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November 2, 2010
The Burnt Truck: Good Food, Dumb Name
Dave LiebermanIt'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 >>
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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
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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!
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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 >>
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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.
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August 27, 2010
At the Farmers' Market: Green Walnuts
Flickr user amayuWalnuts, 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 >>
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August 27, 2010
Slideshow: Top 7 NSFW Cupcakes and Cakes
Flickr user ConsumedbyCakeWe'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 >>
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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 >>
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August 12, 2010
Dueling Dishes: Five Guys vs. In-N-Out
Edwin Goei In-N-OutThis 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 >>
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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 >>
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July 15, 2010
CNN: KFC's Double Down Fails To Take Off
Dave LiebermanEven 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.
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July 1, 2010
Snacking in Farsi: Melon Seeds from Mission Ranch Market
Willy BlackmoreRed Melon SeedWork 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 >>
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June 28, 2010
Five Great Cooling Soups for Summer
Flickr user nieciedenDriving 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 >>
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June 18, 2010
Katy Perry VS Gummi Bears
www.katyperry.comYou 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 >>
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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 >>
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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 LiebermanMojave'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?
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May 27, 2010
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs: Cortina's vs. Niberino's
Flickr user maggiejaneThe 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
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May 24, 2010
Ice Cream Man, Back Online
Photo by Craig HattoriIt'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 >>
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May 13, 2010
Gabriel Caliendo of The Lazy Dog Cafe, Part Three
Kimberly ValenzuelaIn 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 >>
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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
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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 >>
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April 14, 2010
Braised Lentil Soup
Willy BlackmoreAs 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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April 12, 2010
Nestlé Aero
Edwin GoeiName: Nestlé Aero Origin: South Africa Found at: Garden Patch Market, Irvine Cost: $3.79 Ingredients: Cane sugar, full cream milk solids, cocoa mass, non-hydrogenated vegetable fat, whey powder (milk), cocoa butter, emulsifiers (soy lecithin E322, e476), flavourants.
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April 8, 2010
Delia Snyder of Don the Beachcomber, Part 3
Chef-owner Delia Snyder of Don the Beachcomber in Huntington Beach graciously provided us with her recipe for crab cakes. Crab cakes and a tall, cold, fruity rum drink: aloha in restaurant form! If you missed the interview portion of the program, you can find it here and here. Photo by ... More >>
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April 8, 2010
Chocolate Chip Fudge Cup at Sweet Jill's
Jessica FordIf you live anywhere in North OC, then you have probably stopped in Sweet Jill's on Second Street in Long Beach or Main Street in Seal Beach. Hell, if you've walked or driven anywhere within a mile of one of these little shops of heaven, the smell alone will have drawn you inexorably ... More >>
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March 31, 2010
Where To Grab A Bite Near OC's Honeybaked Ham Shops
Easter means ham, and most of Orange County gets their hams from Honeybaked Ham. The Honeybaked folks actually have the distribution down to a science, which is a plus, but it still takes a couple of minutes per customer, and that means huge lines. Tempers can flare, especially since the lines at th ... More >>
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March 31, 2010
Turn Blood Oranges into Wine
Willy BlackmoreVin de pamplemousse: day oneThis should be an Easter post. Or a Passover one. Between the brisket and matzo of Seders and the ham or lamb of the Christian holiday, this week is more-or-less one gigantic Judeo-Christian feast. Having never attended a Seder and tending to cook briske ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
Feeling the Lyubov' at Moscow Deli
There's been a lot of foodie love lately for Russian Gourmet in the surprisingly food-rich city of Lake Forest. There have been some assertions that it is the only Russian store in Orange County. Eto nie pravda; this is a filthy, filthy lie. (What, you didn't know I spoke Russian, too?)While I need ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
Spumoni Gelato Ice Cream Cake at Finbars
Jessica Ford Finbars in Seal Beach, a "New York style" Italian restaurant, serves up heaping bowls of pasta and thin-crust pizzas that stretch over the edge of the plate. The atmosphere is more homey than sophisticated, but it works for this neighborhood favorite, especially among those ... More >>
