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  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    On The Line: Dave Dennis of Matador Cantina, Part Three

    Photo by Amy Kaplan​Our final installment of On The Line this week has chef Dave Dennis filling us in on his chili relleno recipe. Deep fried and stuffed with cheese, this is almost as glorious as what an El Torito Grill might serve up.To catch up on previous days, you can click here and here.

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    In Defense of Pie

    Dave Lieberman​Nathan Heller hates pie, and he thinks you should too. He penned a long screed for Slate--I'd call it a jeremiad except I fell asleep reading it, and "jeremiad" implies a vigor that's lacking in the article--about how the pie is un-American and unworthy of our ongoing, cyclical feti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    New Mexico Finally Getting Around to Defending Its Chiles from Imposters

    Green chile on fries at Blake's Lotaburger...​That legendary chronicler of the American Southwest, Charles Fletcher Lummis, liked to refer to New Mexico as the Land of Poco Tiempo, and while the term is really a bunch of fantasy-heritage hooey, there's a certain point behind it. Time in the Land o ... More >>

  • Food

    May 19, 2011

    Taqueria Don Victor Makes You Taste the Baa

    [Hole In the Wall] At this Huntington Beach treasure, Hidalgo-style cookery shines

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    On The Line: Manuel Gonzalez Of TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Part Three

    Photo by Kevin Lara​Our last installment of On The Line with Chef Gonzalez finds him cooking some seasonal seafood. The addition of fresh peas and corn make for a bright dish, both in color and flavor. If you haven't already done so, be sure to check out parts one and two of our interview.

  • Food

    April 28, 2011

    At Renzo's, Life Is a Ceviche

    Surfer Renzo Macchiavello creates Incan favorites in Irvine

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Eat Here, Not There: High-End Bánh Mì

    ProfessorSalt.comVegetarian banh mi​Little Saigon has the best bánh mì shops in the nation, despite the absurd New York Times story we ridiculed here on this blog a couple months ago. Sure, the San Gabriel Valley has a few great shops, as do San Jose and a number of other Vietnamese enclaves acr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    The Crosby Currently on a Sandwich Kick--Order their Pork Belly Hoagie NOW

    ​A couple of weeks ago, I had a fabulous toad in the hole at the Crosby: over-easy quail eggs, a fat strip of Canadian bacon, bread that cracked perfectly with each bite. I was looking forward to ordering it again yesterday--but it wasn't there.In addition to chef Aron Habiger's longstanding sandw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Final Pho, Round 2: Pho 86 vs. Pho Quang Trung

    Pho Quang Trung's "grab bag o' beef" pho​​Welcome to OC Weekly's Final Pho. Sixteen pho shops chosen from the more than 100 in the county; four critics who know what the pho makes a good bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup. The chosen 16 will face off in each of our brackets, two by two. Today, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2011

    Final Pho Round 1: Pho Thang Long vs. Quan Hop

    ProfessorSalt.comQuan Hop's Pho Hop Tai Onside​​Welcome to OC Weekly's Final Pho. Sixteen pho shops chosen from the more than 100 in the county; four critics who know what the pho makes a good bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup. The chosen 16 will face off in each of our brackets, two by two. The ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Final Pho Round 1: Pho Thanh Lich vs. Pho Vinh Ky II

    ProfessorSalt.comPho Thanh Lich's Pho Dac Biet​​Four pho shops face off in each of our brackets, two by two. For today's bout, two of Little Saigon's old-school heavyweights square off and trade body blows until only one leaves the ring alive. In the red green corner--Pho Thanch Lich, last year' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2011

    Are You Checking Your Sunday Paper? There's Free Food Inside...

