French

  • Los Angeles Restaurants Feature International Thanksgivings

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Los Angeles restaurants serving ethnic and regional menus this year offer a variety of truly splendid and festive menus.  These are three exceptional one Le Petit Paris LA’s Thanksgiving Menu will offer options such as Scallops, Crab Cakes, Stuffed Turkey Medallions, Vegan Pie, Smoked Pork Ham, Pecan P...

  • A Trip to the New Paris with Kendall’s Brasserie Special Menus

      (Gerry Furth-Sides)  Ethnic cuisine menus these days incorporate local, fresh ingredients. French Kendall’s Brasserie not only does this famously, but also regularly honors the show-in-residence at the Ahmanson Theatre next door with special ethnic dishes on the menu.  Executive Chef Jean Pierre Bosc  is just the...

  • Celebrate Bastille Day Everyday at Gelson’s with Our Longtime French Favorites

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) This writer has always been enamored with the French sensibility, first with a fellow lifeguard at camp, then all films French and finally food.  The finest dining LA restaurants and pioneer bistros.  And now the current Gelson Market’s three-week July French promotion is especially exciting because s...

  • How to Celebrate A Cultural Easter this Year

    Easter menu trends may be pointing toward more comfort food, the settings can also be more formal and still fun.  Judging from our meal at Maple in Descanso Gardens, we highly recommend any of the following offerings for this 2019 season.    Descanso Gardens’ Maple offers a special Easter brunch menu including the Belgian...

  • Oy! I Can’t Believe It’s Kosher! (Gourmet Italian and French)

    (Gerry Furth-Sides, Kayco and Tuscanini Foods images courtesy the company.)  Kosher bacon? Kosher Tuscan pasta?  Why not?  Although kosher food follows strict dietary laws for cleanliness and health, it adds, if anything to the taste and freshness and takes away nothing.   The concept is, in fact, part of a budding movement...

  • Authentic (Caffe Marchio) Roman Apple Crostata Overnight from Goldbelly

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Jessica Weiss’ Apple Crostata are baked at //www.caffemarchioMarchio   a Roman-Style Coffee Shop in NYC, and are available for pick-up orders there.   These rustic and yet exquisite pastries, as only Italian bakers create them, are now offered by  Joe Ariel’s  Goldbelly, which brings t...

  • Susan Herrman Loomis’ Insider’s FRENCH GRILL Book

    (Gerry Furth-Sides)  I love French cuisine, and with a well-respected cookbook author like Barbara Hansen singing the praises of Susan Herrmann Loomis’ there was no way I going to miss the presentation of this French expert’s brand new (13th) cookbook, FRENCH GRILL.  The award winning book author and enormously pop...

  • History Behind Mimi’s Cafe Veteran’s Honor on November 11

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Mimi’s Cafe honors the veteran’s day for a special reason.  Founded in 1978 by Arthur Simms, who was stationed in France during World War II, Mimi’s is a neighborhood cafe offering fresh, hand-prepared American-French comfort food and bistro classics for breakfast all day, lunch, dinner and spe...

  • French Sitram Puts American Chefs Under Pressure

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Sitram USA is as passionate as the French in love can be for their contemporary store-top pressure cookers.  That’s love convinced me to start using it as a pressure cooker instead of as the beautiful stainless steel thick-clad based stockpot I love that is also perfect for regular cooking.  Jill Nu...