Tanja M. Laden

Because teaching kids to cook isn't the same as teaching grown-ups, cookbooks have always used a different approach in getting children to learn how to prepare food: they get them into the kitchen with pictures of cute, fun-to-make desserts. Flickr user Charm and Poise has compiled vintage kid-food images from......

We've brought you the Top 10 Men With Meat Names and the Top 10 Men With Salad Names. But what about women? And what about fruit? Well, now is the moment for both, as pomiculture and nomenclature come together for the debut female-themed edition of our "People with Food Names"......

Of all the world's costume-heavy seasonal holidays, Día de los Muertos is perhaps the least understood. Yet in Los Angeles, where makeshift memorials to the dead often appear overnight, Día de los Muertos is part of our cultural heritage. It's also an opportunity to witness a historic custom in practice,......

L.A. is no stranger to pop-up shops and restaurants, but an orchard? We're not talking your average pumpkin patch or Christmas tree lot, either. Since October 15, 75-year-old gourmet retail giant Harry & David has been planting sixteen pop-up orchards across the country, all designed to close up shop after......

Recently, we brought you Top 10 Men With Meat Names, culled from an online collection of men who share their names with different kinds of animal flesh. It got us thinking, though -- what about all those gentlemen with vegetables for last names? Where was that amusing website designed exclusively for......

To many out-of-state beer purists, "L.A. beer culture" may seem like a contradiction in terms, but in a region known internationally for its wine, Southern California has been vying for the reputation as a beer capital too. Billed as "an 11 Day Celebration of Beer Culture in Los Angeles and......

These days, pairing isn't just about food and wine. As part of West Hollywood's The Avenues: Art, Fashion & Design District, the Taste Art event series pairs WeHo restaurants with local fine-art galleries for a new kind of dining experience, one that draws on the visual arts as inspiration. Every......

Despite its name, the second annual Pasadena Wine Festival isn't just about vino. The outdoor food fête at the 127-acre Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens promises visitors a banquet for the senses with a caravan of food trucks, live entertainment, and lawn games -- on top of food tastings......

Men With Meat Names is an ad-hoc website that lists, you guessed it, men with meat names. We compiled the ten best into one, easy-to-read top-10 list for your reading (or is tasting?) enjoyment. Are the photos a bit large? Sure they are, but you don't want to see tiny......

In 2008, Michael Doret drove past Canter's Deli, but instead of lox and bagel chips, the ambitious designer found the long-awaited inspiration for his latest font: Deliscript. "Perhaps it was that mid century marquee vibe that called out to me," he explains, "but at any rate I saw something in......