Tien Nguyen

Want to know how to disarm even the snootiest barista? Ask him to make you a flat white. Chances are, his carelessly but carefully groomed handlebar mustache will quiver as he, flummoxed, suggests -- nay, informs -- you that what you really want is a latte. Skip all that pretension......

Our Venn Food Diagram series so far has hopscotched all over the globe, exploring Indian, Midwest American, and, most recently, Korean foods. As you probably can tell, this series is an organized chaos; our destinations are chosen in no particular order. Today, we randomly focus on Thailand to see what......

LAMILL Coffee always was ahead of the curve. It was here, mind you, perfecting its coffee roast in Alhambra well before a certain Chicago roaster went west, and it was using pour-over cones and siphon filters while ripples of the third wave of coffee barely were reaching the city's shores......

That hot cup of coffee with breakfast -- or, that hot cup of coffee as breakfast -- is, for many of us, the highlight of our morning, the one thing that that perks us up and fuels our energy. Except when it's only 9 a.m. but already 80 degrees, as......

If you are the type of person who looks at a menu and hems and haws and parses and analyzes and re-considers, please, for the sake of the friends who must witness this agonizing display of indecision and self-doubt, let Guisados save you the trouble. The Boyle Heights eatery, famed......

Sure, the San Gabriel Valley is home to countless strip mall bánh mì joints, and Bánh Mì My Tho is no different. Almost. Walk inside this tiny, shiny Vietnamese sandwich shop, and you'll think you've been transported not to Vietnam, but maybe the best gas station convenience store, ever. On......

At first glance, the coffee rings that form underneath your mug are nothing more than nuisances that challenge your knowledge of stain removal. Take a moment before wiping them away, though, and consider why the outer edges of the rings are darker than the inside. Stumped? Scientists were too, until......

The place: Yard House (Pasadena location) The hours: Monday - Friday 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.; Sunday - Wednesday 10 p.m. - close. The deals: Discounted beers; $2 off wines by the glass; well drinks $4.25-$4.75; house martinis $6.00. Turn the page to find out what we thought........

Because it is not too early, apparently, for Christmas, ThinkGeek has your stocking stuffer: ice cubed versions of Han Solo frozen in carbonite. If you'll recall from your vast knowledge of the Star Wars universe, Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett arranged for the the half-witted, scruffy-looking Nerf herder......