Tanja M. Laden

With support from Gaviña Gourmet Coffee and the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles, The Birth of Coffee exhibit at the Craft and Folk Art Museum takes us from the coffee industry in Ethiopia, Yemen, Indonesia and Brazil to Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Kenya, chronicling the journey......

Rude Food Names is an e-magazine that compiles pre-packaged international foodstuffs with unfortunate labels. While some products like Spermies, Seagull Poo and Camel Balls are intentional, most are simple casualties of translation, like Ghana's Pee Cola and Japan's Homo Sausage. Read on to check out our list of top 10......

Lately, mixologists have taken to using protein as an ingredient, and we're not talking about the shrimp cocktail. Whether they're made with crickets, bacon-infused bourbon or pickled octopus, carnivore cocktails have been making the rounds in bars and restaurants across the country. In New York, La Fonda Del Sol carries......

Portable lunches can be practical, delicious, and visually appealing, according to a new book by Crystal Watanabe and Maki Ogawa: Yum-Yum Bento Box: Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches. Over the course of centuries, the Japanese have been developing the single-portion takeout dish known as the bento, but in America, its......

From crocheted oysters and skull-shaped bread to pictures of last meal requests, the Scion Installation L.A. gallery space in Culver City celebrates the creative power of food in its latest exhibition, Palate. Curated by Zio Fulcher of Shepard Fairey's SWINDLE Magazine, the show features a wide range of works by......

It's safe to say that the first-ever Tributefest in Santa Clarita on Saturday, May 1, was a success, and not just because of the eight tribute bands to take the stage. With almost twenty food trucks and dozes of beers on tap, the wide selection of mobile cuisine might just......