Email Author GUSTAVO ARELLANO

Awards

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc.

  Ask a Mexican

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Ask a Mexican!

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 7, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 12-7-06"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 16, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 11-16-06"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 31, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 8-31-06"

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Ask a Mexican

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 6, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, January 6, 2005

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 14, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, April 14, 2005

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 7, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, October 7, 2005

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2012 Stories by GUSTAVO ARELLANO

• Chapman Girls (and Boys) Gone Wild!

  published May 24, 2012

  When I graduated from Chapman University in 2001, it was a staid campus—but changes were a'coming. Buildings were getting erected;... More >>

• Can Asian Girls Trust Mexican Men?

  published May 24, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: I was wondering why Mexicans in Chicago are meaner than Mexicans in California? I love my Mexican brothers and sisters in... More >>

• Ochoa's Chorizo With Amnesty

  published May 24, 2012

  Every couple of weeks, I get an urge to try the best damn tamales in Southern California, moist, fluffy masa bricks wrapped in banana leaves,... More >>

• Tom Fuentes Is Burning in Hell

  published May 24, 2012

  The Catholic Diocese of Orange under Bishop Tod D. Brown and its pedophile-priest problems is much like the only great line from The... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Have So Many Names?

  published May 17, 2012

  LAST REMINDER TO BUY TACO USA! Gentle cabrones, my much-promised Taco... More >>

• Rubalcava's and the Rise of Primo-Mex

  published May 17, 2012

  An interesting trend is rising in Orange County: the emergence of second-generation Mexican food entrepreneurs continuing their family... More >>

• Bahay Kawayan Is Long in the Plate

  published May 10, 2012

  I literally ran into Bahay Kawayan, starving after a day driving across Southern California, needing a starch-filled pick-me-up before I could... More >>

• Why Do Mexican Men Love Their Mothers So Much?

  published May 10, 2012

  BUY TACO USA! Gentle cabrones, my much-promised Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America has... More >>

• Song Long Bakery Is the Elder of Euclid

  published May 3, 2012

  Song Long Bakery is the Little Saigon version of Jax Donuts or Norms: a standard, one that has stood for so long people take it for granted,... More >>

• Is Tijuana Safe?

  published May 3, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: I am a 20-year-old, tall, slender, blond Jewish Russian-American. He is a 24-year-old, short, muscular Mexican. At face... More >>

• Game Day Fire-Grilled Hot Dogs Gets Their Game On

  published April 26, 2012

  Next to spotting orange groves and tracking the return of the swallows to Capistrano, one of the best geographic parlor games in Orange County... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Like Roses So Much?

  published April 26, 2012

  BUY TACO USA! Gentle cabrones, my much-promised Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America has finally hit... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Paint Murals on Lowriders?

  published April 19, 2012

  BUY TACO USA! Gentle cabrones, my much-promised Taco USA: How Mexican Food... More >>

• Mission Ranch Market Keeps Growing

  published April 19, 2012

  God bless the entrepreneurial wile of immigrants, those hardy souls who repurposed cookie-cutter strip malls, shopping plazas and office parks... More >>

• Mick's Karma Bar Is Burger Heaven In Hell

  published April 12, 2012

  No restaurant in Orange County deserves an upgrade in location more than Mick's Karma Bar. From this former juice stand come some of the best... More >>

• Do Mexicans Support Trayvon Martin's Killer?

  published April 12, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: Why do Hispanics deny that George Zimmerman is Hispanic? He did nothing wrong and has been crucified in... More >>

• Taqueria Two Guys Cheeses It

  published April 5, 2012

  First things first: if you haven't already read it 80 times in this issue, read it again: My long-promised book, Taco USA: How Mexican Food... More >>

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  One Nation, Under Tacos

  published April 5, 2012

  About 213 miles up in space, the Earth below a cerulean blue, the universe around them infinite and awesome, Jose Hernandez and Danny Olivas... More >>

• Are There Different Kinds of Mexican Food?

  published April 5, 2012

  DEAR READERS: Talk about a lazy Mexican—nearly four years after promising ustedes I was going to write a book... More >>

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  How Doritos Were Born At Disneyland

  published April 5, 2012

  Orange County's contribution to the development of Mexican food in the United States is deceptive. We are the longtime home to Taco Bell, Del... More >>

• Moros Cuban Restaurant Has Mondo Mojo

  published March 29, 2012

  In the world of searing condiments, few are as caustic as a properly made mojo de ajo—olive oil spiked with garlic, the soy sauce of... More >>

• Why Are Mexicans Starting to Use 'K' Instead of 'Qu' in Spanish

  published March 29, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: Stop using Spanish in your column. I like reading your column, but when every other word is in Spanish, I don't know what... More >>

• Mitla Cafe Is the Restaurant That Birthed Taco Bell

  published March 22, 2012

  This week marks the 50th anniversary of Taco Bell, the Irvine-based giant that fundamentally changed how Americans consume Mexican food. But... More >>

• Why Are Mexicans Stealing Tubas All of a Sudden?

  published March 22, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: I was born in los estados unidos, my father Tamaulipas, and my mother is a... More >>

• Namastey India Chaat Up the Haters

  published March 15, 2012

  In 1999, Buena Park residents loudly protested when a group of Hindus proposed to build a massive temple in the city that Knott built. "I don't... More >>