Amy Scattergood

The debate concerning who makes the best hamburger in Los Angeles continues, of course, as it is by nature an ongoing question. Just who makes the biggest hamburger in the world is, however, a much more straightforward question. Less Zeno's Paradox, more Guinness World Records. At the moment, the record-holder......

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- Miles Davis gets a beer named after him. -- Forage restaurant in Silver Lake resumes foraging. -- Sotheby's hosts a Vegetable Auction. -- Want to buy a mandoline? -- How to tell if the......

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- Miles Davis gets a beer named after him. -- Forage restaurant in Silver Lake resumes foraging. -- Sotheby's hosts a Vegetable Auction. -- Want to buy a mandoline? -- How to tell if the......

Think Bartles & Jaymes meets Ozzy Osbourne. Or maybe Mikhail Prokhorov. This enormous silver wine cooler will be up for auction at Sotheby's in July, and is expected to sell for between £1.5 million and £2 million. The cooler was commissioned by the third Lord Raby in 1706, and was......

The democratization of food, if you can call the evolution of the food truck such a thing, continues. And this time, instead of a rogue chef taking the wheel, it's a pair of food bloggers. Noting the relative absence of Filipino food in Los Angeles in general, and in the......

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "If you are planning on opening a modern gastropub without pigs' ear on the menu, you might as well stick to Beer Nuts and Bac-O-Nets." Best Pigs' Ear: The Lazy Ox Canteen. "If the refrigerators come......

Yes, finally, all you food people on Twitter have what is perhaps your ultimate validation, at least until Ferran Adrià starts tweeting recipes in Spanish haikus. Thomas Keller has joined Twitter. His first tweet -- @Chef_Keller; go look it up -- went out this afternoon. According to his PR firm,......

If your idea of a good time is watching two grown men see how many slices of pizza they can eat in 10 minutes, then you have someplace to be tomorrow afternoon. At 3 p.m. this Saturday in Culver City -- at Sony Pictures Studios of all places -- the......

If you've been stuck in the car listening to public radio during the last few days, you're painfully aware that KPCC is currently conducting a pledge drive. You also know by now how much Tom Hanks likes public radio, as both he and his driver have done recurrent bits for......

Sky's Gourmet Tacos has been on Pico Boulevard for eighteen years, serving tacos and burritos, tortas and vegetarian specials, in a bright green and cheery space, with tables outside and a patio in back. About a year ago, owner Barbara Burrell, known as Sky, decided to look into getting a......