Tien Nguyen

As it is with the process of naming most anything of significance (dogs, babies, planets), trying to figure out what to call your restaurant can be difficult. You can do as some pet owners do and be as broad as possible (i.e., for every cat named Kitty, there's an eatery......

There are no Trader Joe's stores in Canada, but there are, apparently, an awful lot of Canadians who love the unique grocery store's Mac & Cheese Bites and lemonade and pasta sauce so much so that they will cross the border just to shop at the nearest store location in......

Because we can always use more places for coffee: In 10 months or so, popular Santa Cruz coffee roaster Verve Coffee Roasters will open its own space in Los Angeles. According to Alexandra LittleJohn, Verve's business development manager for Southern California, the roaster "has signed the lease for the permanent......

Sunday marks the premiere of Bravo's Eat, Drink, Love, a reality show that follows five (pointedly) single women in Los Angeles as they go about their various food-related jobs. But, as there are so many television shows and so little time, maybe you need a little help deciding whether you......

Check out our annual restaurant issue, which this year celebrates desserts, out this Thursday, August 8. If you're the type of person who often orders dessert, surely you've noticed that you tend to get the same type. You're partial to cakes, maybe, or pies, or you just need a little......

Lucky Peach published its most recent issue -- theme: Travel -- not too long ago, and there are a number of pieces worth the read (among them: travel tips from Jonathan Gold and Bill Buford). But maybe the best bit wasn't in print at all but, rather, a simple but......

If you're a major league baseball team, no doubt there are many, many ways to celebrate a first place standing in your division. Champagne, maybe, or a big cake with as many candles as wins. Or, if you're the Dodgers, try ice cream. Last week, the Dodgers reached first place......

Naming is always a fun process (see: His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge). And if you're a Vietnamese restaurant serving phở, it can be especially fun, if only because there seems to be a vast, endless world of phở-related puns at your naming disposal. And while, yes, we too......

If you have no plans on Sunday, July 28, you probably could do a whole lot worse than to spend the afternoon at a ball game followed by some carne asada right off the grill. Especially when the ball game involves the Dodgers (versus the Cincinnati Reds), and the cookout......

Why do you take photos of your food? Maybe not because you have a mental illness, but maybe because you're a Millennial. That, and a few other guesses, in handy pie chart form. Turn the page......