The 10th Annual LA Food Fest takes place on Saturday, June 29th, 2019 from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm on the grassy infield of historic Santa Anita Park. The event features the best of Mexican cuisine from Mexico’s most highly-rated chefs and restaurants. The 10th Annual LA Food Fest also brings 5,000 foodies and 100+ rest...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) My foodie visitors to cultural diverse LA from sophisticated New York wanted foremost to eat at an “authentic Mexican” restaurant, and have a fresh corn tortilla. So Birriera Chalio was a “must” for their first meal. This turned out to be the perfect introduction to the city, many...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Cinco de Mayo is as good a reason as any to celebrate Paco Ignacio Taibo II book that traces Mexico’s revolutionary history from 1854-1867, a period he considers foundational to the country. Watch the Netflix documentary of it, showing Taibo tracing the route with other histo...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, photos courtesy Casita Del Campo, Celestino, The Raymond 1886). Celebrate the best of California this year with a holiday dinner with a drive or great walk before or after. The food is the best you will find anywhere. The spectacular Silverlake Reservoir is within running distance of Casita Del C...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Chef Nick Shipp goes all out to trail blaze dishes from his big, wild Texas imagination. And they are going to appear on his table only once inside the glassed-in front private room . “Too much work to do on a regular basis,” he laughs at every event. So at this point no […]...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Celebrate Mezcal Day October 21st or any other day with this refined spirit. All you need to remember is that All Mezcal is Tequila but not all Tequila is Mezcal — because of the unique way that mezcal is processed from a variety of agave plants (like tequila is) that instills a special smoky [&hel...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Chef Ricardo Diaz is fittingly making Mexican Sopa de Fideo into a star at his stylish, earthy cantina in the tree-lined Uptown Whittier District. The story honors Mexican Pio Pico, who settled the very land it sits on in the first street in the town well known as the All-American home of Richard Nixon. w...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) International spices have come mainstream. Just one glance at a supermarket spice shelf today reads light years away from even a year ago. Spice Island’s New Line of Seasonings Inspire Global Cooking with product plus a website filled with details and recipes, and most of the sources. It goes al...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) When I was invited to Whittier’s Uptown Whittier restaurant District, billed as the “new foodie hub of Southern California,” I was skeptical until I saw the name of Mexican-Japanese American Katsuji Tanabe as executive chef of the NIXON CHOPS & WHISKEY. The service, food and atmosphere...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, cocktail photos furnished by VIVA XXX, bottle by La Fonda Hotel) Proof that Tequila(and Mexcal) are royally honored in this house are the four bottles we just received for a birthday. And this July 24 Tequila Day, VIVAXXX and La Fonda Hotel in Sante Fe, NM, add a special kick with new cocktail […]...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 