(Gerry Furth-Sides) Decades old, Peacock Gardens Restaurant and Banquet Room in Diamond Bar has earned ZAGAT Senior Editor’s affectionate distinction of “ institution.” He himself praised the restaurant as “Best Indian Restaurant” in the area. In fact, my friends in Walnut singled it out for me years ago wi...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Joyous, Chef-owner, Boda Nirouia, renews Gate of India, an old Hollywood mainstay since the 198o’s, with his gift for contemporary Indian cuisine fusion. Chef Boda’s dishes shows a light, deft hand at incorporating fusion elements that elevate the most ordinary Indian dishes. Here radish sprouts, ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, Los Angeles)New, dedicated owner-chef Durga’s authentic Nepalese and South Indian dishes are only part of the ambitious revamp of Shalimar Cuisine of India (Culver City Raintree Plaza) from neighborhood mainstay into a “best of Indian” restaurant. Details, such as offering Mustang bee...
Sofitel Wine Days at the Sofitel Los Angeles are currently in progress while it is wine harvesting season in France, with special events running through the month of October. Featured is a wine pairing dinner at Esterel and sampling flights of wine at the bar in the Riviera 31 lounge bar, with platters of French cheese and...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Even in its second month neighborhood “buzz” and new regulars regularly fill New Tamarind Cuisine of India Restaurant in Sherman Oaks. When we ate at Tamarind last week, one of the customers walked over just to say that the owner of the cleaner business next door sent him in to Tamarind, and he [&hell...
(Gerry Furth-Sides – Los Angeles)Let me introduce you to beautiful dynamo, French-born Chef Josette LeBlond, owner-founder of Normandie Bakery and Bistro. A whirlwind of energy, Josie fits the description of “the Betsy Johnson of the Food World” – effortlessly creative beyond belief as a teen-ager and not sl...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) “Sweet” Sixteen party indeed – Angeleno Magazine’s 16th annual Live & Dine L.A. Event this week at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows Resort turned out to be a mostly “savory” albeit another exhilarating event. The few celebratory confections that were offered arrived ironically fr...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) The city of Santa Monica seems to be in a state of continuing change with the incoming Expo Line and Colorado Esplanade, and Del Frisco’s Grille on Ocean Avenue is keeping up with the progress with their new lunch program and cocktails. The new lunch menu will offer updated pricing, express service and...
Asian Fusion Brings Banh Mi to the Westside (Lisa Deutch) There’s a new Asian spot that we’ve driven by at least a dozen times without noticing it. We stopped in at Asian Fusion today and were beyond surprised to find an impressive Vietnamese kitchen tucked inside. The menu is an eclectic mix of Vietnamese, Chines...
My grandfather grew okra for me. He tended the bushes carefully, harvesting and freezing it so he’d have some when I came to Texas to visit. I’d walk out to the back porch, move the cases of Coke bottles off the deep freeze onto the painted cement floor. Lifting open the freezer, I’d marvel at the bags of f...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 