(Gerry Furth-Sides) Danielle Renov is the force behind the blogger/influencer behind the popular brand peaslovencarrots.com that includes lifestyle tips and hacks. She is known for her mastery of half Moroccan and half Ashkenaz cuisine. This cayenne + maple roasted fennel and squash is representative of he...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) When infamous celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsey took on the menu for Zayna Flaming Grill in Redondo Beach, he balanced and refined the seasonings of the Greek-Lebanese family recipes. Owner Raid Younis followed his instructions from then on. Chef Ramsey would be pleased with the results: consistently the best Med...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) I always suggest this extraordinary restaurant to all the people asking me “where to go to eat.” I always suggest Turquoise, and add that after my first meal there I was ready to hop a plane for northern Iran, original home of owner Hameed Fatemi. This week the glamorous young lady asking, then [&...
‘What’s for lunch?’ On many days, it might be the only thought driving us to get through a day. We are all rowers of the same boat, so there is no point in denying it! Mediterranean food can spice up any day? With lots of veggies, nuts, whole wheat, grains, legumes, seeds, and olive oil […]...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) According to culinary history, American potato salad most likely originated from German and other European immigrants’ recipes during the nineteenth century. We were so excited to try a Spanish version because as our staff writer, Roberta R. Deen pointed out, it was the Spaniards who...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Reopening at our gorgeous rustic neighborhood favorite means pared down hours (dinner only five nights a week) and a pared down menu from Chef Nick Shipp that is SENSATIONAL! Even with Nick’s obsession-worthy, take-away Burger Box last year, it was like “coming home” to have a dinner in the glas...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) 1. Mariam’s Garlic Goodness. Mariam Elghani really wanted me to try her family recipe “toom.” So she cheerfully dropped off a bag on her LA delivery trip back to Bakersfield! We loved it so much we had to share. Mariam’s Garlic Goodness, a plant-based Lebanese garlic dip, known as “...
I am back to eating tomatoes, and cooking with luscious strained tomatoes and chopped tomatoes and finely chopped tomatoes, all because of Pomi Tomatoes, straight off the vine in Italy. ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) It’s natural I suppose to look through a cookbook and let appealing recipes jump out at you. This is what I usually do, and with CARLY KNOWLES, MS, RDN, LD’s new book, The Nutritionist’s Kitchen it was the same. Delicious, appealing, colorful – and healthy- recipes fill the secon...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) A lunch invite to the new Grain Traders Food Market was the perfect answer to the January “blahs,” all the more to pick up the meal after a crosstown drive in the city under lockdown. Despite opening staff glitches, he new restaurant concept meal turned out to be as fresh and inviting, as [&hellip...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 