New novel passover and easter restaurant feasts start even before the official holidays this year at Black Angus Steakhouse and Harissa restaurant. Spago celebrates both holidays over a week-end. Our favorite special occasion restaurant, Black Angus Steakhouse lengthens the Easter season this year by featuring all-nat...
CORTEO, which means cortege in Italian, is a joyous procession, a festive parade imagined by a clown. The show brings together the passion of the actor with the grace and power of the acrobat to plunge the audience into a theatrical world of fun, comedy and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth. [&...
The 2019 St. Joseph Center ¡Latin Food Fest! will take place March 29 – 30 at the LA State Historic Park, which includes a kick-off party “Chefs Night out,” and ultimate tasting festival “Gran Tasting.” ¡Latin Food Fest! will also takes place at Embarcadero Park at San Diego Bay and includes a high-energy kick-off pa...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Adya Restaurant Owner-Chef Shachi Mehra is known to ” dig deep into the complexities of Curry” with her renowned interactive “CURRY 101 COOKING CLASS” so that students can then recreate the dishes at home. And, who can resist a class taught on a “Boxcar Patio” at the A...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) It literally was a “dark and stormy night” for the media preview of Masters of Taste 2019 this year. After a two-hour drive to the Rose Bowl, the excitement of the event started right at the gate where the chefs hailed us from their cooking in a temporary outdoor kitchen in a drizzling [&helli...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) As if the sumptuous “Market Table”ever needed refreshing, internationally prominent Brazilian steakhouse, Fogo de Chão, will feature new, fresh spring items for a limited time geared toward summer’s warmer temperatures. The idea is that “Brazilian cuisine focuses on harvesting and...
The public is invited to EATING HIBERNIA, an Irish cooking demo and book signing with Chef Geraldine Gilliland. The event takes place on Saturday, March 16, 2-3:30 PM at the Pacific Food & Beverage Museum, 731 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro, CA 90731. According to Gilliland, Irish food is “not all green and fortifie...
Innovative ideas for National Tequila Day include a “naked” margarita with ancient and contemporary blends so smooth they stand alone in the glass. Salud. I have somehow become a tequila lover. This year for Xmas I got a stunningly huge bottle of Milagro Silver. This hails from the Highlands, and is so so smoo...
WHAT: Mardi Gras Wine Tasting Event — Six wine stations, each accompanied by small appetizers and a silent auction table with its own unique theme, make up this entertaining fundraising event to benefit the Latino Theater Company and the Los Angeles Theatre Center’s artistic and educational programming. Exceptional, unconven...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, content and photos courtesy Culina Restaurant) Dinner and movie takes on a whole new ethnic meaning during The 3rd Annual Oscar Film Week at Culina at the glamorous Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, with a sumptuous meal and screening of eight of the 2019 “Best Picture” Oscar nominated...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 