Amy Scattergood

Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger have been culinary fixtures in this town for decades, from their first restaurant, City Cafe, which opened in 1981, to their downtown flagship Ciudad, to the Westside's Border Grill to, inevitably, a food truck of the same name. Oh, and let's not forget the......

A reminder that you will have plenty of couscous -- and poulet frit, or Algerian fried chicken; and rabbit tagine with figs and almonds; and Merguez sliders with harissa; and shrimp brik; and oh, one could go on and on -- to eat this weekend, as the Couscous Festival is......

Jimmy Shaw, chef-owner of Loteria Grill (three and counting), has long had a special place in his heart and in his kitchen for Diana Kennedy, the highly respected authority on Mexican cuisine and author of a long string of classic cookbooks on the subject. When Shaw was first getting into......

The Hungry Cat, David Lentz's decidedly more upscale and cocktail-oriented version of a Maryland fish house, will expand to Santa Monica. Eater reports that Lentz will take over the old Brass Cap location by Giorgio Baldi near the Pacific Coast Highway. When we emailed the chef, he wrote back: "Yes......

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- Chef Shuffles: Kris Morningstar Leaves District, Mercantile. -- Jamie Oliver: 'No one understands me. No one.' -- You Never Made Me Pot Au Feu. -- The hottest food bloggers in Los Angeles. -- Top......

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- Chef Shuffles: Kris Morningstar Leaves District, Mercantile. -- Jamie Oliver: 'No one understands me. No one.' -- You Never Made Me Pot Au Feu. -- The hottest food bloggers in Los Angeles. -- Top......

As Dennis Romero just reported in the Weekly's news blog, today the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved health-department letter grades for food trucks. This will allow the Nathaniel Hawthorne approach (newly adopted in New York City) to extend from brick-and-mortar restaurants to mobile eateries. The five-member board voted......

You may not be carting around your L.A. Michelin Guide anymore, but fortunately for those of us who enjoy having handy literature in our glove compartments (Larousse Gastronomique does not fit), the 2011 Zagat Guide for Los Angeles and Southern California is out. Of course, it's been out for a......