“Kitchen Nightmares” nightmare Scottsdale restaurant Amy’s Baking Co. reopened Tuesday, but getting insider info on the event is about as easy as getting Eric Holder to turn over documents. Eater reported that the place has a whole new staff, none of whom were aware of the couple’s erratic lunacy, and that diners said the food was good and the service “excellent.” Read More

Members of the decade-old Swedish quintet Shout Out Louds have plenty of outside pursuits to keep them busy. Bassist Ted Malmros makes videos, short films and TV commercials in his spare time, and bandleader Adam Olenius and guitarist Carl von Arbin do freelance graphic-design work that often includes the group’s cutting-edge posters, T-shirts and album covers. “But I think our biggest interest when we’re on tour — after music — is food,” Olenius says. “We’re obsessed with finding the best local place to eat, and just finding good food on the road, in general.” Read More

Though current events admittedly aren’t Kim Kardashian’s forte (see her trip to the Middle East last year), the reality TV star decided to Instagram about her beauty products at the same time that Oklahoma was being ravaged by a destructive tornado. “Love that I can gradually build the perfect bronzed glow I want with #Kardashian Sun Kissed Tan Extenders,” she wrote. Read More

It is no exaggeration to call 2013 the “Era of Lera” in contemporary art. Lera Auerbach, the New Century Chamber Orchestra’s featured composer this week, is also a virtuoso pianist, poet, novelist (in English, Russian and German) and painter; her operas and ballets are being produced internationally; and she is an active member of the Young Global Leaders at the World Economic Forum. Read More