Amy Scattergood

Lakers fans have had a tough time of it lately, between losing Lamar Odom to the Mavericks and Chris Paul to the Clippers and Kobe Bryant to the divorce court. About the only people who've been enjoying this are the folks at TMZ, who at least get to take the......

Food photography, as most of us who read food blogs these days know, is a lot harder than it sometimes looks. Restaurants so dim you need a flashlight to see your menu. Irate dinner companions who do not appreciate your Diane Arbus jokes while they're waiting for you to shoot......

It may be a signal that the infrastructure of Los Angeles is further declining. Or that the recent wild Santa Anas blew further west than initially thought. Or maybe this McDonald's sign, on the corner of Venice and Overland in Culver City, is instead a visual signal of the fast......

This LA Weekly Flickr pool photo, taken by photographer averagebetty, is of a lovely gratin made with Russet potatoes, Asiago cheese and a handful of cranberries. (The recipe and the video are on her blog.) Looks very festive and holiday-ish, doesn't it? The leaves are seasonally appropriate, not only for......

Forbes: 30 mover-and-shakers under 30 in the food and wine industry. (Congrats Jordan Kahn and Zach Pollack.) The Salt, NPR's Food Blog: Why Are We More Hungry In The Winter? Los Angeles Magazine: This year's top 10 restaurants in L.A. Bon Appetit: Kim Jong Il's Strange Eating Habits. Giant Rabbits......

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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......

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. "The invasion of the small plates is not finished, oh no. It is marching down our streets and avenues, invading our towns and villages, leaving behind nothing in its wake but duck-slider crumbs, remnants of Fiscalini......