Amy Scattergood

Gastronomica, the journal of food and culture edited by Darra Goldstein, turns 10 this year. The current issue has, in addition to the usual fascinating art, poetry and prose, an intriguing piece by Charlotte Druckman asking "Why Are There No Great Women Chefs?" (Download the article here.) Druckman, who has......

Via LAist, we found this fascinating map of the United States from Weather Sealed. It renders in color fields the territory controlled by the eight largest U.S. burger chains. Black is McDonald's. The blips of color in the otherwise dark universe are the other seven burger outlets. Republicans seem to......

When Rob Eshman, of the local food blog Foodaism, gave 10 reasons why Saveur's LA edition got it all wrong last week, he probably wanted to generate some traffic, but maybe not quite what he got. So yesterday he made nice, following up with Nine Ways to Make LA the......

This LA Weekly Flickr pool photo comes to you courtesy of photographer Calla Cakes. It's a gorgeous shot, a study in monochrome and shadow and potential: the caption reads "before they were made into cake." Would that the rest of the ingredients looked as good......

When happy hour clicks around to the north of both your clock and your priority list, you may not feel like taking the time to figure out where to go. Sure, there's your local dive bar, but there's also So Much More. Well, we have an app for that. Happy......

The Western Regional Barista Championship was held this past weekend at Siren Studio in Hollywood. MCing the event were Heather Perry, of Klatch Coffee in San Dimas, two-time United States Barista Champion and current Chair of the SCAA Barista Guild of America Council, and Kyle Glanville, the 2008 USBC champion......

There's a full moon, the economy is still in the tank, it's Monday. And worst of all, there are no more Olympic hockey games and medal ceremonies to watch on NBC, only Jerry Seinfeld giving marital advice. All very good reasons why you may need a drink with your next......

-- Pat Saperstein checks out the new Tip Top (banh mi! gelato!) location in Rosemead. -- Laurent Torondel leaves his own empire. -- Expats from Chile gather at Rincon Chileno in the wake of the recent devastating Chilean earthquake. -- Andrew Knowlton discusses what makes a great palate. -- A......

-- Pat Saperstein checks out the new Tip Top (banh mi! gelato!) location in Rosemead. -- Laurent Torondel leaves his own empire. -- Expats from Chile gather at Rincon Chileno in the wake of the recent devastating Chilean earthquake. -- Andrew Knowlton discusses what makes a great palate. -- A......

If two chefs feel like cooking together, maybe matching their different versions of a dish up for an evening of good food, they do not necessarily need a glitzy Kitchen Stadium and a bunch of Food Network TV cameras to do so. Sometimes one chef can just drop into another's......