Amy Scattergood

As Anthony Bourdain fans have known for months now, the No Reservations guy is in town to give a talk at UCLA tonight. Bourdain has also been making the rounds, talking to Pat Morisson on KPCC this afternoon, during which time he heaped praise on local institutions In-N-Out, Philippe's and......

If you walk into the front doors of Ford's Filling Station and look the length of the restaurant, the first thing that you'll see, particularly if the sun has gone down outside, is the enormous wood-burning oven that seems to fill the entire kitchen. It's a stunning piece, and it......

In the first part of our interview with Ben Ford of Ford's Filling Station in Culver City, Ford had just been discussing parsley -- specifically, the beautiful plating of it at Chez Panisse, where Ford worked in his early 20's -- and life on the line at Campanile. Today, Ford......

This LA Weekly Flickr pool photo comes to you courtesy of photographer Lucyrk in LA, who took the shot of on her Canon PowerShot. While it's not technically a food-related shot, it is curiously fascinating. And it reminds some of us of our restaurant matchbook collections, grown dusty now that......

Ben Ford's Culver City gastropub Ford's Filling Station has been open for about 4 1/2 years now, during which time the neighborhood has changed from a rundown outpost dominated by Sony Pictures and the ghosts of munchkins (the cast of the Wizard of Oz stayed at the old Culver Hotel......

After years of bad press (global expansionism, burnt beans, the invention of the frappuccino) Starbucks may finally have found a way to endear itself to one vast, growing segment of the populace, and especially the populace here in Los Angeles. No, not reality television stars, but unemployed, laptop carrying, wannabe......

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- Should I Move to France? (28 Questions to Ask Yourself) -- Wendy's pulls disco CD from kid's meals because of "racy" Donna Summer lyrics. So now they can just go home and listen to......