Ola! The Tequila & Taco Music Festival will be making its debut at the beautiful Brookside Park (next to the Rose Bowl) in Pasadena on the weekend of June 10th and 11th, 2017. The festival will feature exclusive tequila sampling on Saturday only, with entertainment, good eats and other libations for guests 21 and up [&hellip...
THE IMPRESSIONS CREATED BY A MASTER (Roberta Deen) At “The World’s Best, An Epicurean Affair” inside the elegant Restaurant Guy Savoy, the famed Michelin-starred chef served a multi-course dinner highlighting dishes normally found at his Paris location. Chef Guy Savoy invited guests on a journey of the senses...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) It would be fine with this writer even if Fogo de Chão (“fire on the ground”in Portuguese) the world’s leading Brazilian steakhouse/churrascaria, offered their same superb, close to over-the-top, over-sized menu and impressive dining rooms all year round. But, not so. Each spring and f...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) The star signature caipirinha, the lime juice-infused cocktail made with a sugar cane liquor, cachaca, retains its place of honor at the recently revamped Fogo de Chão bar at the Beverly Hills location. This new Mango Habanero Caipirinha on the expanded Bar Fogo Menu features the tantalizing combination ...
Special occasion celebrations are key at Maggiano’s Little Italy® especially judging from the arriving groups of guests with gift boxes and special occasion helium balloons. A favorite for special occasions, the restaurant was host to more than 535,000 celebrations in 2016 alone. Inside the tables are set for partie...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Chef Ricardo Zarate’s robust, refined, beautifully seasoned Peruvian cuisine Mamacita’s Peruvian Cafe is as lofty, complex and substantial as the Peruvian coast mountains and as lighthearted and music as the Peruvian flute. Here he is with welcoming, efficient manager, Alex. It makes his casual...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Tiramisu is a favorite Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked in coffee and a liqueur with powdered chocolate and mascarpone cheese. It is derived from the Italian phrase tira mi su meaning ‘pick me up’. My favorite restaurant version(see recipe below) is from Buca di Beppo ̵...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) We literally grew up with Jarlsberg cheese. And it always comes through on taste, texture and also has a light and healthy feeling to it somehow. And such a novel distinctive, open surface with irregular ‘eyes’. This, we read, is because of its semi-soft part skim texture and uniquely mild and sligh...
(Carla Crudup)Summer staples of Burgers, Hot Dogs and Tuna Sandwiches are about to come into season so why not have the very healthiest and best — kosher from Got Kosher? They also have the best tuna sandwich — perfect for a hot weather picnic inside a dining room or at the park. I’ve studied and […]...
TUSCANY blend, naturally, is for preparing artisan white bread, pizza crust, flatbread and more. I used the Tuscany to make flour tortillas which my own celiac sister had been craving and which were not as widely available in stores as they are now. The flour tortillas that I made were based upon a recipe from […]...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 