Amy Scattergood

Time to get out your jar of Nutella and raise a spoonful. According to The Telegraph, Pietro Ferrero, the co-CEO of Ferrero group, the makers of Nutella, has died. The 47-year-old Ferrero died April 18th in South Africa, where he collapsed while cycling near Cape Town. He's survived by his......

Spring has come to Los Angeles farmers markets, bringing stinging nettles and fennel, fava beans and English peas, as well as lilacs -- only available for a few weeks in Southern California -- and more citrus. Kumquats. Meyer lemons. Strawberries are particularly good this year, but stone fruit will be......

-- 6 Things to Do with a Can of Tuna. -- Coffee Pros Leave Intelligentsia to Launch Handsome Coffee Roasters. -- A consideration of the Costco hot dog. -- White tablecloth prison food: The Clink restaurant, where English prisoners learn to become chefs. -- Taco Bell lawsuit is dropped. --......

Everyone loves a list, particularly a ranked list. We do. David Letterman does. Water companies do. Thus S. Pellegrino has just announced their list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants. For the second year in a row, Noma in Copenhagen comes in at the number one spot. (Two years ago......

No, Jonathan Gold has not won a second Pulitzer, but he's come pretty damn close. As the Weekly's editor Drex Heikes just emailed us all: Jonathan Gold was one of the three finalists this year for the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, Columbia University just announced. The prize went to Boston......

For those of you who have been pining for chef David LeFevre's cooking since he left Water Grill last year, you can now find it on the menu again. His own menu, at his first restaurant. LeFevre's Manhattan Beach Post (abbreviated to M.B. Post) opens today. As for why Manhattan......

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "You will leave slightly drunk, slightly sore and covered with stinking juice. It's what love is all about." Ask Mr. Gold: Big Plate Dating. "This working shoulder-launched munition made with 15 pounds of bacon can fire......

If you read our interview with Chichen Itza chef-owner Gilberto Cetina, you will have been reminded that the chef, besides running one of L.A.'s favorite restaurants and writing a soon-to-be-published cookbook on Yucatecan cuisine, makes a mean bottle of habanero sauce. Cetina also makes anchiote paste, which features prominently in......