Amy Scattergood

-- Oprah rebuilds her television set out of chocolate. No word on how much of it she ate. -- The White Stuff: an author's exploration (in Gastronomica) of his mother's all-white eating habits. -- Biking the L.A. River, but with food. -- Ubuntu's former chef Jeremy Fox 'on vacation' in......

-- Oprah rebuilds her television set out of chocolate. No word on how much of it she ate. -- The White Stuff: an author's exploration (in Gastronomica) of his mother's all-white eating habits. -- Biking the L.A. River, but with food. -- Ubuntu's former chef Jeremy Fox 'on vacation' in......

You knew it was only a matter of time before Martha Stewart launched an iPhone app. And so she has. Last week Martha Stewart's Everyday Food App launched on iTunes. Because if you can have an app for both The White House and Plants vs. Zombies on your phone, you......

Rob Eshman, who writes the food blog Foodaism for the Jewish Journal, does not much like the current issue of Saveur Magazine, which takes as its subject food in the city of Los Angeles. Eshman's post yesterday was titled 10 Reasons Saveur Magazine Is Wrong. According to Eshman, it's not......

Today is National Margarita Day. Of course it's a ridiculous and completely fabricated holiday, probably invented by the makers of some brand of tequila or powdered margarita mix. But if you like margaritas, you should ignore that crass reality and just pretend that Ernest Hemingway invented the day instead. Sure,......

Books aren't dead, they're just getting weirder. Maybe blame Jeff Bezos, who admits reading his Kindle in the bathtub. The Diagram prize, a prize established in 1978 by the trade magazine The Bookseller for oddest book title, just announced the short list for its 2009 prize. Weird this past year......

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "I'd never seen a microwaved tlayuda before, and I hope never to see one again." Ask Mr. Gold: A Mole Here, A Mole There. "Wear your buffet pants." Surviving The LA Cupcake Challenge: A Judge's Perspective......

You can't say that Stephen Colbert doesn't put his money where his mouth is. Or, in this case, his lunch. The Comedy Central comedian became the patron saint of speed skating when he bailed out the US Olympic speed skating team, whose previous sponsor went bankrupt. Colbert and his viewers......

If you're sitting at home (or reading food blogs in your cubicle) and thinking about how much you'd love to see your food photography gracing the cover of pretty magazines instead of your refrigerator door, you're in luck. For the first time, Saveur Magazine is calling for photo submissions for......