Editors note: We are featuring the new winter cocktail menu of the The Raymond 1886 as much because American regional inventors, innovators and legendary pioneers inspired it, as its creative team provided the most creative and tasty drinks of 2016. The program was established by original Cocktail Consultant and Barman Marcos Te...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) In the changing cycle of food favorites, dried fruit is back in fashion. It transforms baked goods, ice cream sundaes and absolutely shines on cheese or charcuterie platters. Dried fruit company Stoneridge Orchards and leading honey company Savannah Bee offer the very best variations of their perfect i...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Award-winning New Zealand celebrity chef, Chef Oliver Ross, shares his simple and foolproof whole roasted snapper recipe that is sure to impress every holiday party guest. The healthy dish is a novel and refreshing departure from preparing roasted fowl. This New Zealand Snapper brought to the table...
As most of the top chefs in the world will tell you, when you are cooking with superb products, the key is to “do as little as you can to let them shine through.” Espuña products prove this as we learned firsthand. Our box arrived and when we opened it, the products each wrapped in […]...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) AroLatin in South Pasadena offers a bright, most citrusy version of whole fish, accompanied by lime and peppers, which helped earn the destination restaurant its title. The colors just jump off the plate. The flavors dance long after the meal in memory. If the fish looks so happy it’s because the ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) An array of colorful, top quality ingredients fill the assortment of ethnic and popular American regional dishes designed by owner Charles Laing at Loving Hut, Claremont. Tucked into a food court anchored by a movie theatre, Laing has rightfully gained a following ever since he opened. Each menu is unique ...
Over 30 years in the making and just being released this season, Savîle Rumtini is exotic and colorful, with rich citrus flavors and a deep dark India rum at its core. It only needs to be shaken and be poured over ice. The refreshing exotic ready-to-serve drink that boasts a blend of citrus flavors and rum was conceived [&...
Sofitel Hotel Wine Days at the Sofitel Los Angeles are in progress while it is wine harvesting season in France, with special events running through the month of October directed by the Los Angeles Wine Association. Signature sampling flights of wine at Riviera 31 lounge bar, with platters of French cheese and crackers. and ...
As if the Market Table choices were not difficult enough to resist at the Fogo de Chão churrascaria party, chefs have just added brand new fall menu dishes to the array (spring on this southern continent!)(//fogodechao.com) Each dish, such as the textured Pear & Endive Salad, highlights the rich tradition o...
The popular phrase “Holy Cow!” now describes the best of the best BBQ in town. We know; we ate it and the trays above were the divine food laid out in rows for us above). Turns out this is the Holy Cow style. It’s “best” because Rob Serritella, founder and BBQ Aficionado, traveled and sam...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 