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March 18, 2010
Dee Nguyen of Break of Dawn, Part 3
Photo by Kimberly ValenzuelaStick a Fork In It asked Chef Dee Nguyen of Laguna Hills' Break of Dawn if he would be willing to share a recipe; he responded with this amazing-sounding recipe for an egg casserole: tomato- and Thai basil-braised eggs with spring vegetables and mozzarella cheese and g ... More >>
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March 15, 2010
Five Real Mexican Foods That Should Be More Common
pbe @ flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0Pambazo: the illegitimate child of French toast and panini.One of the foodie complaints about so-called "Mexican" restaurants in the United States is that the food on offer is not usually remotely like the food served in México. Mexicans at home don't eat burritos; t ... More >>
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March 11, 2010
Cherimoyas
Dave LiebermanThree years ago, if you saw a cherimoya, it had almost certainly been flown in from Chile or Peru and had been languishing in the "exotic" produce bin at the supermarket, waiting for someone to recognize it and pay $5 for a tiny, withered fruit.Commercial production of cherimoyas ha ... More >>
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March 11, 2010
Ice Cream Man Matt Allen Okay--Baby Ice Cream Truck Not So Much
icecreamman.comThe Ice Cream Man: Matt Allen.Since 2004, Long Beach's Ice Cream Man Matt Allen has made a career of giving away ice cream for free at music events nationwide. But news of a possible Ice Cream Man benefit this April at Alex's Bar suggested an emergency meaning it's time to give som ... More >>
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March 11, 2010
Red Velvet: A Cupcake Postmortem
Trends is dining have an amazing ability to take a long-standing food item and, through a series of twists and maybe a bit of recontextualizing, make it ubiquitous and, eventually, tiresome. Not matter how delicious a food might be, if it gets caught up in the zeitgeist, the over-saturation point is ... More >>
Food
February 25, 2010
Hebaragi's Cheeky Barbecue
From pig jowls to beef stomach to plain old steak, it all tastes amazing at this Korean eatery
Blogs
February 12, 2010
Persian, Part 2
Welcome back to Ethnic Eating 101! As promised, today is about soup, stew and bread.First, though, let's dispense with the question of what you're supposed to do with the plastic sack of freshly-cut bread, butter, onion halves, lemon halves and ground sumac packets you get at Wholesome Choice, and w ... More >>
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February 11, 2010
Green Papayas
markuz @ flickr.com CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Is there anything that doesn't grow in California (besides sour cherries)? Even the fruits associated more with tropical Mexico or Hawai'i are able to grow here. Papaya trees are suddenly everywhere, looking like palm trees with jagged leaves and clusters of hug ... More >>
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February 10, 2010
Recipe of the Week: Chiles Rellenos de Picadillo
El Pato sauce... is there anything it can't do? It turns plain old ground turkey into delicious picadillo, which gets stuffed; add it to your favorite taco filling; use it as a base for queso dip.This week's recipe, which features this wunder-sauce, is not a classic chile relleno (it isn't battered ... More >>
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February 3, 2010
Recipe of The Week: Not Quite David Chang's Brussels Sprouts
So about those fucking Brussels sprouts. David Chang's advice that you "can't fuck them up. Cook the shit out of them; just don't turn them to charcoal," is the most basic and probably best of recipes for the vegetable. Just add salt. But for self-avowed 'sprout haters, such a purist approach can be ... More >>
Food
January 14, 2010
[Hole in the Wall] Gnarly Nayaritan at Mariscos Los Corales in Santa Ana
So about those fucking Brussels sprouts. David Chang's advice that you "can't fuck them up. Cook the shit out of them; just don't turn them to charcoal," is the most basic and probably best of recipes for the vegetable. Just add salt. But for self-avowed 'sprout haters, such a purist approach can be ... More >>
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January 7, 2010
Dueling Dishes: Battle Empanada
Dave LiebermanEmpanada isn't a very specific word in Spanish. It just means something enveloped in dough, something "em-breaded". It doesn't prescribe the filling, the shape or even the method of cookery. Beef Wellington would technically be an empanada, as would a deep-fried pig in a blanket.Usu ... More >>
Food
January 7, 2010
Get Your Meat and Potatoes, Deutschland-style, at La Habra's Continental Deli
Dave LiebermanEmpanada isn't a very specific word in Spanish. It just means something enveloped in dough, something "em-breaded". It doesn't prescribe the filling, the shape or even the method of cookery. Beef Wellington would technically be an empanada, as would a deep-fried pig in a blanket.Usu ... More >>
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January 6, 2010
Recipe of The Week: The Best Sandwich You've Ever Had
The Alice Walker school of California cooking--the immaculate, jewel-like vegetables, the artisan oils and vinegars, the painstakingly sourced meats--has at times been leveled with the criticism that it is not, in fact, cooking, but assembling. How much talent or skill does it take to make the best ... More >>
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January 1, 2010
Five Great Salads for the New Year
cdresz @ flickr.com CC BY-NC 2.0But I weighed 170 lbs. before Thanksgiving!As I was at Northgate Market buying supplies for New Year's Eve, I overheard this conversation near the limones: "Buy a lettuce, OK? After the holiday we're only eating salad for a week."Ah, the holiday de-tox period: a ru ... More >>
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