    Friendly brekkie, or hidden agenda?​Who hasn't been within earshot of the conference room when a working lunch has let out? Promises of catered cookies, icy sodas, and an untouched deli sandwich draw you in like a tractor beam. Or how about when a peer brings in a yummy homemade delicacy, just b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Roadtrips: Mammoth

    ProfessorSalt.com​A road trip to Mammoth requires several decelerations in the speed-trap towns of Inyo County. I usually don't pay attention to the local food opportunities in Big Pine, Independence, Lone Pine and Bishop, mainly because I'm itching to speed up again and get to Mammoth Lakes. This ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Great Sourdough Hidden In the Orange Circle

    ​I'm in Old Town Orange at least twice a week, but I never once thought to go into the Gallery on Glassell, just north of the circle, until my wife and I were taking a stroll last weekend. The store concentrates on the art of California and the west and has an interesting display of Day of the Dea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    Local Pork For Sale at Buena Park High School Anew!

    Flickr user Carbon NYC​Last autumn, I wrote about local meat and eggs from Buena Park High School's Agricultural Sciences Program. Now through March (or until supplies run out), their hand-raised, flavorful pork is available for sale at the school's farm store.

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Taco Asylum Is Tasty--But Not the Taco Part

    Taco Asylum's homemade hot sauces, made from the world's two hottest peppers: a bit sludgy, could use more flavor given the heat overwhelms any discernable notes... ​"Okay, we need to remember that we are here objectively," said one of the Zambrano brothers behind Soho Taco. It wasn't Gabriel. Was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Bhut Jolokia, a.k.a the Ghost Pepper: The Most Overrated Chili Pepper on Earth

    Yesterday, I went to Taco Asylum, the current It place of OC dining. You'll have to wait for my review of it when I have the time to write it (probably tomorrow; editing Edwin's review for next week right now), but I did want to devote a separate post to one of the ingredients it's making a shitload ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    The Salmon Cure: Making Gravlax

    Dave Lieberman​We don't have an appetizing store in Orange County. For that matter, the only appetizing store in Los Angeles is Barney Greengrass, and the prices there leave me breathless. It's actually cheaper, though not greener, to have it shipped from Zabar's or Russ and Daughters in New York.

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    A Small Suggestion For the Canter's Truck--Come Down Here

    Flickr user calott23​Burbank's not exactly groaning with great restaurants, and they are one of the cities that has really benefited from the food truck craze; the areas around the studios are surprisingly bereft of good restaurants and surprisingly full of little pull-ins where food trucks can pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Jollibee: A Reflection of Our Fast-Food Selves

    Edwin GoeiJollibee in Cerritos​With the announcement that Jollibee is slated to replace Chris & Pitts in Anaheim came a few xenophobic comments, not just here, but on other blogs. The irony, of course, is that Jollibee is more American than Filipino. Take a gander at the menu and it's as if ... More >>

  • Food

    December 9, 2010

    Olive Gourmet Grocer Is the Anti-Whole Foods

    This Long Beach storefront offers specialty products and delicious hot food without demanding your paycheck. Imagine that!

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2010

    ¡Ask a Comida Critic!: Who are Your Favorite OC Food Bloggers?

    ​Seems like a shameless attempt at promoting oneself, but Sherri from Fullerton swears she's not a food blogger:I love you guys, remember when you first printed Shuji as Professor Salt, and have been a groupie of Edwin and Das Ubergeek since they were on the original Chowhound. I'm so glad you got ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    The Burnt Truck: Good Food, Dumb Name

    Dave Lieberman​It's been a while since I reviewed a food truck; in point of fact, the only truck I've been to since August is Crêpes Bonaparte, for our Dueling Dishes battle featuring crêpes. When Edwin wrote that there would be food trucks at Blackmarket Bakery's open house the weekend, I figur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Killer Pizza, Part Two: Oven Technique

    Photo by Flickr user Jeff Kubina​ In Part One, we talked about how to ferment a wet pizza dough recipe slowly in your refrigerator. This week, we'll talk about tips and tricks to shape that dough and turn your home oven into a reasonably good replica of a brick-lined deck oven like you'd find in ... More >>

  • Food

    October 28, 2010

    It's DIY Time At Bari Bari Japanese BBQ

    OC's latest yakiniku lets you take the teppan into your own hands

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Honda Center Debuts Revamped Food Offerings

    Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyArena food tastes better when garnished with Canuck tears.​Q: What's better than an awesome cheesesteak at OC's home of hockey?A: An awesome cheesesteak with a Ducks home victory on top. Cue the Bro Hymn!

