(Gerry Furth-Sides) The minute you walk into the protected front entryway of Electric Karma, you know you are a special guest, away from scorching or nippy weather outdoors. Inside it is always the perfect temperature. Owner Paramijit Singh (shown above) is equally at home in the kitchen or the dining room at his restaurant, E...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Veteran proprietors & Wine Makers, Sal Casola Jr and Chipper Pastron, bring back Market City Caffe‘s annual Holiday Menu with Ala Carte Italian dishes large enough to share, both back by popular demand and new, at their most sumptuous ($8-$28) through December 24. Editing note: I already took out ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Frida Mexican restaurant (group) proves that an ethnic restaurant can grow in number and also go casual while remaining one of the best because of their rich, authentic (consistent) dishes, colorful decor, and outstanding hospitality. Challenging to write about; easy to enjoy. The Frida location in Beverly...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Happy International Sachertorte Cake Day! Viennese Sacher Cake, also known as Eduard Sacher Torte is possibly the most famous chocolate cake of all-time. Apricot jam is thickly spread between a chocolate sponge cake cut into three layers, and on the top and sides of the cake. The Cake is then iced with...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) The absolutely perfect cloudless California weather was the final touch on new Italian-inspired Spaghettini Restaurant’s brand new patio to introduce their new cookbook, From Our Home to Yours by Chef Victor Avila – far out of reach of real-world worries. www.spathettini.com The 30-year-old Orang...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) You notice immediately that the one pound package of Tender Belly dry cured bacon looks smaller. That’s because there is less fat. That’s because the hogs are given enough time to mature, and the bacon is cured for two weeks. So you notice the instant it hits the pan that there is indeed ...
The new tales of turkey “pope’s noses,” Salt Restaurant French turkey confit and East Indian Chai Turmeric brined turkey all have a substantial, if novel, global twist. Let’s start with the tale of the tailor “pope’s nose”, actually a gland that attaches the turkey’s feathers to its b...
We found Casablanca Market harissa- not your typical harissa sauce. That is because it’s made in Morocco in the most careful way. Refined and rich, it’s the perfect addition to mild foods such as rice, couscous, pasta, hummus, and quinoa. We’ve put Casablanca Market harissa on every dish possible fro...
The Beckmann family who created the Jose Cuervo tequila company is one of the world’s leading examples of descendants of an immigrant keeping the original vision of a company while expanding it for two centuries. Family-owned, the company today is run by the Beckmann family, direct descendants of Don Jose Antonio de Cuervo...
Israeli-born Sima Cohen’s energy seems to bounce right out off the pages of her new Healthy Indulgence cookbook. Not two days after we met Sima at Melissa’s workshop, she had thanked each and every one of my emails and requested our permission to be put on her mailing list. Clearly, a go-getter and we want to [&...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 