Email AuthorTien Nguyen
Carne Adobada at Gloria's Cafe
August 18, 2011 in Squid Ink
Drink Like a Mad Man, Sleep Like a Mad Man
August 17, 2011 in Squid Ink
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Happy 99th Birthday, Julia Child: Her Top 5 Cooking & Non-Cooking Moments
August 15, 2011 in Squid Ink
T. NguyenEveryone has a Julia Child story. Nancy Silverton has one. Martha Rose Shulman has one. Mary Sue Milliken has one. We have one. We bet you do, too. Today is...
Coconut Water Lawsuit: Do Nutritional Claims Hold Water?
August 15, 2011 in Squid Ink
Orange Chicken Food Fight: Panda Express vs. Yang Chow
August 12, 2011 in Squid Ink
Going Three for Three: L'Epicerie's Revamped Coffee Bar
August 10, 2011 in Squid Ink
Uncle Ced's Spicy Polish Hot Dog
August 05, 2011 in Squid Ink
Drink Up: Coffee Won't Kill You (Probably)
August 03, 2011 in Squid Ink
Coffee, Pretzels + Friendship at Coffee Tomo
July 29, 2011 in Squid Ink
Five L.A. Restaurant Websites From Which We Hope Other Restaurants Will Learn a Thing or Two
July 28, 2011 in Squid Ink
Happy Hour: Rockwell, VT
July 26, 2011 in Squid Ink
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The Inspirational Effects of Coffee, or: What to Drink at a TED Talk
July 18, 2011 in Squid Ink
R.E.~/FlickrA cup of inspiration In what is both fodder for a future article in The Onion and an actual survey, leading "coffee retail brand" Don Francisco asked some 1,000 Americans to...
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10 Restaurants Off the 405 Between the 105 and the 10 Where You Can Escape Traffic and Regain Your Sanity
July 15, 2011 in Squid Ink
Click for the Google Mapped version of this list. When we first moved to LA, a longtime resident asked us if we wanted to see the biggest parking lot in the...
Drive Thru by Coffee Commissary to Bring Craft Coffee to Laguna Beach
July 13, 2011 in Squid Ink
The World's Largest Commercially Available Burger (If Verified) Weighs as Much as a Dinosaur
July 08, 2011 in Squid Ink
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Venn Food Diagrams: L.A.'s Idea of Vietnamese Food vs. What Vietnamese Really Eat
July 07, 2011 in Squid Ink
Our Venn Food Diagrams so far have compared and contrasted, elementary-school-style, what Angelenos believe Southerners, Indians, and Armenians eat to what these populations actually eat, respectively. For this lesson...
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Portola Coffee Lab and "The Best Fresh-Roasted Coffee in the World"
July 07, 2011 in Squid Ink
T. NguyenPortola's Show No Mercy espresso Portola Coffee Lab is not one to shy away from hyperbole. Take, for example, its unabashed declaration that it has "the best fresh-roasted coffee...
Demitasse Will Not Have Pourover Coffee + Other Twists on the Third Wave Coffee Shop
June 30, 2011 in Squid Ink
Arnold Palmer Drink Fight: Skooby's vs. Clementine
June 30, 2011 in Squid Ink
NPR on Why We Think We Tip (We're Wrong)
June 23, 2011 in Squid Ink
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10 Places to Get a Damn Good Cup of Vietnamese Coffee
June 22, 2011 in Squid Ink
T. NguyenA cup of Vietnamese coffee. While we absolutely delight in the fact that L.A. is in the midst of discovering its coffee culture, we also like to remember that in...
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Broome St. General Store Brews Gimme! Coffee: New Yorkers Rejoice
June 20, 2011 in Squid Ink
T. NguyenA very good cappuccino from Broome St. General Store. Rummage through the kitchen cabinets of many a barista, and you'll more often than not find a cup and saucer with...
Eat This Now: Quesadillas at Quesadillas Lupita
June 14, 2011 in Squid Ink
Take It To Go: State Senate Wants to Ban Styrofoam and Styrofoam-Like Products
June 08, 2011 in Squid Ink
Movie Theater Concession Stand Food Fight: Arclight vs. The Landmark
June 07, 2011 in Squid Ink
