Amy Scattergood

In which we continue our interview with The Gorbals' chef-owner Ilan Hall (part 1 was yesterday). Hall spends a lot of time in motion, navigating his open kitchen and the slightly cavernous space around the downtown restaurant, which is in the Alexandria Hotel, circa 1906. The Gorbals often seems in......

Ilan Hall has had an interesting six months, between the opening and closing and reopening of his downtown restaurant The Gorbals. But now that the building inspectors are finally happy with him--a problematic boiler necessitated the closing of The Gorbals after only a few days--he's opened for lunch as well......

A few weeks ago when we interviewed Canelé's chef-owner Corina Weibel, we promised to get her cheesecake recipe. Thanks so much to readers who wrote in and pointedly reminded us of that fact. Mea culpa. Here it is. Weibel says that the recipe comes courtesy of her neighbor, Samantha Peale,......

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Phở might be the fastest, cheapest, most exotic, late-night fix that you can't order at a drive-thru window (not in L.A., at least). It also might be the most frequently mispronounced three-letter word." Just Pho Fun:......

'Tis the season for bar openings. Tar Pit, the old-style ("reminiscent of a 1940s-era supper club") La Brea restaurant and lounge from Mark Peel and Jay Perrin (Campanile) and Audrey Saunders (NYC's Pegu Club), finally opens its doors to the public today. It was a long time coming. Peel and......

Thomas Keller's Bar Bouchon opens today, on the first floor space beneath the lofty digs of the new Bouchon Bistro in Beverly Hills, just in time for the booze marathon of the holidays. Shopping in Beverly Hills requires a drink for many of us anyway. The bar concept is the......

There's a new chef at Ammo, the Hollywood restaurant that's been quietly turning out seasonal-based, market-driven food for over a decade on Highland Avenue. Daniel Mattern took over the stoves at the beginning of December. Mattern is no stranger to Los Angeles cooking, particularly this sort of what's-at-the-market food. He......

If you're planning a night of partying this weekend, you might consider picking bars in Hollywood. Like as close to Cahuenga and Hollywood as you can conveniently get. Because once you've had your share of Manhattans and gin fizzes, you can wander over to the Ketel One Canteen, eat free......

Spend any time in truck stops or bars or watching the commercials during football games, and you quickly realize that beef jerky is America's secret snack food of choice. Okay, maybe not so secret. And now, not only can you get Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger's line of beef jerky, you......