(Gerry Furth-Sides) Second generation Michael Taix is credited with transforming the landmark continental era restaurant back to Le Frere Taix’s original French roots, and has been successful at attracting a wide-range of customers from long-time customers and business executives from 11:30 a.m. into happy hour at 5 p.m., to f...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) From the newest generation of the JOY family, for a new generation of cooks, comes a brand-new edition of America’s most enduring and trusted cookbook, the Joy of Cooking. is a true celebration of foundational recipes that have stood the test of time, and an introduction to over 600 new recipes chose...
Clement’s Caribbean Créole Shrubb is a superb blend of the finest white and aged Agricole Rhums, interlaced with macerated Créole spices and sun-bleached bitter orange peels. Its sunny aromas and flavors are themselves reminiscent of Martinique. A staple of Caribbean culture, Créole Shrubb is the “secret ingredien...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) It’s shocking to think that 60% delivery is not uncommon in todays most successful restaurants (we just wrote about the Mandarette going through this) in the rapidly changing restaurant world. On the one hand, less personal contact is already here with delivery options, and now the newest common tre...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Who doesn’t love cheese? The fatty, satiating texture and slightly salty taste of cheese is universally satisfying whether eaten alone as a salad or topping pizza, salads, casseroles or omelettes. An extraordinary Italian company allows cheese lovers to forget the carbs and high fat these days with ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) We recently had a dish, so unique with a “magnifique” French technique that it deserves a post of its own – along with the rest of the meal and service. The Porta Via French Cut Pork Chop Porta Via, translates into “take away” in Italian, although Peter Garland’s casual bistro...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Mandarette Chinese Café in West Hollywood celebrates its 35th anniversary with a special menu this winter. The original goal of founder, Philip Chiang, was “offering clean, fresh, delicious traditional Chinese Cuisine with a modern twist.” Current proprietor Ken Yang’s dad was the origin...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, photo courtesy of the Astana Ballet Theatre) The Astana Ballet Theater has toured all over the world with performances in almost every major city, and recently premiered on the West Coast. Astana Ballet Theater is named after the country’s capital city. It reflects the described as having building t...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) It is really hard for me to hold back from effusive praise for this restaurant that combines Next Generation authentic ethnic food with American technology to serve it up quickly and affordably – in the most warm, inviting setting. Especially when it is a rare find these days. Step inside family-owned...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, photo courtesy of the Astana Ballet Theatre) Astana Ballet Theatre Group, one of the top performance theater companies of the Republic of Kazakhstan will premiere on the West Coast, featuring a world class and diverse repertoire. Though a flowy back curtain is the entire set on tour, compared to the state ...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 