and tast...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 