Amy Scattergood

Staff Writer

Amy Scattergood is a staff writer for the Food section of the Los Angeles Times. She has degrees from Yale Divinity School, the Iowa Writers Workshop and the Cordon Bleu and has written a book of poetry and co-written a whole grain cookbook. Although originally from Iowa, she’s lived in L.A. for a long time now and will continue to do so, as long as tacos and the Pacific Ocean exist.

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This is what dining at L.A. restaurants looks like now

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This is what dining at L.A. restaurants looks like now

For many, being allowed to again eat in public is a welcome small step away from where we are right now.
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Amazon Studios gives $1 million to help Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo feed Los Angeles

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Amazon Studios gives $1 million to help Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo feed Los Angeles

Jon & Vinny Catering will use money from Amazon Studios to help charities feed Los Angeles.
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When will dining rooms reopen? For L.A. restaurants, the wait drags on

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When will dining rooms reopen? For L.A. restaurants, the wait drags on

Amid new state and county guidelines, restaurant owners have little idea when dine-in services will resume.
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6 great online baking things to feed your quarantine

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6 great online baking things to feed your quarantine

Online pastry classes, baking tips, photography and videos feed us as much as our quarantine baking.
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This couple turned their taqueria into a food bank

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This couple turned their taqueria into a food bank

Revolutionario North African Tacos has become a food bank feeding Asian American and African American seniors and L.A.'s skid row.
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You’ve named and fed it. Now what to do with all that extra sourdough starter?

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You’ve named and fed it. Now what to do with all that extra sourdough starter?

Now that sourdough baking has become a shutdown trend, here are some suggestions for what to do with extra starter.
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What’s available from L.A.-area farmers and beyond during the shutdown, and how to get it

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What’s available from L.A.-area farmers and beyond during the shutdown, and how to get it

A list of currently available produce from local farmers.
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New project High Road Kitchens helps restaurants provide food on a sliding scale

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New project High Road Kitchens helps restaurants provide food on a sliding scale

High Road Kitchens funds restaurants to provide low-cost food and re-employ staff.
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‘Poilâne,’ Apollonia Poilâne’s first cookbook in English, is a quarantine baker’s perfect bread handbook

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‘Poilâne,’ Apollonia Poilâne’s first cookbook in English, is a quarantine baker’s perfect bread handbook

French baker Apollonia Poilâne’s latest cookbook, “Poilâne,” teaches techniques and gives recipes for what to do with all that bread.
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Surviving the Shutdown: Alta Adams reopens, with fried chicken to order and a sliding payment scale

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Surviving the Shutdown: Alta Adams reopens, with fried chicken to order and a sliding payment scale

The West Adams restaurant Alta Adams reopens with a sliding price scale so people in need can dine for free.