Michelin star chef, Luigi Fineo’s out-of-the-way Luigi al Teatro restaurant in Santa Monica, California shows the reasons for his critical acclaim at such a young age. (Please see our profile on him for other reasons at ( //localfoodeater.com/chefspotlight/chef-luigi-fineo-brings-puglia-cuisine-to-america/ ). The chef...
(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...
Dixie’s Tupperware Party, the hilarious off-Broadway one-woman comedy starring Dixie Longate, which took the theater world by storm and garnered a prestigious Drama Desk Award nomination, returns to Los Angeles at the Kirk Douglas Theatre for a strictly limited engagement now to December 30. Tickets are available at www....
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar celebrates the season with a three-course holiday indulgence menu for dinner – or Friday lunch – straight off your wish list. The meal begins with choice of indulgent starters: Wild Mushroom Soup or Seafood Louie Wedge Salad followed by the main event: Filet Mignon & Colossal N...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, photos courtesy of Fromagerie Sophie in San Luis Obispo) Leave it to the European-inspired cheese shop in America, Fromagerie Sophie in San Luis Obispo, to come up an international version of the 12 Days of Cheesemas’ drawn from her abundant selection, typically 60-80 cheeses in the case at any time, made...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) As major fans of teacher/entrepreneur/celebrity, Martha Stewart, we braved downtown LA holiday traffic and parking to attend the event. What’s to like about seeing Martha in person? Everything. Martha’s forte seems to be sharing her life, products and information on a stage with an audience...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) We first took Sonoko Sakai of Common Grains at The StandardLA, DTLA, where the class took over the main lobby and then the restaurant to honor her extraordinary Soba Noodles. The workshop focused on ancient techniques in the art of creating the perfect buckwheat soba and its deliciously rich umami d...
(Gerry Furth-Side) Traveling with Chef TommyTang to film the travel sections of his fourth TV cooking series, Tommy Tang’s Modern Thai Cuisine, aired on PBS nationally, turned out to be a major culinary hunt for the remembered “great noodles” of his youth. This was only a part of the larger quest to document the culinary [...
(Gerry furth-Sides) We give a fig – and always did after cooking with them on tv for 22 years. We were privileged to work with the semi-dried figs – dense, packed with flavor and The fashion industry agrees with us, and they promoted “fig” as a major color this fall season, although judging from the vari...
(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...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 