Amy Scattergood

iHeartSilverlake EastSide Food Festival Silver Lake is getting its own food festival, with 25 vendors, chefs, DJs, musicians and more, hosted by  Mack Sennett Studios, Castle Gourmet and Food Is the New Rock. Who's coming? Alimento, Auntie Em's Kitchen, Angel City Brewing, Black Hogg, Donut Friend, HomeState, Kitchen Mouse, Little Beast, Mexicali......

On her recent trip to Los Angeles, Paula Deen taped a number of television shows (Fox and Friends, etc.) and holed up in the Montage Beverly Hills, where she did a few more interviews, including one with us. Thus on a weekday morning, we chatted with the white-haired queen of......

Halloween Food Fest The inaugural Halloween Food Festival (presented by the KTOWN Night Market and Councilman Herb Wesson’s office) will mean that part of Koreatown will be closed off for food vendors, pop-up stores, carnival games and more. Who's coming? Eight Korean BBQ, Ramen Burger, IOTA Brew Café, Shin-Sen-Gumi, Swirl......

If you, like many of the rest of us, dream of Christine Moore's sea salt caramels, you'll soon have another place to get your fix. And a whole lot more than caramels. Moore and business partner Pam Perkins have spent the last year quietly at work turning a 1920s-era brick......

Thanks to the resurgence of traditional American cooking and so-called comfort food in the last decade or so, red velvet cakes have grown, and grown a lot, in popularity. It's easy to see why: They're gorgeous, delicious and just a little weird. Considered by many an example of traditional Southern......

Pint-Sized Beer FestivalIn honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, four Los Angeles breweries — Eagle Rock, Golden Road, Highland Park, Angel City Brewery — have teamed up to support the Keep a Breast Foundation with a locals-only mini beer festival. Flatiron and Truckquito food trucks will be on site with food......

Among the handful of Los Angeles chefs who have defined this town's restaurant scene, Hans Röckenwagner often seems to go under-appreciated. Maybe because he doesn't show up on flashy food television. Or maybe because he spends a disproportionate time baking pretzels and making his outstanding traditional German-style holiday cookies. Or......

You know the drill: You bake a birthday cake, or have somebody else bake one for you, then you populate its surface with candles, light them, watch them get blown out, then separate the inedible melted wax from the frosting you do want. Depending on the candles and how many......

Even before York Boulevard morphed into a jumble of trendy boutiques and bars, Highland Park was an eater's paradise. You could eat tacos for days and never even go inside, so good are the taco trucks in this neighborhood. All kinds of regional Mexican delicacies could be found in the......

Artisanal L.A. Fall Show  The fall show from Artisanal L.A., the pop-up shop and recurrent event, is coming. This one again showcases new and returning vendors, book signings, demos and lots of fun stuff. Look for the launch of Leah Ferrazzani's Semolina Pasta; Stowaway Ginger Beer; Buttermilk, Inc.; QUIN candy from Portland, Oregon; and Zoe Nathan,......