Amy Scattergood

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "If you want more of this salsa, it'll be an extra quarter. This would be but a small price to pay for a fleeting moment of bliss." Top 6 Tacos in the San Fernando Valley. "It's......

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 94: Peruvian Chicken at Pollo a la Brasa. The Peruvian chicken joint on Western called Pollo a la Brasa -- which is the same......

If you go out to dinner a lot, with groups of friends or colleagues or random people you meet in bars or at food blogger camps or even IACP award dinners, you may run across the occasional math problem when it comes to divvying up the check. Making soufflés and......

In today's feature food story, our new restaurant critic, Besha Rodell, considers the vast new dinner table that is her Los Angeles. In the process, she tells you something about herself, her methodology and a recent California epiphany. (A seat at Pizzeria Mozza. A walnut.) Over the years, I've come......

Dr. Ruth Westheimer is getting into the wine business, reports the New York Post. The octogenarian, Sorbonne-trained psychologist, author and sex therapist is coming out with a line of low-alcohol wines. The California wines, which will have an alcohol content of only 6 percent, will be showing up in New......

The Mozza compound on the corner of Melrose and Highland is L.A.'s version of Roald Dahl's chocolate factory. People go in and come out all the time, but so do the inventions. Focaccia, budino, porchetta. And starting tomorrow, you can add Chad Colby's salumi bar to the list. (Maybe they......

If you had any last lingering doubts that Anthony Bourdain has conquered the world, this morning's news should put an end to them. CNN announced this morning that Bourdain will join the network as a weekend anchor. The host of No Reservations, writer of mystery novels, kitchen tell-alls and the......

Michelle Obama's first book, American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America, hits the bookstores today. Just in time for summertime gardening, for your kids' summer vacation projects (Cook your own dinner! Build your own compost bin!), and even for a season of happy......

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "If, however, you have neither a backyard nor a grill, you can participate in another great American tradition of finding someone else do the work for you." BBQ Flowchart: Where You Can Be Up to the......

So what did David Chang pass around at last night's UCLA science and food lecture? After Rene Redzepi handed out seaweed ice cream at the previous lecture, expectations were perhaps higher than they'd be at a normal university event, where people do not generally get experimental snacks. The Momofuku chef,......