Chase Valencia (above) is the Co-Owner and General Manager of LASA, a popup restaurant project housed inside Unit 120 in Chinatown of Los Angeles. His and other migrant stories will be aired on the doc-series, The Migrant Kitchen, a series in co-production with KCETLink, a national independent public media organization. Pr...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Every so often a cookbook comes along and takes you by surprise. Elizabeth Howes’ Modern Salad Cookbook is one, filled with “innovative new American and International recipes inspired by Burma’s iconic tea leaf salad.” Recipes are so innovative, refreshing and just layered with ...
SymmetryBreakfast: 100 Recipes for the Loving Cook features the most important meal of the day no matter what time it is served. Michael Zee’s unconventional cookbook explores what breakfast is and what it means to people around the world. Zee’s 90 internationally inspired recipes are paired up with his glo...
Origin Cafe is already packed for breakfast and lunch and now chef/owner Aaron Clayton has invited us to sample his first-ever dinner service. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings the chef offers seasonal three ($30) or four ($40)-course menus. The food is refined, beautiful seasoned kosher, reflecting the chef’s high...
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...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Executive Chef Tim Guiltinan introduces his “New Summer Menu” with imaginative ethnic twists at the The Raymond 1886, Pasadena’s historic Craftsman cottage on South Fair Oaks Avenue. The nostalgic building, at one time a caretaker’s cottage for the grand Raymond Hotel in the late 180...
Angeleno Magazine’s Live & Dine LA event takes place on Sunday, July 31, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica across from the ocean (101 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401). The side valet area with huge trees is converted into the most wonderful garden area with [&hell...
Italian Stallion from Bottiglia Cucina & Enoteca. Mexican Tequila and Italian Amaretto mix it up with chocolate bitters, Casamigos Repasado Tequila, Lazzaroni Amaretto, fresh lemon juice, fresh lime juice, egg whites and agave syrup to create the Throw a sprig of rosemary in as a garnish to give your cocktail a woodsy flavo...
It took the “California Roll” with a familiar name to entice Americans to try eating of Japanese sushi back in the day. So it took Taku H. Maeda winning a green tea ice cream manufacturing challenge to eventually launch an Americanized version of Matcha tea products and menu at SHUHARI Matcha Café. As the succ...
Culinary tourism has become a booming business and travelers are now making food a top priority when planning a trip — no matter the cost. According to a recent MissTravel.com poll of their members to determine which travel expense they were willing to spend the most money on, food topped the list. Results revealed that...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 