Subject: Casa Garcia

• Good Flautas at La Casa Garcia

  Being a wab of Zacatecan ancestry puts me in the unique position of admiring borderlands cuisine from an outsider and insider perspective. Southern California standards like wet burritos, crispy tacos, pork in green chile, and flautas always fascinate me for their exotic-yet-familiar origins. But I usually don't eat this type of "Mexican" cuisine as it is the gut bomb of so much infamy (more on this tomorrow) and really isn't that good. Especially flautas, which I so often find a greasy, crumbli

  March 10, 2009

• This Week in Food

  Our fave Stick A Fork In It Blog Posts, from this week:Those of us on a budget had plenty to smile about, with free Roastburgers from Arby's and, at the other end of the scale, an extended $10 posh entrée deal at all three locations of Savannah.Fitting news for spring: Edwin reported that Iron Chef Cat Cora and her partner are both pregnant--with boys, it turns out. At least it's not octuplets.And we were also gearing up for St Patrick's Day, bringing you blogs about Charlie Palmer's Irish-them

  March 13, 2009

• The Night Merwin Barrientos Ate a 26x26 In-N-Out Hamburger

  June 22, 2006

• La Casa Garcia Releases New Book

  Last month, I wrote about the surprisingly good flautas offered by La Casa Garcia in Anaheim. It's not the county's best Mexican-American joint (though does belongs among the top 10), but owner Frank Garcia is a true Mexi-mensch; his annual We Give Thanks Thanksgiving dinners is the stuff of legend, and guarantees him a spot in heaven. You can read about Garcia's story in a new book, We Give Thanks: A Book About Frank Garcia and His Legacy: Restauranteur and Philanthropist. More than mere vanity

  April 30, 2009