Events

  • Best Ethnic Bites and More at PPLA Food Fare 2018

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Ethnic food takes an even bigger role among the over 150 of Southern California’s best restaurants, caterers and libation purveyors at the 39th ANNUAL FOOD FARE CELEBRATES PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES PPLA Food Fare  Thursday, March 1, 2018,  in Santa Monica’s Barker  Hangar.  The event supports P...

  • Sublime Cirque du Soleil LUZIA Show’s Chef Honors International Cuisines

    Performers in the spectacular LUZIA show of the Cirque du Soleil in Los Angeles this year represent over 15 different countries, and a total of 26 with the entire staff, including Canada, the United States, Russia, Mexico, France, Poland, Czech Republic, Belarus, and Ukraine.  Jovial Executive chef Regis Gagnon honors as many a...

  • How to Celebrate the Chinese New Year (of the Dog)

    (Gerry Furth-Sides, photos by Roberta Deen). Chinese cuisine and culture have influenced our way of eating for centuries in healthy, delicious ways.  The wise Chinese always seem to have known psychologically what science now proves:  the stronger the intentions for positive ideas we put into our consciousness,  the stronger ...

  • New China Lights “Lite” and LA’s Historic Chinese New Year Festivals

      (Roberta Deen, photos by Roberta Deen) The new China Lights festival in Las Vegas, and in Arkansas, and the growing popularity of historic Chinese New Year celebrations show how important this Asian holiday is becoming with mainstream America.  The Chinese New Year Festival and Golden Dragon Parade in Los Angeles, des...

  • The Best Kosher Wines and Food at KFWE 2018

    (Gerry Furth-Sides)  The 2018 Kosher Wine and Food Event (KWFE) featured “the best of the best” of wines and food, “that just happen to be kosher,” as  Got Kosher?”s Chef-owner, Alain Cohen phrases it.  Here are three of our favorite foods and wines from Israel, Italy, and France that are also re...

  • The Best, Biggest Día de Los Muertos at Hollywood Forever, October 28th, 2017:

    Día de Los Muertos, Saturday, October 28th, 2017, NOON until MIDNIGHT at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, this year features vendors from all over Los Angeles, offering Mexican flavors with a wide variety of styles and twists.  just a few of the culinary vendors can be found below.  For a view of details and the spectacular...

  • Cheeses of Europe Pop Up Store Visits Topanga Mall, October 21

    Cheeses of France, the leading resource for information on French Cheese and Butter in the U.S., France, will be hosting a fun, interactive pop-up event at The Westfield Topanga on Friday, October 20th and Saturday, October 21st.   Président Cheeses will be featured at the event. At this two-day event, “Fall I...

  • Third Los Angeles (v. Spain!) Paella, Wine & Beer Festival October 7

    The 3rd Annual Paella, Wine & Beer Festival is a celebration of Paella – a dish that comes to us from Spain, with origins dating back to the eighteenth century.  It features UNLIMITED TASTING PAELLA that will feed over 5,000 people, including the largest Paella ever cooked in California, that will feed 3,000 attendees...

  • Eat Mexican! Drink “Russian Water!” on October 4, National Taco & Vodka Day

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) October 4 is National Taco Day!  October 4 is National Vodka Day!  Celebrate at five of our favorite restaurants in town. This National Taco Day on October 4, head to Casita Del Campo, celebrating 55 years, and offering all Tacos on the menu for $2.00 all day and night. Carnitas Tacos are prepared with a...

  • La Feria de los Moles, October 1 in DTLA, Biggest in the U.S.

    Celebrating its 10th Year Anniversary, ‘La Feria de Los Moles’ (Mole Fair) combines a decade of flavor, culture, and tradition on Sunday, October 1, 2017, at its brand new larger locations, Grand Park,  in downtown Los Angeles. This ambitious event features for the first time a special presentation demonstrating the origin ...