(Gerry Furth-Sides) Ethnic restaurants shined in the 45th Annual AbilityFirst Festival of Fall, Pasadena’s outdoor gourmet food and drink festival in the stunning gardens at the Historic Laurabelle A. Robinson House in Pasadena. Our highly recommended restaurant participants proved to be as worthy as the spectacula...
French Kendall’s Brasserie welcomes John Leguizamo’s “Latin History for Morons” with Mexican specialties. The highly respected restaurant with Los Angeles legendary Executive Chef Jean Pierre Bosc in the kitchen is just the place to do this. Chef Bosc, incorporates fresh local ingredients int...
The National Heirloom Expo is an annual gathering in Santa Rosa, California of gardeners, food activists, farmers, chefs and food organizations from around the globe who come together to share best practices, showcase products and provide tastings. Featuring the largest display of heritage produce, the Expo now focuses on the pr...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Hatch Chile Season events are the prefect example of why Zapien’s Salsa Grill in Pico Rivera is a destination drive eatery. You can come and watch the chiles being roasted outside of the restaurant on Saturday, September 7 from 8 am to 2 pm, for example, and enjoy a full meal with thee seasonal [&hel...
The Los Angeles Times lineup for the annual Labor Day week-end The Taste, again celebrates Southern California’s diverse culinary scene. Hosted by The Times’ acclaimed Food staff, the famous backlot will transform into the ultimate block party for three individual evening events, August 30 through September 1. Admissio...
Gerry Furth-Sides) Greater Los Angeles Area is the most culinary and culturally diverse place in the world. This year's ninth Los Angeles Food & Wine, August 22-25, sets out to display this ethnic diversity, plus showcase international culinary superstars, headed by 25 chefs...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Sir Winston’s Restaurant & Lounge on the Queen Mary in Long Beach presents a novel, tasty way for a first time visit or revisit to the historical ship with the new pre fixe Sunset Hidden Gem Menu. Winston Churchill enjoyed travelling in grand style by sea and crossed the Atlantic aboard the [&hel...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) The best part about Hatch Chili Season is that during its annual short one month or so duration, chefs and stores and restaurants go wild with wonderful new ways to use the chili. And each one is pretty fantastic. As for this writer, I just put the chili or the powder into everything […]...
Announcing the return of the Third Annual Pacific Wine and Food Classic to the beautiful Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort in Newport Beach, CA on Saturday, August 17, and Sunday, August 18, w-5 PM (Saturday is already sold out). Come and meet our friend, Chef Shachi Mehra of Adya Restaurants, among other superstars, at this O...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Yes, it is another one of those food holidays without a specific historic origin but (almost) everyone who loves oysters loves appreciates new versions from chefs, with favorites or new tries. Did you know there are over 100 different species of oysters? Or that they are typically named after the body o...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 