Dining, Arts & Entertainment

Are you thinking of throwing a holiday party?  With the holidays upon us, you will most certainly be invited to many events from neighborhood get-togethers to the standard office party.  Want to make yours stand out?  I have put together some ideas to help you create an unforgettable event without making the old spinach dip standby dish.

Gateway Village, at Newhall and Rye Canyon Road is living up to its slogan for being the neighborhood destination for food, fitness and FUNdamentals.  Every Friday and Saturday, Gateway Village is now featuring live entertainment.  Pam Craig, General Manager for Gateway says, “When customers come to enjoy an express lunch, a smoothie, or just want to sit and relax after shopping or exercising; they’ll have the pleasure of listening to some music a few days a week.”

Traveling as a teen with his father during the 1940s, A.J. Parker experienced culinary treats from different parts of the world — so the story goes.  A.J. loved to cook, more than he loved to eat.

While that may be a lofty goal, David Bucks is working hard to be that…with one menu and one independently owned and operated restaurant, The Off Broadway Bistro, and in our opinion, he’s on the right track.

When I was a little girl there were two things I loved.  Dogs, any kind of dog, as well as my dolls and buying clothes for them.  My mother took me to the five and dime and let me buy an outfit or two whenever we shopped there.

Are you longing for a delicious cake or savory crêpe?  With the weather cooling down, there’s no better way to greet the season of fall with warm homemade breads, muffins and pastries from Le Paris Bakery and Café.   Savor the season with a delectable pumpkin crème brulée or a freshly baked spice cake.  Enjoy a cup of specialty tea and freshly baked zucchini bread.  Try a delightful pumpkin mousse or indulge in a mouth-watering Bavarian cream.  Satisfy your taste buds with the sweet tastes of Paris!

The arrival of the fall and winter holiday season can bring lots of fun, food and feasting.  However, if food isn’t handled or prepared properly, food poisoning can result, and festivity can quickly turn into calamity.  Food poisoning is caused by toxins, created by bacteria, which in most cases are undetectable by sight, smell or taste.  Millions of people are affected by food poisoning each year.

Are you a young woman between the ages of 14 and 17 who volunteers in your community or school? Do you see challenges instead of obstacles? Hope instead of despair? If you are a young woman who believes in the power of volunteer action, then you may be eligible to win a Violet Richardson Award.

When Egg Plantation opened in the 70s there was one goal – to serve the best tasting, original omelets on the planet.  Good news – nothing has changed!  The goal is still the same today.  Owners Simon and Shannon Mee love the restaurant business.  Simon wanted to own his own restaurant from the age of 14 and Egg Plantation fit the bill perfectly.

The Tofu House garners inspiration from bona fide family-held recipes of traditional Korean cuisine with Pan-Asian flair to better serve the diverse clientele in Santa Clarita.  Our mission is to create affordable cuisine with traditionally exquisite taste.  We strive to impart our passion for food, which represents the fusion of our Korean and American cultural roots.

Mark your calendar now for LETMESAIL’s 2nd Annual New Year’s Eve Bon Voyage Ball, which will be held once again at the Hyatt Valencia Grand Ball Room.  For those of you who attended the inaugural event last year, you will remember that it was “the place to be” to ring in the New Year!  We are thrilled to announce that Poole & Shaffery, LLP Attorneys at Law are again this year’s generous title sponsor.

The fall Family Season offering at the Canyon Theatre Guild is a fun-filled show, “Musical! The Bard is Back!”  As any theater aficionado knows, it is considered “bad luck” to speak the name of Shakespeare’s “Scottish Play” while inside a theater.  Those who are foolish enough to do so are “cursed” in their production. 

At Persia Restaurant we seek perfection in flavor and we want our fine cuisine to be an experience as well for our patrons.  “As the only Persian Restaurant in the SCV we make sure our quality is the highest, and it is,” says, owner, Homayoun Daryani.

There’s no need to drive to the Valley with these gas prices!  We have it all right here for your convenience!
Mandana and Homayoun, owners of Mom and Pop’s International Market and Deli, have seen their clientele grow fast through the years. 

Barbacoa Brazilian Steakhouse offers a unique dining experience and although there’s plenty of other good food to enjoy, this restaurant is all about meat.  There’s even a specialty meat chef.  David Mulin is from Brazil and has undergone extensive training in the preparation of the meat that is skewered and grilled over a special grill to insure that every skewer offered by the gauchos is presented with consistency.

For most of us “dieting” means eating less food less often, eating foods we don’t like (raw vegetables, fat-free cottage cheese, rice cakes, etc.), and going without foods we do like (pizza, chocolate, etc.).  There’s one problem with this strategy — It doesn’t work!  Here’s why:  when you suddenly go on a “diet”, your body goes into starvation mode.  Without going into boring details, your body actually stores more fat.  While you may weigh less, you’re actually fatter than you were before you started your “diet.”  When you finally do eat more normally, your body then stores those calories as fat as well (in anticipation of the next time you starve it) making you even fatter!

In these times of fast food, it has become imperative to brush up our formal dining etiquette.  Nowadays, formal sit-down dinners are becoming less frequent.  There comes a business lunch or a dinner at a swanky restaurant where you are required to be sophistication incarnate displaying flawless table etiquette.

Three Blonde Moms — A couple of years ago, a comedian whom I had known for several years called me up and said I have this new show that I have put together called Three Blonde Moms.