Amy Scattergood

Andre Guerrero (Oinkster), who left BoHo not terribly long ago, has been busy scouting out new projects. Not only is he working on a second Oinkster downtown, but now comes news that the chef will soon be opening an Italian restaurant. Maximiliano's will open in Highland Park at 5930 York......

Many here in Los Angeles were perplexed when the LAUSD refused to let British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver into their schools to film season 2 of his Food Revolution show. Banned from the cafeterias of this city's public schools, Oliver staged a campaign -- in the press, on Facebook, in......

This past week's cover story was the cocktail issue, or L.A.'s Best Cocktails, in which Jonathan Gold considers, as you can probably infer from the title, the best cocktails in Los Angeles. To celebrate the happy event, we're giving you a cocktail a day here on Squid Ink. Last Friday's......

Thanks to LAist for the headsup on this one: The Girl Scout Cookie Locator, courtesy of the Scouts themselves. Now you have only to enter your zip code to find the nearest booth to where you are sitting right now, chugging bad coffee, loathing Mondays, wishing your hangover would go......

Umami Burger opened its 5th location in two years last Wednesday, making a very good case for future global hegemony. Well, okay, maybe city-wide hegemony. Whatever. The sleek new spot went in right next door to Mexicali Cocina Cantina in the space that used to be that restaurant's banquet room......

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "The lime-and-salt thing is for beginners." The Cocktail Issue: Border Grill's Sangrita + A Recipe. "It looks a bit more like an 18-wheeler crossed with a Che Guevara T-shirt shop." Jamie Oliver Launches L.A. Food Revolution......

This week's cover story is the cocktail issue, or L.A.'s Best Cocktails, in which Jonathan Gold considers, as you can probably infer from the title, the best cocktails in Los Angeles. To celebrate the happy event, we're giving you a cocktail a day here on Squid Ink. Yesterday's drink was......

If you're really good at coordinating your food events, there's another great one this weekend, in addition to, of course, the Gold Standard. The Truckit Fest (@truckitfest) is this Sunday at Union Station. The food truck festival is the first of what will be monthly events, to be held the......

-- Bricia Lopez interviews Diana Kennedy at Loteria Grill. -- Making bacon roses. -- David Lebovitz on the art of food blogging. ("If you are writing for search engines, you are cheating readers.") -- How to survive eating everything at In-N-Out. -- The insane practice of lacing chicken feed with......

Happy Anniversary Martha! Six years ago this morning, Martha Stewart was released from jail. As you may recall, Stewart spent five months at the minimum-security federal women's prison in Alderson, West Virginia after being convicted for lying to government investigators about the sale of a few thousand shares of stock......