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Glen Bell

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2012

    Mi Taco es su Taco: How Mexican Food Conquered America

    I finally visited the snazzy corporate offices of the OC Weekly last week, to interview my editor, Gustavo "¡Ask a Mexican!" Arellano. Despite writing for years for the county's favorite alt-weekly, I'd conducted only an email relationship with the staff and editors. I arrived in person to tape my ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Taco Bell Celebrates Its 50th Aniversary This Week; 5 Ways the Bell Helped Mexican Food Become Better in the U.S.

    ​Taco Bell, the Mexican fast-food giant everyone loves to hate, celebrates its 50th anniversary this week and...yeah. Heaven knows it's an easy whipping boy for everything wrong with Mexican food in this country: the bastardized meals, the incessant appropriation (this week: I finally reveal the n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Four Big Facts The Daily Got Wrong In Its History of the Burrito

    ​Here's to hoping my Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America is hitting the cultural caliente list at the right time--and it is, if you go by recent histories on Mexican food published by mainstream publications. I know Smithsonian Magazine is working on something because they called me for c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Five Mexican-Food Empires Started By Americans Ripping Off Unnamed Mexicans

    One of the few cases in Mexican-food history in the US where a Mexi wasn't ripped off by gabachos...​Michelle posted earlier today about how the man credited with creating Fritos, former Frito-Lay executive, Arch West, just passed away in Dallas. First thing I told her? "The origin story for Dorit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    No. 76: Wet Burrito at 301 Cafe

    ​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . . I just did an interview with KPCC-FM 89.3's Multi-American blog about my coming book on the history of Mexican food in the United States and, of course ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Wienerschnitzel to Give Out Limited-Edition Golden Wiener Antenna Toppers Starting Monday

    All that glitters is not gold...​True story: I've never eaten at Wienerschnitzel before, but I consider myself a fan. You can only imagine all the PR crap I receive from all matters of freaks, but the world's largest hot dog chain has consistently put out some of the better PR stunts around (I sti ... More >>

  • Food

    February 17, 2011

    Da Luau Is Da Kine

    [Hole In the Wall] The Irvine eatery excels at Hawaiian island rarities

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    How Wienerschnitzel Owes its Existence to Taco Bell

    View more news videos at: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/video.Wiernschnitzel is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year by bringing back the "Der" grammatical article that was the original name of the hot dog stand that John Galardi opened in 1961. The story is well-known that Galardi got the name ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    ¡Ask a Comida Critic! Was Carl Karcher Really That Much of a Dick?

    ​From Armando:Gustavo, love your stuff, but I found an obituary you wrote about Carl Karcher, and it was pretty mean. Was he really as big of a dick as you made him out to be?I don't think I made him out to be too evil. If anything, that obit spelled out my mixed feelings about the founder of Carl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    This Week in Food: Douche-y Restaurant Owners, Taco Bell's Ancestral Birthplace, and Disneyland's Candy Canes!

    Flickr user psflannery​As ustedes prepare your Christmas dinners, amuse yourself during the downtime by looking at the insanity we wrote about this past week!

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    A Trip to Where Taco Bell All Began

    ​It's easy to make fun of Taco Bell--very easy--but in more genteel circles than this infernal rag, I defend the company quite often. Sure, their food is slightly edible, but it's their take on Mexican that allowed the cuisine to further spread around the country, spawn a boatload of imitators, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Four Reasons Why Patrón Tequila is an Affront to Mexicans--And One Reason Why It's Not

    ​Something called National Tequila Day happened this past weekend, and one PR hack or another asked us to write about it promoting some brand or other. No go. However, it does give me an opportunity to bash the Lola Gaspar of the tequila world: Patrón, elixir for fools, favored by those who still ... More >>

  • Food

    January 28, 2010

    [Hole in the Wall] On Rooster Cafe's Breakfast Burritos and the Passing of Glen Bell

    ​Something called National Tequila Day happened this past weekend, and one PR hack or another asked us to write about it promoting some brand or other. No go. However, it does give me an opportunity to bash the Lola Gaspar of the tequila world: Patrón, elixir for fools, favored by those who still ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 28, 2010

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] Special Taco Bell Edition

    ​Something called National Tequila Day happened this past weekend, and one PR hack or another asked us to write about it promoting some brand or other. No go. However, it does give me an opportunity to bash the Lola Gaspar of the tequila world: Patrón, elixir for fools, favored by those who still ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Taco Bell Crime of the Week!

    In honor of Glen Bell's passing, we will not list any violent acts this week--no, the only crimes this week is my annoying voice on a Marketplace commentary that aired Friday (in which I argued Taco Bell's lasting legacy, besides horrible food, is how it has acted as a gateway for Americans to love ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    This Week in Food

    https://taylorhicksgirlfriend.wordpress.com/R.I.P. Glen Bell​Gustavo pays homage to the death of Taco Bell founder, Glen Bell, by breaking a 15-year streak of abstaining from the fast food chain. He also recounts a botched inside job in Taco Bell Crime of the Week and discusses some delicious Viet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Taco Bell Founder Glen Bell Now Enjoying that Great Chalupa in the Sky

    None of the obits I've found so far on Irvine-based Taco Bell founder Glen Bell are really worthy of reposting at this point, although the day is young and it is MLK Day. My thoughts on this fast-food pioneer will appear in next week's edition of This Hole-in-the-Wall Life. In the meanwhile, here's ... More >>

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