(Gerry Furth-Sides) Family and good food makes every holiday memorable, especially when reservations at our following favorite restaurants make it easy, festive and delicious for the entire family especially with the welcoming, professional service to each and every guest. CELESTINO RISTORANTE At Pasadena’s Celestino Ristorant...
Taboulie, the bulgur wheat and parsley salad, gets a new look from Julie Taboulie. In her newly released cookbook, “Julie Taboulie’s Lebanese Kitchen,” she gives the conventional bulgur version but suggests quinoa as an alternative. And when she appeared at Melissa’s Produce to present the book along with...
Golden City, an old timer in Chinatown, has given way to the new Full Moon House, which was almost empty when I had lunch there the other day. This may have had more to do with declining business in Chinatown than with the restaurant, which produced a tableful of dishes that pleased my group of […]...
If the discovery of a new dish does a lot for the world, what about the discovery of a new wine? My world was certainly brightened by a Vermentino from Cecchi Family Estates in Tuscany. Dry, bright and fresh with a touch of minerality, it’s perfect for the food I like to eat– Indian, Thai, […]...
(All photos courtesy of Baros Maldives) A new pop up restaurant on a secluded sandbank in the Indian Ocean takes dining to new dimensions at Baros Maldives. For up to 40 diners nightly, the open air experience combines delectable cuisine, fine wine and attentive service all under the stars above Southeast Asia. Baros Maldives is...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) TiKIFISH combines the best of high end restaurant preparation and street food casual counter service in Classic and BYOB (build-your-own-bowl) poke items filled with fish and seafood on a bed of rice or salad. Chef-Owner Wonny Lee (former of Hamasaku) spins the simple Hawaiian beach treat from a po...
(Photo Credits: acuna-hansen) New Delicatessen by Osawa, a contemporary Japanese style delicatessen in the heart of Pasadena is officially open. Owner and Executive Chef Shigefumi Tachibe and wife, Sayuri Tachibe of Osawa (pictured above) are the forces behind this first contemporary Japanese deli-style restaura...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) (All images courtesy of LUCKYRICE) Danielle Chang, creator of America’s No. 1 Asian food festival and a leading authority on the intersection of Asian cuisine and culture, is pleased to announce Season 2 of her national public television series LUCKY CHOW. In 7 new episodes, Chang follows her fascination wi...
Don’t put that same old red cherry into your Manhattan, Old Fashioned or lemonade. Instead, go bold with kumquats, bright orange, syrupy preserved kumquats that you can make yourself. Kumquats are in season now, so pick up a few, or a lot–but hurry, because the season ends soon. Then set aside a few minutes for [&hel...
What would you learn to cook in a class about Thai Hispanic food? Green curry with poblano chiles? Mole with coconut milk? Aguachile decorated with orchids? None of the above, at least not at the Thai Hispanic class held at Sur La Table by the Royal Thai Consulate-General, Los Angeles....
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 