(Gerry Furth-Sides) On July 28th, the LUCKYRICE Los Angeles Feast returns to Vibiana in DTLA to spotlight the city’s vibrant, Asian culinary scene to celebrate its 8th “lucky year.” Presented by Suntory Whisky Toki, LUCKYRICE, America’s largest Asian food festival, explores the diverse Asian-American exp...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) The 24th Annual Oxnard Salsa Festival mixes up hot Latin sounds and exotic dancing with spicy culinary flavors and children’s activities. The event has all the old-fashioned summertime fun of a class small town. The festival, July 29 and 30, is produced by a dedicated civic team to celebrate the ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Feastly is designed for food lovers looking for authentic flavors in freshly prepared catered meals. Feastly is more than a regular Restaurant dining experience. It’s a stage where passionate chefs get the opportunity to showcase their hidden talents and feasters get to enjoy chef’s creative menus. It&...
Celebrate Bastille Day on Friday, July 14th DTWA with the most unusual at Church & State. Executive Chef Tony Esnault has added four special menu offerings to celebrate this French National Holiday. On the menu on the cool side are the Vichyssoise, a chilled soup of leeks, onions, potatoes, and cream, and the Salade Lyo...
Chef-Restaurateur Seamus Mullen’s Paleo menu starred at recently the Wanderlust Hollywood. It was the halfway mark in the Find Your True Fork six-part series spotlighting individual chef’s unique approach to ethical, mindful eating. Rodale’s Organic Life partnered in this program showcasings heal...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, all photos below are courtesy Spencer Mackenzie’s) The nation’s largest cash cornhole tournament will take place in beautiful beachside Ventura as part of Spencer Makenzie’s 8th annual End of Summer Block Party (and the restaurant’s 10th anniversary). The Throw Down will take place at Spen...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Truffle fever has officially hit in Australia, with Designer Hotel, QT Canberra this year showing their support via numerous in-house offerings and a much celebrated truffle package that combines an overnight stay with a hunt for the flavoursome fungi. The Truffle Negroni tray above says it all: The creator...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) BIBIBOP Asian Grill will be opening four brand-new locations in the Los Angeles area in July. Part of a national expansion by BIBIBOP to expand its popular Korean-inspiredCleveland, Ohio born concept, other cities include Washington DC and Chicago. (It is not to be confused with BIBIGO) The new LA locat...
To celebrate the hardworking men and women of the food truck industry, LA-based company Roaming Hunger, the national network of more than 10,000 food trucks, is hosting the second annual National Eat At A Food Truck Day on Friday, June 23 across top U.S. cities. The list of the LA food trucks participating in this event in...
Finnish Your Dinner events invite everybody to enjoy dinner with Finns on the weekend of 25 to 27 August as Finland’s centenary celebration goes worldwide. And, as everyone in the design world knows, Finnish design is the best, vying with Italian and French, with their food right in this category. If you’ve ever...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 