Amy Scattergood

If you spend much time at the growing Mozza complex that is the happy corner of Melrose and Highland, you will have noticed Nancy Silverton's Pain d'Épices Pigs. They have graced pastry chef Dahlia Narvaez's dessert plates, and you can buy them at Mozza 2 Go, wrapped nicely in cellophane......

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "When we reminisce about the old Luau in Beverly Hills, he always reminds me how the bar was full of call girls." Meet Your Food Blogger: Pat Saperstein of EatingLA. "L.A. seems to get caught up......

Cassoulet is a great winter bistro dish, a homey baked casserole from the south of France that is absolutely nothing like the bland casseroles of most American childhoods. (Unless you happen to have French relatives or have won the food lottery and grown up nextdoor to Paula Wolfert.) Walter Manzke......

In which we continue our interview with Walter Manzke of Church & State. The chef talks about what he would have done if he hadn't been a chef and gives his take on the bistro trend. Oh, and he weighs in (a little) on life at Bastide, which is set......

This LA Weekly Flickr pool photo comes to you courtesy of photographer aalorber, who took the shot--the sign is for the 101 Coffee Shop in Hollywood--on December 6th with a Canon SX110IS. Kind of a caffeine junkie's version of Last Exit to Brooklyn......

Lazy Ox Canteen, the much-anticipated Little Toyko restaurant from Josef Centeno and Michael Cardenas, will open for dinner next Thursday night. It will be a soft opening, with a formal opening party scheduled once things get going, probably the following weekend. Last night Centeno (Lot 1, Opus, Meson G) and......

Pop-up restaurants can be challenging for many reasons, not least being the difficulty of adapting to a new space that is by definition temporary. Ludo Lefebvre knew that running LudoBites out of Royal/T's Japanese-style cosplay café in Culver City would be difficult, particularly as the space does not have a......

Since Walter Manzke took over the stoves at Church & State, the downtown bistro in the old National Biscuit Company building, almost exactly a year ago, the restaurant has become a haven for bistro fans, cooks on their days off and anyone who loves pigs ears. At first Manzke seemed......

So the finale of Top Chef's sixth season came down to a showdown between the Voltaggio brothers. Surprise! If you didn't see that coming, you need to read up on basic story-telling. And (spoiler alert!) despite some last minute histrionics, the underdog won. Face it, it's more interesting to have......