Amy Scattergood

Today begins the World Cup, the biggest sporting event in the world. Even if you secretly prefer to watch American football, this is the time of year to pretend that you don't. And face it: The football that the rest of the world obsesses over is a thousand times more......

Chichén Itzá's Habanero Eating Contest Get ready for the fourth annual Chichén Itzá Habanero-Eating Contest during Mercado La Paloma's Father's Day celebration. Contestants will be provided a bowl of whole habanero chiles and have 20 minutes to eat as many chiles as possible for first, second and third place. Gilberto......

Paula Deen is going digital. The Southern food personality, celebrity chef and long-time television cooking show host announced today that she's launching the Paula Deen Network in September. The digital subscription-based network will be accessible by computer, smartphone or tablet, and will feature "exclusive video" featuring Deen and various guests......

If you haven't seen Jon Favreau's new movie Chef yet, we have a screening for you. Or rather, Zócalo and KCRW do. Thursday, June 19 at 7 p.m., there will not only be a free screening of Favreau's popular new food truck movie, but after the show, Evan Kleiman will......

If you haven't yet cleared your dance card for the afternoon of Saturday, June 28, you might want to do so now. Because that Saturday is the occasion of the second annual Tacolandia  the ode to tacos and Mexican street food that began in the Palladium parking lot last summer. This......

Cafe Demitasse in downtown Los Angeles has always had outstanding coffee. But recently when a superior chocolate chip cookie arrived with the cups of siphon coffee and tea and hot chocolate - and a certain 13-year-old kid pronounced it not only "better than yours, sorry" but the best she'd ever......

If you're a sports fan, this is a glorious time of year. The Stanley Cup finals begin tonight (Go Kings!), the NBA finals begin tomorrow (Your Clippers comment here: ____ ) and the Dodgers are finally trying to play some decent baseball. If you don't live in a frat house,......

Black Truffle Friday at Mélisse The Truffle & Wine Co., the largest producer of truffles from Manjimup, Western Australia, will help launch truffle season in Los Angeles at Mélisse. Mélisse chef-owner Josiah Citrin will collaborate with Australian chef Peter Gilmore of Quay in Sydney, for a five-course, truffle-intensive dinner. Dishes include......

If you frequent the Santa Monica farmers market - or any farmers market, really - you've probably seen David Karp, even if you didn't know who he was. For years, he's been as much a regular as the farmers he writes about, and he's hard to miss: Karp's customary market......

Just in time for what's shaping up to be an insanely hot summer in Los Angeles, McConnell's ice cream shop is opening in Grand Central Market next month, in July. Yes, that's next month already. The 70-year-old Santa Barbara ice cream shop is still family-owned: A third generation of the family, Santa......