(Gerry Furth-Sides) Cheers to you and to and with the magical Ojai Pixie season! Let’s toast with two cocktails, starting with a tangerine martini! We used naturally sweet Ojai Pixie tangerine juice instead of regular tangerine juice. Natalie of “TASTES lovely” provided the base idea recipe for this Tangerine & Honey T...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) People always ask me where to go and eat and here it is with a PROMO CODE! The event: the sixth annual better than perfect Masters of Taste, on Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 at the iconic Rose Bowl field! And here’s the deal: You experience so many of the best places at one time yourself and […]...
(Gerry Furth-Sides, photos are courtesy of Hanna Lee) Anyone who has written a book knows that the marketing is the hardest part. But Hanna Lee Communications (HLC), a smart award-winning PR agency specializing in hospitality, travel and luxury brands found a handy solution to this problem. How It’s Done: The ag...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) It’s more than enough to just be at Hank’s resort-like restaurant in Pacific Palisades on a sunny afternoon any day of the year. Everyone seems be on holiday and with the sun overhead, you feel like you are in “Charade” at Megeve in the Swiss Alps with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. Bu...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Spain dishes will once again be on our authentic first Thanksgiving table this year. We will toast to all of it with Spanish Rioja and Temperanillo. This is after learning that the first Thanksgiving was actually celebrated in St. Augustine, Florida in 1565 as documented by archaeologists at Florida’s Muse...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Returning after a two-year hiatus, half-century-old AltaMed Health Services, we were honored to attend the nation’s largest, independent federally qualified community health center held the 15th East LA Meets Napa Food & Wine Festival at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles. The ...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Yes! Cheese is what comes to mind when you say “Pecorino”. But the name of favorite zesty cheese has another new meaning in the wine world for a compelling white wine. It a single grape, crisp, aromatic that is of the highest calibre and astonishingly inexpensive. Still, Food Pairing...
Gerry Furth-Sides) During prohibition serving wine for church sacraments saves San Antonio Winery. These days it has been home delivery and pick=-ups. In fact sales were up 30% during COVID. Completely open now for safe outdoor and indoor dining that makes any day special, owner Santo is on hand to greet us and the staff do...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) Italy’s oldest and most cherished wine associations. Consorzio Vino Chianti was thrilled to return to sunny Los Angeles as the last stop on a whirlwind three-day tour. We were thrilled to be treated to a horizontal tasting of 2017 Riserva Chianti from each of the seven subdistricts. Added to that, a mou...
(Gerry Furth-Sides) It was an event to look forward to and did not disappoint: The first Sunday Art Opening Reception first art opening in over two years to welcome local Artist Bobbie Rich (@bobbierichfineart) to the walls of Upper West. The buzz was immediate as soon as you walked in the door to be greeted with […]...
Gerry Furth-Sides 
Barbara Hansen 
Chef-owner Alain Cohen 
Roberta Deen 
Jose Martinez 
Nivedita Basu 