Hispanic Heritage Month

'Border Theory' Shows the Line That Blurs

Tony de los Reyes' exhibit at Grand Central Art Center brilliantly captures the never-ending U.S.-Mexico divide

¡Ask a Comida Critic!: A Good Chimichanga?

​I love Avanti Cafe in Costa Mesa for its vegetarian-vegan treats, so the following question from server Dion surprised me:Where can I get a good chimichanga?Being Hispanic Heritage Month is o-vah tomorrow, what better way to end my recent run of Latino-themed questions than with a treatise on thi ... More >>

¡Ask a Comida Critic!: Any Nicaraguan Food in OC?

​Continuing our Hispanic Heritage Month series of queries, this one came out of nowhere:Love your work, but have never seen you talk about Nicaraguan food. Are there any restaurantes nicoyas here?Sadly, no.

Orange County's Five Most Self-Loathing Mexicans

​Hispanic Heritage Month is nearly upon us, so what better time than to examine a very-OC* phenomenon: the Mexican who isn't Mexican! The person with un nopal en la frente who nevertheless trashes wabs, the brown version of Uncle Ruckus on the brilliant The Boondocks. La naranja has spawned some o ... More >>

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Special Wedding Edition

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Going to Acapulco

Baja Splash Cultural Festival

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Special Cesar Chavez Edition

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