Amy Scattergood

If you, like the zillion people who tried and failed to get reservations for LudoBites 7.0 opening night, which sold out in about the time it took to find your cell phone, were not able to witness much less consume Ludo Lefebvre's salt cod panna cotta and bacon crème brulee......

If you have not yet picked up the latest issue of The New Yorker, you may want to. Turn to page 38, dear reader, and you will find a Dept. of Gastronomy piece by Dana Goodyear on bugs. You will also find happy mention of John Sedlar (Rivera, Playa), Bricia......

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And now, a brief message from our sponsors. Sort of. If you like reading this blog, consider following us on Twitter @LAWeeklyFood. You can also check out our Facebook page, where a lot of the good stuff gets posted and where you can Like and Comment at will. If you......

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] or tweet him your question @thejgold. Come on, pretend you're Dana Goodyear for a minute......

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] or tweet him your question @thejgold. Come on, pretend you're Dana Goodyear for a minute......

Proving that listmania will never leave us and that 2011 is apparently over, for which we are quite grateful, the upcoming issue of Bon Appétit includes Andrew Knowlton's picks for the top 10 new American restaurants of 2011. New York and San Francisco? Of course. Also Chicago, Austin and Robbinsdale,......

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Because I have been at parties where I was asked about the pizzeria up to half a dozen times, and the smug Silver Lake dudes, the ones always trying to make excuses for their neighborhood's depressing......