Amy Scattergood

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The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's......
Wolfgang Puck at the Santa Monica Farmers Market; Credit: A. Scattergood

March at L.A. Farmers Markets: Your Virtual Grocery List

It's March at Los Angeles farmers markets, which means peak citrus season, along with cardoons, Savoy cabbages, potatoes and winter greens -- and chefs, including frequent shopper Wolfgang Puck, who spent this morning helping to hold down the canopy at Pudwill Berry Farm's stall. (Heavy winds, not his need for......
moveable kitchen equipment at The Tar Pit; Credit: A. Scattergood

The Tar Pit Closes: To Open Again Soon, Somewhere

The Tar Pit, Mark Peel's retro cocktail bar and restaurant, served its last pickled deviled eggs and clams casino and Vieux Carre on Saturday night. Open on La Brea Avenue -- conveniently located a few blocks north of Peel's restaurant Campanile -- since late 2009, The Tar Pit closed because......