Amy Scattergood

What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of your content comes......

Food Republic: The Scottish Whisky Flavour Map. Street Gourmet LA: 2011 in Street Food, Friends, Revolutions, Hotels, and Melancholy Sips. Chicago Sun-Times: After 25 years, Charlie Trotter closes his Chicago restaurant. France Magazine (via Eric Ripert's Facebook page): On Jean-Louis Palladin, a chef's chef. Shiksa in the Kitchen: The best......

If you're the sort of person who buys jars of Nutella in bulk, has a mental map of all the shops in L.A. where you can get the European-made stuff, and has toured this town more than once to find Nutella-related dishes on menus, then this lovely photo will make......

If you have issues with your Kung Pao chicken ending up on your shirt as often as it does in your stomach -- eating while driving being as problematic as texting while driving -- then this news should make you pretty happy. The folks who brought you Panda Express, the......

Got a culinary question? Ask Jonathan Gold. You'd think he'd get an avalanche of esoteric, pithy or just downright necessary questions, now wouldn't you? Not as many as you'd think. Send an email to [email protected], tweet him your question @thejgold, or ask him via his Facebook page. Come on, pretend......

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "I am imagining six years as an ABD in Dumpling Science, and my fear smells a lot like goose noodle soup. Or is that what's simmering downstairs on the stove?" The World in Dumplings: Or, Not......

This LA Weekly Flickr pool photo comes to you from photographer averagebetty, a lovely shot of her buttermilk potato pavé experiment. Which recipe you can find on her blog. (Thomas Keller, Momofuku. Need we say more.) And, of course, if you have any brilliant shots of food you've taken around......

One of the beautiful things about journalism, not unlike therapy, is that you get to talk to people about themselves. In this case, we have the enormous privilege of being able to take our notepads and recorders and iPhones into the kitchens and restaurants -- or hotel lobbies and neighborhood......