(Gerry Furth-Sides, Kayco and Tuscanini Foods images courtesy the company.) Kosher bacon? Kosher Tuscan pasta? Why not? Although kosher food follows strict dietary laws for cleanliness and health, it adds, if anything to the taste and freshness and takes away nothing. The concept is, in fact, part of a budding movement...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) What makes restaurant cooking taste so special? Often it is the seasonings and the technique. These five items designed for use as that “special” touch in restaurants are also available for home use. Hepp Finishing Salts give you a variety of professional finishing salts. These pure, h...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) A cookware set, a stovetop pressure cooker; a sharp knife, induction stovetop, wooden board and cooking class certificate (1) Affordable DiamoTech, the same one on all the tv ads as “the last one you will ever need” is professional level equipment covering all your cooking and baking (if not g...
Innovative Founder Sarah Collins’ portable Wonderbag is a simple but revolutionary heat retention slow-cooker, which continues to cook food for up to 12 hours after being brought to the boil by fire, cook stoves or any conventional method, without the use of any additional fuel source. For very bag sold in the Wes...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Nathan Turner recipes, tips, and his love for his home state, California is especially welcome at holiday time, especially after a year of natural disasters. And the author is just as sunny as anyone would California to be. A book of nostalgia and mood to inspire, it defines “California Coasta...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) We recently had a chance to try affordable, cutting-edge DiamoTech, the same one on all the tv ads, as “the last one you will ever need.” The durable set holds many features of professional equipment. The remarkable hardness of the Diamonds infused in the ceramic layer forms virtually the str...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) These appealing boxed “meals” to cook at home differentiate themselves because they are put together by a restaurant executive chef with key ingredients and Justine Kelly, co-founder and Executive Chef and the team at Sun Basket (www.sunbasket.com) for meal delivery service //localfoodeater.com/...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, photos courtesy of Fromagerie Sophie in San Luis Obispo) Leave it to the European-inspired cheese shop in America, Fromagerie Sophie in San Luis Obispo, to come up an international version of the 12 Days of Cheesemas’ drawn from her abundant selection, typically 60-80 cheeses in the case at any time, made...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) For anyone who has dined on a train or followed alongside a train rattling through the Colorado canyons by car in the dead of night as I have, or anyone who loves history for that matter, Anthony Lambert’s dense, detail-packed book, painstakingly researched and passionately written Lost Railway Journey...
(Gerry furth-Sides) We give a fig – and always did after cooking with them on tv for 22 years. We were privileged to work with the semi-dried figs – dense, packed with flavor and The fashion industry agrees with us, and they promoted “fig” as a major color this fall season, although judging from the vari...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 