(Gerry Furth-Sides) “Come party like we do in Tel Aviv” read the invite from the Tel Aviv Groove pop-up, first stop in LA on a national tour. We expected bold new takes on Mediterranean food and high energy, lively, smartly dressed guests. We got it, and so much more. Three days was not enou...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Like its name, inspired by the famous bread of Sardinia, “staff of life” also aptly describes Carasau Restaurant. A menu of their most famous dishes will be served on a special menu through October 28. Be sure it is on your list. The owner alone, Vincenzo Porcu, is worth the price of admission [&h...
(Gerry furth-Sides) Tel Aviv Groove, a series of culinary events inspired by the Tel Aviv food and arts scenes is coming to America! The three-day scrumptious culinary and citing-edge artistic experience will take place at top restaurants in Los Angeles. As the first pop-up in a series of culinary events to be held in cities [&h...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Founded in 1986, Mooney Farms in Chico, California is a third-generation certified, woman-owned family farm. (Read details below). When I had a problem with the bottle seal, I got an immediate response on how to use it properly! It is another case, like Capri gelato, of taking a European food item and adding ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Any conversation with me about beef always used to start with my mother’s entire family of 15 all being meat brokers. Now the story is Jessica Formicola’s new, authoritative, illustrated, comprehensive and compact book, Beef It Up! //www.storey.com/books/beef-it-up/ The extensive, current in...
The Bone in Butcher Shop is a unique online, custom cutting operation. Creators John Sayklay and his son, Jake, are 3rd and 4th generation food service vendors. A passion for great food and great customer service is their legacy, just as a nutritional need for beef seems to be in my DNA because I come […]...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Ricardo Zarate’s Causita Restaurant in Silverlake, translates into “little friend,” perfect for the congenial Ricardo. Chef Ricardo serves his beloved Nikkei Peruvian food, refined Japanese-influenced Peruvian dishes. Culminating a decade-old career in Los Angeles, breathtaking Causita do...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Dim sum dates back to the 10th century when commercial travel elevated the city of Guangzhou (formerly Canton) to star dining status. (Please see the mind-boggling Michael Woods’ documentary, THE STORY OF CHINA). The leafy, spiffy neighborhoods of Guangzhou reminded me of spiffy, tree-lined Greenwi...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Even the voice answering the phone on just about the first ring at Delhi Belly sounds happy and welcoming. That would be Sagar Ghosh, co-owner-founder and sometimes these days, the manager, server, executive chef and interior designer, as needed. Ghosh is already well known for his elevated Indian cuisine,...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) If you are going to anything “pumpkin” this pumpkin-mad season, try Pots & Co Pumpkin Cream Pie. Every mouthful gives as much pleasure as an entire pie. Yet they are light as air. The Pumpkin flavor is exclusively at Costco $13.95. Other retailers carry the other flavors, again subject to avai...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 