Amy Scattergood

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- Michael Ruhlman tells us Why Sandra Lee Is Not Evil Incarnate. -- Gael Greene gets a racy TV show (maybe). -- The James Beard Foundation's list of 13 Essential Baking Books. -- Searching for......

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- Michael Ruhlman tells us Why Sandra Lee Is Not Evil Incarnate. -- Gael Greene gets a racy TV show (maybe). -- The James Beard Foundation's list of 13 Essential Baking Books. -- Searching for......

We have CNN to thank for so much. The invention of Permanent Television, Jane Fonda in a Braves cap, the number of times we get to say "Wolf Blitzer" every day in casual conversation. And now, in addition to giving us Anderson Cooper hour after repeating hour, they will be......

Last summer, we ran a post about what to pack in your Earthquake Preparedness Kit, chocolate being the first thing that some of us would grab, along with the dog and the children. Since April is Earthquake Preparedness Month, we thought we'd run it again. Why April? Not because the......

This LA Weekly Flickr pool photo, of a flute of brut rosé Champagne taken at Animal, comes to you courtesy of photographer Love & Lemonade. Something to drink with your offal, your poutine, your foie gras loco moco. And proof that Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook do in fact serve......

So what do you want for your birthday? World peace, a nuclear arms treaty, a trip somewhere, a job. Probably not a Lexus. But cupcakes, definitely cupcakes. We all want cake, especially if it's portable. Well, today Sprinkles is turning 5 years old, and they're celebrating their birthday by giving......

Today, in fact about an hour ago, The Huffington Post launched their new food page. You knew this one was coming, right? The Atlantic has a food page, as does Tina Brown's The Daily Beast. And I bet Arianna Huffington makes a mean skordalia. HuffPost Food editor Colin Sterling says......

For all of us who've been mourning the empty Maury Rubin-shaped hole where City Bakery used to be in the Brentwood Country Mart, good news indeed. Jeffrey Cerciello, lately culinary director of Thomas Keller's casual dining division, has taken over the space -- which has been vacant for the last......

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "The way things are going, we'll probably see a camel-hump truck parked out behind the Brig within a month or two." Hump Day: Cooking Camels With Anissa Helou. "The Burger Wars have taken a whole new......

Guess who's got a new book out? David Lebovitz, former Chez Panisse pastry chef, blogger extraordinaire, manic issuer of tweets -- "Am trying to figure out what's more important: cookware or bed sheets?" -- chocolate tourist, writer of cookbooks, and, well, one could go on. But why, when Lebovitz does......