Jalapeño Lime, Roasted Garlic, Meyer Lemon and Blood Orange are the newest additions to the extravaGONZO Gourmet Foods unique line of culinary oils. What could be anything but heavenly with this blend of 80% extra virgin and 20% grapeseed oils, extravaGONZO? Creator Tom Stevens has also been able to fuse in ingredients in an...
(Roberta Deen) Monograno Pasta is made with 100% organic single-source ancient grains. It comes handsomely, elegantly packaged in richly textured white boxes with clear panels that allow you to view the beautiful pasta within. I admired the packaging and began to read the detailed information on the back of the boxes. //ww...
Just in time for St. Valentine’s Day and to help forget the winter doldrums come whimsical, light, nursery-tale colorful French marshmallow confections. An international affair, the candy is of France design, made in Bulgaria and distributed by an independent Belgian candy manufacturer, the family-owned and ope...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Florian, Ole and Bela, three guys from Dusseldorf or parts therof in Germany, were preparing an Indian dish one evening for friends. The recipe required what small amounts of what seemed to be “100 different spices.” As frustrating as it was, the experience was the inspiration for creating Jus...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) The day we visited La Española Meats in Harbor City one sunshiny fall day, a special envoy delegation from Spain was visiting with a tasting of newly imported artisanal products. This hints at the importance of the small boutique store that makes the Doña Juana brand of chorizo right in the adjoin...
The final Super Jury named Kraftkar, made by Norwegian producer Tingvollost, as the World Champion Cheese 2016. The International Cheese Festival took place at the Kursaal Congress Centre in San Sebastián from 16-18 November 2016. For more information, visit www.internationalcheesefestival.eus. The inaugural International Ch...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Any professional chef will tell you there are only two really essential pieces of equipment a cook needs other than a heat source: a good pan and a high-quality chef’s knife. At one time chefs wore their knives in a belt holder to have them nearby at all times. Cocobolo Knifeblock Set Watch […]...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) This spring we wrote about why Safe Catch, a new brand of canned tuna fish, based out of Marin County, California, was created to process fish in a special way, specifically Thai Tuna. Safe Catch provided an answer to the high levels of mercury found in popular seafood that has turned people off fr...
Over 30 years in the making and just being released this season, Savîle Rumtini is exotic and colorful, with rich citrus flavors and a deep dark India rum at its core. It only needs to be shaken and be poured over ice. The refreshing exotic ready-to-serve drink that boasts a blend of citrus flavors and rum was conceived [&...
The owners of the La Española Meats Inc. in Harbor City welcome Jordi Borda, representative of Andalusia in Southern, Spain, here to introduce eight food producers from this southernmost region of the country. The products, all natural and gourmet and kosher, can also be produced private label. Outsid...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 