Lunch is served at Scarpetta, a new Italian restaurant in the Montage hotel in Beverly Hills. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Autumn vegetable salad with black trumpet mushrooms, hazelnuts and foie gras emulsion. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Cappellacci stuffed with pumpkin. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Chef Scott Conant prepares a dish in the kitchen at Scarpetta. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Creamy polenta with fricassee of truffled mushrooms. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Spaghetti. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Ash-spiced venison loin with braised radicchio and smoked polenta dumplings. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Katherine Hodge, left, and Sara Behmerwohld dine at Scarpetta. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Pear crostata, stuffed Forelle pears, brown butter pound cake and honey gelato. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Coconut panna cotta with guava soup and caramelized pineapple. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
