A new Japanese and a Latin Pavilion among the new products representing the infusion of ethnic foods done mainstream at the Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Over 10,000 restaurant and foodservice industry professionals viewed these and other new products and services from 40...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) New Food Products with an Ethnic Pedigree to Try range from pure Hellenic Gaea Greek Glaze to pure Virgin Coconut Oil from the tropics and Avocado spray from Mexico and Not Ketchup created in Santa Monica by way of ancient China. We start with Gaea Greek Glaze, crema di oymelo, the ancient balsamic. ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Salt Rox. If you’ve ever eaten food prepared on this absolutely beautiful surface that mirrors the look of natural pink quartz you know this is true. We were first introduced to this extraordinary rock at a spectacular party hosted by the California Restaurant Association as a closing event to a fo...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Even the names of new (or “improved”) products prove intriguing enough for a try: Himalayan Salt Table Cook-Top, Bear Paws and Burger Lifts — and the book, Salt Block Cooking. Each of them has earned high marks in our own kitchens. Salt Rox. If you’ve ever eaten food prepared on t...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Bear Paws are so appealingly tactile they look like a play toy although they really are the tool to help prepare American regional or international dishes. They just about scream out how far we’ve come from a stick over a fire! And of course they are “the tool” for finishing off ...
Based in West Hollywood, Nuts About You is a popular line of almonds in creatively flavored coats. These include the Latin-trendy Sweet Sriracha and the Japanese Green Matcha Tea and tropical Coconut along with the very American Regional, Cookies n Cream. They are softer than raw or roasted almonds and are as satisfying a...
Imagine receiving this box in the mail. The FEDEX guy read the name and looked like he wanted a taste. The bags are shiny and enticing. That’s because every element of BROWNIE BRITTLE™ is well thought out and bright. BROWNIE BRITTLE™is trademarked. BROWNIE BRITTLE, the company’s flagship snack product, is a...
Using the same logic of Airbnb but working on a home dining experience model, Rinita Vanjre Ravi, Inez Wihardjo and Giovanni Casinelli created BonAppetour. It proved such a worthy idea that early on it won the 2003 edition of Startup. BonAppetour, now actually known as ‘The Airbnb of Food,’ is an innovative web-base...
May is National Barbecue Month, and there is time to there’s no better way to celebrate the beginning of summer than spending it outdoors for a cookout with family and friends. Grilling is one of America’s favorite pastimes during the summer months, with a recent survey showing that 75% of U.S. adults own a grill ...
One of our most fragrant summer flowers, the rose, ushers in a wonderful change of season as we begin to catch the floral scent on light breezes through open windows, from front porch swings and, of course, sitting out on back patios. This summer, bring the fragrance of rose into your home with Rose Water […]...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 