Amy Scattergood

Late April is going to be a good time to be in Portland, Oregon, if you're interested in the food world--or have been secretly stalking Ruth Reichl. The 32nd Annual Conference of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) will be held in that caffeine and rain saturated city from......

Lotería Grill opens for business in Studio City today. This is chef-owner Jimmy Shaw's third location. Shaw opened his first Lotería as a small taqueria in the Farmers Market at 3rd and Fairfax next to the Grove; his second, a much larger Loteria on Hollywood Boulevard, opened in 2008. The......

Ferran Adrià knows how to control a news cycle like an immersion circulator, although he'd probably rather not be at the center of this one. Last week The New York Times broke the story that Adria's famed restaurant elBulli was closing permanently, only to have Adria refute the story in......

This morning the James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for its 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards. Judges will vote to determine the final 5 nominees in each category, which will be announced on March 22nd. The winners will be announced at the Foundation's award party, held May 3rd at Avery......

The cupcake craze is not only Never Going Away, it's still growing. Not only do we have the upcoming Cupcake Challenge, but the makers of Cinnabon have now introduced a new cupcake menu. I guess cinnamon rolls were a little too old-fashioned, or maybe they just did't have the same......

America's Top Bartender will now be mixing his Absolut cocktails at The Edison. The downtown bar named Joe Brooke their new director of spirits, replacing Aidan Demarest, who left the post for the as-yet-unopened First & Hope. Other than winning America's Top Bartender, a contest sponsored by Absolut and carrying......

Chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Marco Pierre White are changing the way people cook. Or at least the gadgets they use to do it, according to a Reuters report. More men are buying cooking equipment--like the carving knife named for White that is pictured below, which comes with a frozen......

If you're getting hungry while watching all the Olympic events and poutine just isn't doing it for you, try making some Olympic ring cookies. These fantastic colored rings come to you via Serious Eats, where every Monday Cakespy (Seattle food blogger Jessie Oleson) guest blogs with a recipe. This one......