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March 4, 2011
A Mexican Dinner in 1890s Orange County with Madame Helena Modjeska
Wikimedia CommonsThe caption says it all...In doing general research for my book on the history of Mexican food in the United States, I've unearthed numerous accounts of non-Mexicans enjoying Mexican food for the first time, or quickly learning how to love the stuff. One of the earlier accounts I ... More >>
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October 19, 2010
Picking Madame Modjeska's Olives in Modjeska Canyon
My chica will get to them soon enough...The chica and I have friends who live in Modjeska Canyon, which has amazingly held back the county's rapacious developers all these years. We visited them last week--it was my first time that far into OC's backwoods since taking a field trip to the Tucker W ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Helena Modjeska Lives On in Kentucky--And You Can Eat Her!
I was in Kentucky recently for business, and had to take a distillery tour of one of my favorite bourbons: Woodford Reserve. The one-and-a-half hour tour of Kentucky's oldest distillery (although the brand dates back only to the 1990s) costs five friggin' bucks, is informative, is in the beautifu ... More >>
Culture
March 16, 2006
Thespians, Ho!
This years OC Weekly Theater Awards winners
Features
April 29, 2004
Strange Fruta
The Inevitable Death of Francisco Torres
Culture
March 25, 2004
The Envelope, Please!
The Eighth Annual OC Weekly Awards
Culture
December 18, 2003
Noel, Noel
And not a cherub in sight

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