Second generation operated ethnic restaurants include marino ristorante in East Hollywood. Los Angeles Magazine’s “best” pick restaurant host, Mario Marino, shares responsibilities. Brother Sal (former owner-chef of Il Grano, La Bottega Marino), oversees the kitchen. (Marino ristorante) is one of t...
Kosher: What It is Not Kosher can be so complex that sometimes its easier, a la Michelangelo, to peel away the layers of what Kosher “is not” to arrive at its true essence. It also can clear up a lot of theories that have become urban legend, along with the idea of it being bland. […]...
Tunisia may share a Southern Mediterranean shoreline and continental roots with Algeria and Morocco, but I’ve always been impressed and delighted that its cuisine is as distinguished, even from the most similar and familiar, Moroccan, as Vietnamese is from Chinese. You may recognize the name, Tunisia, from recent world ne...
Offals continue to be a favorite on Chef Alain Cohen’s Got Kosher? Café special menu -- not for sensational reasons but because they were always popular in Tunisian cuisine. Offals came into widespread use simply because farmers had to use as much of the animal as possible....
Gloriously colorful Turmeric is the newest darling of celebrity chefs, although in ancient times, rich orange Turmeric (the color of baked yams), popular in both North African and Indian curry dishes, held such healing powers it became known as “the spice of life.” French-Tunisian Chef-owner Alain Cohen at Got Kosher” Cat...
Articles by gerry furth-sides Cardamom Indian Restaurant – Review- When “New and Improved” is Actually New and Improved Cardamom Indian Restaurant is not one but two bright Los Angeles stories. The first is of a popular neighborhood cafe (India’s Oven) smoothly taken over with continuity and also updated. I...
One of the longest standing Indian restaurants in Los Angeles, Bombay Café has been making traditional Indian cuisine in LA for more than 25 years. Owned by Kamal Git Singh, ...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 