Amy Scattergood

Despite some recent reports to the contrary, Viet Noodle Bar in Atwater Village remains open for business. Do they sometimes not answer their phone? Yes. Have their hours been a bit erratic recently? Yes. This is not because they have shuttered, but because for the past few days they've been......

Depending on who you talk to, Michael Pollan is either Jesus Christ or the Pied Piper of Hamelin, or perhaps the chair of the NCAA rules committee. In any event, Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, etc.) is currently in the process of updating his popular Food Rules: An Eater's Manual. And......

Sure we may have stacks of cookbooks on our shelves, and under our desks and on top of our refrigerators, but many if not most of us these days use Google to do a recipe search more often than we unstack our cookbooks. Today, that all gets a lot more......

Unlike the Michelin Guide, Zagat's reviews are generated not from secret inspectors driving around in shabby Citroëns and furtively eating alone in pricey restaurants (a stereotype certainly, but one we're attached to), but by the rest of us. Zagat compiles the comments and ratings from everyone who participates in their......

This LA Weekly Flickr pool photo comes to you from photographer averagebetty. In honor of the Oscars this Sunday: a lovely photo of Lee Hefter's (Spago, Cut) spicy tuna cones. If you go to averagebetty's blog, you can find the the rest of the 2011 Academy Awards Governor's Ball menu,......

What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of your content comes......

What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of your content comes......

djjewelzJoseph Mahon and David Haskell The pop-up restaurant -- the happy medium somewhere between the restaurant, the food truck, a tent and the chef's own kitchen -- is a sudden, brief and often inspired creation, an event simply because of its transitory nature. The latest of these extended dinner parties......