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 - 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"

• 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

• 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 >>

• Are There Smart Mexicans Migrating to the United States?

  published March 15, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: I work for a major news organization and have often heard the figure of 10 million illegal Mexicans. Unofficially, I have... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Pick Through Trash to Look for Recyclables?

  published March 8, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: I'm so perplexed by my Mexican neighbor. For one, he already has four girls, and I just saw his wife—and it looks... More >>

• Pho Binh Sells Vietnamese Taquitos?

  published March 8, 2012

  In the wild and wacky world of food translations, few have proven more good-natured-but-incongruous than what the owners of Pho Binh in Santa... More >>

• Taqueria La Poblanita Embraces the Nuevo

  published March 1, 2012

  There was no such thing as regional Mexican restaurants in Anaheim while I was growing up in the 1980s and 1990s. There were tacos made similar... More >>

• Why Are Tucson School Officials Banning Mexican-American Studies?

  published March 1, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: Aunqué soy Boricua, mi corazón está al lado del pueblo mejicano, aquí en... More >>

• How Can I Learn Spanish In Alabama?

  published February 23, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: I've tried and failed to learn the Spanish language for the past two years. During high school and college, I took both... More >>

• The Chippy Is an Office Park Fish Fry

  published February 23, 2012

  The Palm Cafe Food Court in Irvine might be the ugliest place to eat in Orange County: a large hall with inexplicably high ceilings, rickety... More >>

• Huong Giang Is Hue Great

  published February 16, 2012

  They sit at every table at Huong Giang in small glass bowls: long, smooth, fire-engine-red peppers pulsating with the promise of their alluring... More >>

• Where Can I Find the Mexico of Donkey Shows?

  published February 16, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: This question was inspired by the recent video you did on the Republicanos and... More >>

• HOT DOGS HOT DOGS HOT DOGS: One From the Cart

  published February 9, 2012

  Don't believe the hype about street food taking over Orange County in the past couple of years—there is no such scene outside of Santa... More >>

• What do Mexicans Think of Ron Paul?

  published February 9, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: For six generations, my family has been born and raised in Brownsville, Texas. Everyone speaks Spanish most of the time.... More >>

• Chow, Bella, at Ciao! Deli and Pizzeria

  published February 2, 2012

  "I've turned into a food snob," managing editor Nick Schou told me as he watched me scarf down a bowl of caesar salad at Ciao! Deli & Pizzeria... More >>

• What Do I Do to Shut Up My Mexican-Hating Mexicna Cousin?

  published February 2, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: My cousin had put a picture on Facebook that said, "I will not be forced to learn a foreign language to accommodate... More >>

• Hoa Sen Serves Cheatin' Chicken

  published January 26, 2012

  The appearance of the vegetarian lemongrass chicken at Hoa Sen is limp, almost revolting: dun-colored lengths of soy shaved to the thinness of... More >>

• How Can Mexicans Fight Gentrification?

  published January 26, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: It's so sad to see your wimpy answers. Your replies scream self-hatred and self-shame for your... More >>

• Mariscos El Yaqui Is Badass Baja

  published January 19, 2012

  In the world of culinary truth in advertising in Orange County, few dishes ring truer than the tostada perrona from Mariscos El Yaqui.... More >>

• Is Mitt Romney Really Part-Mexican?

  published January 19, 2012

  DEAR READERS: I usually save reruns of my columna for when I'm busy smuggling in a cousin from the rancho, but the ascendancy... More >>

• Berkeley Dogs Hot-Dogs It

  published January 12, 2012

  Even as the Great Recession decimated the restaurant industry these past couple of years, one surprising sector experienced rapid growth here:... More >>

• Why Doesn't Mexico Participate in the Olympics

  published January 12, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: Why don't Mexicans perform in the Winter Olympics? What—no talent? Or are Mexicans afraid of snow? I'm thinking... More >>

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  Alexander P. Nelson Was the Klanbuster

  published January 12, 2012

  The List is kept under lock and key in the Anaheim Heritage Center Disney Resort Reading Room, far from the public's gaze or curiosity. You... More >>

• Jax Donut House Is Jax to the Max

  published January 5, 2012

  Orange County and food trends dance a strange polka. On some trends, we're far ahead of the hipsters—we've been eating at... More >>

• Why Can't Americans Pronounce Spanish-Named Cities in the United States Like Los Angeles Correctly?

  published January 5, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: In my hometown of Playa Larga (Long Beach, California), natives refer to a major... More >>