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    ABC Cake Decorating: Your Base of Cakes

    ProfessorSalt.comYou gotta have ❤​Let's say you somehow got talked into baking the cake for your little niece's birthday party. You were thinking of a Betty Crocker box, and icing from the supermarket. Then you find out Niece would just adore you if you'd bake a cake in the shape of a certain Di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2010

    Wacky Snacks: Meiji Black Chocolate

    Name: Meiji Black Chocolate Origin: Japan Found at: Mitsuwa, Costa Mesa Cost: $1.69 Ingredients: Sugar, Cacao Mass, Palm Oil, Sunflower Oil, Shea Nuts Oil, Illipe Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Artificial Flavor.

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    At the Farmers' Market: Green Walnuts

    Flickr user amayu​Walnuts, like almonds, start off life on the tree as a soft fruit; as the fruit matures, the nut inside hardens inside a shell. Just like almonds, green walnuts are edible, though their window of availability is even shorter than their gelatinous, amandine cousins. Due to the unb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Slideshow: Top 7 NSFW Cupcakes and Cakes

    Flickr user ConsumedbyCake​We've scoured Flickr high and low for your giggling pleasure--introducing the top seven (hey, we couldn't just keep it to five, okay?) NSFW cupcakes and cakes. As NSFW as fondant-covered, flesh-toned cupcakes can get, we guess. Click here for the slideshow! After the j ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2010

    Forget Five Guys Burgers: Why Can't We Get a Blake's Lotaburger?

    In retrospect, I should've taken a better picture...​Finally got around to trying the much-hyped Five Guys Burgers and Fries, and the verdict is...eh. Not meh: they make a good burger, better than the chains for the most part, but not as good as In-N-Out by any sense of the imagination. And defini ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Salty & Sweet: Bun In My Oven's Potato Chip Cookies!

    bunsinmyoven.comHello, heaven.​The perfect accompaniment to any dessert? French fries. I'm a slave to the phenom--yes, phenom--of the salty/sweet combination. And so how could I pass up sharing this recipe for chocolate chip cookies with crushed potato chips thrown into the batter from baking blog ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Dueling Dishes: Five Guys vs. In-N-Out

    Edwin Goei In-N-Out​This week in Dueling Dishes: Washington D.C.-based Five Guys Burgers and Fries versus the home team, In-N-Out. A Five Guys opened in Orange last week, the first of many more planned for OC. If you've read about Five Guys anywhere, you won't go a few sentences without so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Oh For Sweets Sake! Makes Yummy Cupcakes. But...

    ​Eighth entry in our series where we promise to review, for better or worse, every "high-end" roach coach that visits the Weekly's world headquarters. Another truck visits next Monday--when will YOUR mobile food truck come? Inquire with Jessica Ford at jeford@ocweekly.com!Behold this beautifu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    CNN: KFC's Double Down Fails To Take Off

    Dave Lieberman​Even as food bloggers and food journalists alike piled onto the hype that was KFC's Double Down, CNN Money is reporting this week that the bunless sandwich is a dodo, flightless and most likely doomed to extinction.

