Places

  • A Wily (Sam) Fox Captures WEHO with The Henry

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) The Henry is known for being one of the “best neighborhood restaurants” in Phoenix.   “Neighborhood” also fits creator Sam Fox’s shiny, big 100,000 sq.ft (!) newest incarnation if you think of chic West Hollywood “neighborhood” as “neighborhood”.   The remodel of the huge spac...

  • Montrésor, Studio City’s New French Bistro with a Royal Pedigree

    (Gerry Furth-Sides, photo courtesy of Acuna-Hansen)  Montrésor, Studio City’s newest French bistro,  is designed with the grace and style of Paris in the 1920’s.  Executive Chef Paul Shoemaker has created a new menu of traditional French cuisine with farm-to-table ingredients.   Even the art nou...

  • The Best Kosher Wines and Food at KFWE 2018

    (Gerry Furth-Sides)  The 2018 Kosher Wine and Food Event (KWFE) featured “the best of the best” of wines and food, “that just happen to be kosher,” as  Got Kosher?”s Chef-owner, Alain Cohen phrases it.  Here are three of our favorite foods and wines from Israel, Italy, and France that are also re...

  • The Best, Biggest Día de Los Muertos at Hollywood Forever, October 28th, 2017:

    Día de Los Muertos, Saturday, October 28th, 2017, NOON until MIDNIGHT at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, this year features vendors from all over Los Angeles, offering Mexican flavors with a wide variety of styles and twists.  just a few of the culinary vendors can be found below.  For a view of details and the spectacular...

  • Premier Restaurant & Bar Makes “Old Traditions from New Russia”

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) “old Traditions from New Russia” is the motto of Premier Restaurant & Bar Banquet Hall – the old being the gorgeous, bountiful banquet tables and flowing “wodka” with new, refined Russian/French/middle easter fusion cuisine leading to a jam-packed evening of dining, music, da...

  • La Feria de los Moles, October 1 in DTLA, Biggest in the U.S.

    Celebrating its 10th Year Anniversary, ‘La Feria de Los Moles’ (Mole Fair) combines a decade of flavor, culture, and tradition on Sunday, October 1, 2017, at its brand new larger locations, Grand Park,  in downtown Los Angeles. This ambitious event features for the first time a special presentation demonstrating the origin ...

  • CUISINE DEL SOL Cookbook Reflects International Special Olympics

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Celebrating 20 years of food, fun, and sport, CUISINE DEL SOL is a cookbook that combines recipes from Los Angeles’ celebrated chefs, restaurants, and food purveyors supporting Special Olympics Southern California at the annual Pier del Sol fundraiser.  The event takes place on October 8th this year....

  • Party-Perfect Whole-Pig Roast at The Marina del Rey Hotel

    (Gerry Furth-Sides) Let’s go straight to the grill poolside to tell the store of the “Aloha to Summer” event created by the SALT Restaurant at The Marina Del Rey Hotel, (//www.marinadelreyhotel.com).  The festive “authentic Hawaiian” spirit made this event as extraordinary as “an island...

  • “Field to Fork” Goes Global at The LA Times “TASTE” Labor Day Week-end

    (Gerry Furth-Sides, Darien Morea) Globally- inspired dishes are featured by the vast array of restaurants at the upcoming Los Angeles Times ” The Taste,’  the annual festival celebrating the flavors of the world in Southern California style. Hosted by The Times’ Food staff and acclaimed L.A. chefs and barten...

  • Popular LA Book Author-Celebrity Chef Jet Tila to Appear at LUCKYRICE, July 28

      Jet Tila, celebrity chef, judge on Food Network’s “Cutthroat Kitchen,” and author of the new 101 Asian Dishes You Need to Cook Before You Die joins the 20+  participants at this year’s Los Angeles LUCKYRICE Feast.  (Above)  The parties started this month.  Here Jet has a bit of fun with fr...