Look at this tempting arrangement of Spanish food. Everything on the table was prepared under the direction of Juana Gimeno Faraone, the founder of La Española, the market and meat processor in Harbor City that has provided Spanish ingredients since 1982....
Over 30 years in the making and just being released this season, Savîle Rumtini is exotic and colorful, with rich citrus flavors and a deep dark India rum at its core. It only needs to be shaken and be poured over ice. The refreshing exotic ready-to-serve drink that boasts a blend of citrus flavors and rum was conceived [&...
The owners of the La Española Meats Inc. in Harbor City welcome Jordi Borda, representative of Andalusia in Southern, Spain, here to introduce eight food producers from this southernmost region of the country. The products, all natural and gourmet and kosher, can also be produced private label. Outsid...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) “Customers have always said they don’t want to look at the eyes and tail! ” laughed Tuk Tuk Thai Restaurant owner, Katy, whose whole fish with red chili sauce ranks among the best dishes in the city, period. “So we never featured them even though whole fish is a popular dis...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Novelty ice creams have been an American tradition almost since the frozen confection became popular. Salt & Straw has made the flavors themselves into innovative holiday fare that echoes savory flavors form the Thanksgiving table. In another international tradition of holiday charity, Salt & S...
Here’s a new way to make nachos. The idea comes from Conrad Aguilar, the new chef at Aro Latin in South Pasadena. Instead of the usual plate of tortilla chips drowning in cheesy sauce, Aguilar layers crisp corn tortillas with scallops, shrimp and roasted yellow bell pepper sauce....
Can’t read Chinese? It doesn’t matter. You can still get one of the best lunch bargains around at My Way Deli in Monterey Park. The blackboard (at top) lists four dishes. Reading from the top down, they are beef, pork, chicken and fish, which come with soup, a couple of vegetable dishes, rice and tea, […]...
There are potato chips (most of which are addictively fun to eat) and there are “potato chips.” Tim’s Cascade Snacks are “potato chips.” Why? They are just thin enough to retain their strong have more of a snap; they are more flavorful, available in more varieties and more interesting varietie...
If you sneer at cooking with canned soups and packaged seasoning mixes, “Upscale Downhome” is not for you. This regional American But if you’re a busy mom carting kids around, juggling schedules, maybe working too, you will love this book. And so will anyone forced to get food on the table fast, figure what t...
Sofitel Hotel Wine Days at the Sofitel Los Angeles are in progress while it is wine harvesting season in France, with special events running through the month of October directed by the Los Angeles Wine Association. Signature sampling flights of wine at Riviera 31 lounge bar, with platters of French cheese and crackers. and ...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 