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Snacking in Farsi: Melon Seeds from Mission Ranch Market

    Willy BlackmoreRed Melon Seed​Work took me far outside of my usual Long Beach, north Orange County eating territory the other day, to Mission Viejo, giving me the opportunity to wander around the Persian grocer Mission Ranch Market. As is often the case in any ethnic market in Oran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Five Great Cooling Soups for Summer

    Flickr user niecieden​Driving through the 104°F (40°C) Central Valley today was a stinging reminder that summer is in full swing. Here in Orange County, the worst of the heat is yet to come, but when it does hit in August and September, appetites will be blunted and we naranjeros will be looking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Katy Perry VS Gummi Bears

    www.katyperry.com​You may or may not be already sick of Katy Perry and her ubiquitous "California Gurls" video, which targets all things booby, happy and summery,  but MTV is reporting that even Gummi Bears' makers Trolli are reacting to their...um, unusually out of character appearance in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    At the Farmers' Market: Plums and Pluots and Apriums, Oh My!

    Dave LiebermanApriums (yellow) and pluots (red-purple)​Fruit season is heavily upon us, with all the stone fruit flooding the market. You'll see the end of the season's apricots and a whole host of plums, pluots, plumcots and apriums, all of which are tasty witness to the fact that all stone fruit ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2010

    Splendiferously Superiffic Summer Spectacular Ice Cream Eating Challenge

    Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    At the Farmers' Market: Soledad Goats

    Dave Lieberman​Mojave's not exactly a place people expect food to come from, situated as it is in the middle of a hot desert, a stopping point for air shows and people driving from San Francisco to Las Vegas and people connected with the Air Force base.The first time I saw the sign for Soledad Goa ... More >>

  • Food

    June 10, 2010

    Buy Me Some Sushi and Cracker Jack

    [Summer Guide] A rundown of the best non-chain eats at the Big A

  • Food

    June 3, 2010

    Burrito Korner

    [Hole in the Wall] Liquor, breakfast burritos and sandwiches: What more could you want from Qwik Korner?

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs: Cortina's vs. Niberino's

    Flickr user maggiejane​The meatball sandwich: a great American invention born of great Italian ingredients. Big, thick, juicy meatballs bathed in rich tomato sauce, piled into a crusty roll and topped with "moozadell" or provolone cheese, then slid into an oven to crisp and melt.

  • Food

    May 27, 2010

    Harry's Deli: A Cult Above

    Quality and Internet savvy have turned Harrison Kho's sandwich shop into a phenomenon

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Ice Cream Man, Back Online

    Photo by Craig Hattori​It's almost summer, so you know what that means: Ice Cream Man Matt Allen is back. Officially, too, in the web series called Road Trippin' With Ice Cream Man on Babelgum. The Long Beach resident is going to be at all the music festivals, giving away free ice cream and hangin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Gabriel Caliendo of The Lazy Dog Cafe, Part Three

    Kimberly Valenzuela​In the final installment of this week's On The Line, Executive Chef Gabriel Caliendo of The Lazy Dog Cafe shares with us a recipe for Cast Iron Idaho Trout with roasted summer vegetables, sea salt roasted marble potatoes and citrus-walnut brown butter.In case you missed it, you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Babycakes Cupcake Maker, Why Do You Exist?

    Sometimes, you just want a cupcake. You're not dressed nicely, you don't want to get dressed nicely to go out to one of the fancy bakeries just to buy some towering buttercream priapus for $3.50, not when you can make your own at home.table4five @ flickr.com CC BY 2.0​

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Red Velvet Cupcakes at French's Cupcake Bakery

    Jessica FordRed Velvet (left) and German Chocolate (right) cupcakes!​Sure, cupcakes may be a dying trend as Willy has described in this post, but after tasting the Red Velvet cupcakes at French's Cupcake Bakery in Costa Mesa, you will join me in rethinking everything you once knew about this small ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Braised Lentil Soup

    Willy Blackmore​As a grammar snob, misused quotation marks on restaurant menus drive me a bit crazy--or perhaps make me [sic]? "Confit" and "braised" are two I've seen used often, when in fact the items listed haven't gone through a cooking process even slightly resembling, respectively, being sim ... More >>

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