(Gerry Furth-Sides) First of all, chef Jenn Segal generously shared with us, that the title of her new book, The Once Upon a Chef Cookbook: 100 Tested, Perfected, and Family-Approved was chosen only because a publisher came after her, after being impressed with her popular blog of the same name. And rightly so. Jenn’...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Pearl’s Texas BBQ celebrates a Good Ol’ fashioned five-day (June 27-July 1, noon to 9 PM) Fourth of July Texas Picnic, worthy of its name, right smack in downtown Los Angeles. Live Music, Full Bar and ice cold Beer, Games and the best BBQ west of Texas headlines the event. Live Music from Al...
Visiting Abacela winery is like treading on sacred ground, that is, if you worship the Spanish red wine grape Tempranillo. It was here, in Southern Oregon’s Umpqua Valley, that Earl and Hilda Jones introduced Tempranillo to the Pacific Northwest, with stunning results....
(Gerry Furth-Sides, photos courtesy of California Pizza Festival). World famous pizzerias headline the inaugural California Pizza Festival on July 28 – July 29 at Los Angeles Center Studios with unlimited pizza-samplings. World-renowned pizza chefs from Naples, Italy join 30 pizzerias from California, Arizona, Nevada, ...
The new award-winning Crustacean Restaurant beverage team welcomes in summer with a show-stopped lineup of Vietnamese-inspired seasonal cocktails, matched by a new Red Hour bar bites menu (the An version of “Happy Hour) to celebrate their newly remodeled space. Innovative Beverage director Peter Barriga heads up t...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, all photos courtesy of Dr. Dolly Alzenman) Dr. Dolly Alzenman’s, engaging Kool Kosher Kitchen: Collection of Recipes combines her passion for cooking with her vast knowledge of cultural and global recipes. Educator Dolly exemplifies the first rule of teaching: engage and motivate your stu...
(Roberta R. Deen, writer/stylist) The impeccable packaging was the first thing that impressed me about Harney & Sons when the gift box of sample teas arrived. The elegant black and gold gift box, with its embossed gold logo, emerged from the humble cardboard shipping carton. The sample box contained four black and...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) For Fathers Day, why not dine at a restaurant that a dad made famous and now is being cared for and expanded by a daughter? Antonio’s Pizzeria and Casa Vega have been lighting up restaurant way on Ventura Boulevard for 60 years apiece. These days, it’s “ladies night” in a dynam...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Cheers to the immigrant dads who originated successful restaurants now taken over by their sons or daughters. What better places to celebrate Father’s Day? First up is Kura Sushi Restaurant, the realm of a sophisticated Korean father-son team (Sunny and Daniel Son), offering the finest seasonal sush...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Masala Grill Indian Fusion Kitchen is the creation of four partners, all passionate about food. So childhood favorites (with whimsical sauce names), popular authentic street foods, and an international inspired menu section (this season Mexican with Indian versions of tortillas). Southern Indian cuisine ...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 