Amy Scattergood

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "What does Tony Curtis have in common with Emperor Franz Josef I? Do you even have to ask?" 99 Things To Eat in L.A. Before You Die: Sherry Yard's Kaiserschmarrn. "Sound like an extortion scheme worthy......

The next time you're stuck in line outside Pizzeria Mozza, you'll have a much more pastoral setting for your wait than the usual valet caravan, the hungry crowds, the celebrities dodging TMZ for a pizza. This morning Nancy Silverton and crew had an edible garden wall installed along the otherwise......

One of the many wonderful dishes that Jazz Singsanong and her brother Suthiporn Sungkamee, known as Tui, have on the menu at Jitlada Thai Restaurant in Hollywood is this Thai beef salad. It's easy to make, and relies upon two bowlsful of sauces and herbs--one for the marinade and one......

Walter Manzke is leaving Church & State, the downtown bistro that the talented chef has turned into a destination for fellow chefs and devotees of pigs ears. Manzke, who has been at Church & State for just over a year, is opening his own restaurant, details of which will come......

Walk through the colorful doors of Jitlada Thai Restaurant, in the back of a cluttered strip mall off Hollywood Boulevard in Thai Town, and you feel like you've stumbled into someone's living room as much as a restaurant. Which, in a sense, you have. Sarintip Singsanong, known as Jazz, runs......

This LA Weekly Flickr pool photo comes to you courtesy of photographer R.E.~, who took the lovely shot on February 21st at Fix Coffee in Echo Park. Look for a barista or two from that coffee shop at this weekend's Western Regional Barista Competition......

If you're the sort of person who spends your free time stalking Intelligentsia baristas, hanging out at cupping events, waiting for your next caffeine fix at LAMILL, and longing for the day when you can pull espresso shots from your very own La Marzocco, then you have someplace to be......

Food can be dangerous. Just ask anyone who's eaten a bhut jolokia chile or tried serving her aged grandfather a whole lobster when she didn't know he had carpal tunnel syndrome. (Sorry!) Some food can be particularly dangerous to children, and we're not just talking from an aesthetic standpoint. The......

Tomorrow Arnold Schwarzenegger hosts his Obesity Summit, or, to be more specific, the 2010 Summit on Health, Nutrition and Obesity: Action for Healthy Living. The Governor will be joined by former President Bill Clinton tomorrow in downtown Los Angeles at The California Endowment, at 1000 North Alameda Street. "Diverse stakeholders"......