Amy Scattergood

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 25: Tavern's Poached Pear Coupe. Like pretty much anything else you find on the menu at any one of Suzanne Goin's restaurants, the......

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "We're kind of worried that the folks at the big box store know something we don't, as the new seasonal catalogue has some sobering emergency food options." 6 Things on Sale at Costco.com: Your Holiday Dinner......

Happily in time for Halloween, the u-pick apple farms in Oak Glen are in the midst of a terrific season. Heirloom varieties of apples -- Pippins and Winesaps, Rome Beauties and Jonathans -- pressed cider, corn mazes, pumpkin patches and a chance to get out of town for some farm......

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "So basically there's a great feeling of satisfaction when I see a full plate of salumi being served." Chad Colby's Salumi Night at Mozza Scuola Di Pizza Goes to 4 Nights a Week. "Gill added, 'in......

In a town where attention is often galvanized by temporary things -- pop-up restaurants, the small explosions of sudden food trends, your dinner as Instagram -- it's far too easy to forget that there are some restaurants that have been going, and going strong, for years. Then they have anniversaries,......

As you may have noticed, this year's Best Of issue dropped on your doorstep, metaphorically if not actually, last week. There are hundreds (yes, hundreds) of listings, of spas and hikes and cocktails and grottos (yes, grottos), so many that you might get lost -- so many that we thought......

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Two years ago a heat spike like these might have resulted in some sunburned fruit; this year, however, the crop has escaped this fate." Serious Drinking: The 2012 California Wine Harvest. "To use Anthony Bourdain's words......

As you may have noticed, this year's Best Of issue dropped on your doorstep, metaphorically if not actually, yesterday. There are hundreds (yes, hundreds) of listings, of spas and hikes and cocktails and grottos (yes, grottos), so many that you might get lost -- so many that we thought we'd......

That sound you hear is this year's LA Weekly "Best of L.A. 2012" issues dropping into boxes and newstands and cafés and gyms and coffeeshops and massage parlors (that's a joke, sort of) around town this morning. And populating online, of course, with hundreds of people and places and lovely......