Tien Nguyen

The 16th-century writer John Heywood loved cheese. So, in addition to collecting a number of heady epigrams in his book of proverbs -- "Out of sight, out of mind," "Haste makes waste," and so on -- he also wrote verses about reading books and eating cheese. And thus it makes......

Cutting your food into bite-sized pieces might be just as obsessive-compulsive as an Order Muppet counting cookies on a plate before letting anyone eat them, but it turns out that doing exactly that may benefit your waistline, if not your O.C.D. tendencies: A study from Arizona State University researchers reveals......

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is the name of Jerry Seinfeld's new web series, and, as the title suggests, is about comedians (plus Alec Baldwin) getting into cars to get coffee. And to tell jokes and stories and laugh over coffee, presumably, as we all do, or maybe should do,......

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. Indeed, South El Monte's Garvey Avenue is to phở as Sawtelle Boulevard is to ramen: You probably can make a best-of......

It'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 can get a refreshing cup, you can easily make yourself a glass or two or three at home with little more......

On 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 lasted one full business day before a lawsuit was filed against it. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, a complaint filed in federal district court......

Today would have been M.F.K. Fisher's 104th birthday, an occasion she may have celebrated, as she liked to do, over the course of several days -- today, tomorrow, the next day and all the way up to Bastille Day on July 14. She spent a good portion of her life......

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 of Buffalo researchers, eating fruits and vegetables may help smokers kick the habit. One thousand smokers 25 years or older were surveyed about their smoking......

Caffe Luxxe brought Northern Italian-style espresso and damn fine latte art to Santa Monica six years ago; light-years, in other words, before specialty coffee really took hold of Los Angeles the way it has in the past two or three years. The shop has since added two shops in Brentwood,......

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 or a Miss Piggy, a Bert or an Ernie, or, more generally, an Order Muppet or a Chaos Muppet. She......