Email AuthorTien Nguyen
Featured Entry
4 Coffee Classes Where You Can Learn How to Make (Better) Coffee at Home
August 27, 2012 in Squid Ink
Flickr/mattwunderleCoffee and a Hario V60If we've learned anything from all the specialty coffee shops in the city -- other than what, exactly, constitutes barista chic -- it's that we...
Featured Entry
The Gastropub Flowchart: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
August 21, 2012 in Squid Ink
D. SolomonThe Parish Gastropubs have been opening one after another at a steady clip for the last few years, and this year has been no exception. In fact, maybe this...
New Words Added to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary: Gastropub, Craft Beer + Lesson on Semantics
August 16, 2012 in Squid Ink
Featured Entry
Plow & Gun Coffee: Fresh Beans + Coffee Soda at the Altadena Farmers Market
August 14, 2012 in Squid Ink
T. NguyenDaniel Kent and Ian Riley of Plow & Gun Coffee Plow & Gun Coffee's Ian Riley and Daniel Kent had an idea: Carbonate their cold-brew, add cardamom and piloncillo and...
Star Wars Light-Up Lightsaber Chopsticks: The Force Is Stronger with This One
August 13, 2012 in Squid Ink
Now Open: Tierra Mia Coffee Serving Specialty Coffee + Horchata Frappes in Downtown
August 07, 2012 in Squid Ink
6 Great Potluck Dishes for the Non-Cook to Bring to the Party
August 06, 2012 in Squid Ink
The Pizza Pie Chart
August 03, 2012 in Squid Ink
Hollywood Chick-fil-A Addresses Controversy (Sort Of) + 3 Cities Oppose The Chain
July 27, 2012 in Squid Ink
C is for Cut Off: Jim Henson Company Severs Partnership with Chick-fil-A Over Gay Marriage Issue
July 24, 2012 in Squid Ink
Featured Entry
Heywood Grilled Cheese Now Open in Silver Lake: Of Cheese and Sandwiches
July 23, 2012 in Squid Ink
T. NguyenThe Heywood grilled cheese sandwich at Heywood Grilled Cheese ShopThe 16th-century writer John Heywood loved cheese. So, in addition to collecting a number of heady epigrams in his...
Good News for O.C.D. Dieters: Study Suggests Cutting Food Into Small Pieces to Lose Weight
July 16, 2012 in Squid Ink
Watch This Now: Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
July 13, 2012 in Squid Ink
Featured Entry
10 Best Pho Restaurants in Los Angeles
July 10, 2012 in Squid Ink
Anne FishbeinPh?It's a little unfair how Vietnamese beef soup is dispersed in L.A.: Too many outlets in the San Gabriel Valley, and too few anywhere west of the 10/710 interchange....
Featured Entry
3 Ways to Make Great Iced Coffee at Home
July 09, 2012 in Squid Ink
dennis.tang/FlickrCold-brew coffeeIt's warm, it's balmy and it's humid -- it is, in other words, perfect iced coffee weather. And while there are plenty of places in the city where you...
Featured Entry
Lawsuit Claims Foie Gras Ban Is Unconstitutional
July 05, 2012 in Squid Ink
Anne FishbeinFoie gras terrine at MezzeOn July 1, the countdown clock hit zero and California's ban on foie gras went into effect. But, as one might predict, the law barely...
Happy Birthday, M.F.K. Fisher: Celebrate by Reading the Alphabet
July 03, 2012 in Squid Ink
Featured Entry
Fruits and Vegetables May Help Smokers Kick the Habit
June 29, 2012 in Squid Ink
A. ScattergoodRegier Family Farms Castlebrite apricots If you're trying to quit smoking, you might want to take a trip to your local farmers market: According to a study conducted by University...
Caffe Luxxe Celebrates Its Sixth Birthday with Free Coffee
June 28, 2012 in Squid Ink
Featured Entry
Chaos Muppet Restaurants vs. Order Muppet Restaurants
June 26, 2012 in Squid Ink
A few weeks ago, Dahlia Lithwick wrote a piece for Slate in which she set forth The Muppet Theory of Humanity: We all can essentially be described as a Kermit...
Hipsters, Rejoice: More Americans Drinking Canned Beer
June 22, 2012 in Squid Ink
Lawsuit Alleges Hebrew National Products are Not Kosher
June 20, 2012 in Squid Ink
Cognoscenti Coffee Pops Up at the Normandie Hotel
June 18, 2012 in Squid Ink
Happy Bloomsday 2012: Celebrate With Guinness, Offal + Water
June 15, 2012 in Squid Ink
Study: Losing Sleep Results in Unhealthy Food Choices
June 15, 2012 in Squid Ink
