Jell-O Desserts

Bill Cosby Tells Us Why Having Openly Gay Athletes in Pro Sports Isn't a Big Deal

Bill Cosby's body of work is more recognizable and respected than most. You could say he's a bit of a legend--not every day you can talk to one of those. We're not bragging, OK, maybe we are a little, but with an upcoming show at the Cerritos Performing Arts Center on June 9th, we obviously jumped a ... More >>

Bill Cosby

Cerritos Center

Koo's Catering Truck: Are You Hot for Hotteok?

[Hole In the Wall] This Garden Grove food truck makes awesome Korean pancakes—but they're not pancakes!

5 Disturbing, Way Too Literal Baby Shower Cakes (NSFW)

Baby showers are weird. You gather with strangers over finger foods to tell your pregnant friend that she looks "glowing" (do not use the word "huge") and play awkward games involving diapers and chocolate-bar poop. And then, of course, there's the cake. In the name of creativity, some people a ... More >>

'Hotel Transylvania': Everybody Knows I'm a Movie-Favorite Monster

In this new animated flick, a comic Dracula still kills

Pandor Artisan Boulangerie & Café Is the Bread Winner

This Newport Beach bakery brings out obscure French pastries and tried-and-true favorites

Retro California Food

Center for Living Peace

North Shore Poke Co. Has a Poke-Man

Shawn Gole's Huntington Beach restaurant finally gives the Hawaiian standard its full, undivided attention

Bru Grill and Market Features Drunken Masters

This Lake Forest restaurant offers beer-can chicken and other delicious alcohol-laced oddities

Boiling Point Stinks Different

The Irvine Taiwanese joint offers roiling hot pots with the malodorous delicacy called stinky tofus

New Hue Restaurant Opens in Garden Grove

Edwin GoeiPhoto is of Ngu Binh's Hue dishes​You know what OC needs more of? Restaurants that serve banh beo, those button-cute mini Jell-O shots of steamed rice flour batter from the Hue region of Vietnam. 

Five Popular Working-Class Foodstuffs That'll Never Become Hipster Trends or Foodie Fads

Betcha there'll never be a tamale pie truck...​Cupcakes are on their way out, pies are supposedly in--but it seems Orange County's going to go through a Summer of Doughnut. M & M Donuts over in Anaheim have hundreds of Yelp reviews (!), all over a simple blueberry donut, a fried thing studded ... More >>

Koba Tofu Grill Offers Lovable Lava

This new Irvine entry in the Korean chain offers many soft-tofu soups that burn and roil, but, boy, are they delish!

Ask a Comida Critic: Persian Food in OC?

​From Twitter follower @CRACK_BERRY:Looking for the hands down #PersianFood in #OC - Anyone have suggestios? - Recommendations @OCWeeklyFoodDamn straight we do! It's little secret now that Orange County is a hotbed of Persian activity almost rivaling Beverly Hills and the Westside of Los Angeles. ... More >>

Slideshow: Jelly Shot Test Kitchen

Jelly Shot Test KitchenRainbow Cherry Jigglers!​Sisters Amy and Michelle have created one of the most fun recipe blogs we've come across yet: the Jelly Shot Test Kitchen... Amy creates these neat gelatin concoctions while Michelle shoots the gorgeous photographs. So what's a Jelly Shot? Think of a ... More >>

Five Pretty Cocktails

Flickr user alpha du centaure​Oh, stop scoffing. We can see that face you're making: Ain't no shame in admiring a pretty drink every once in a while. While you'll usually find the cutesy cocktails with the cutesy garnish at things like bridal showers, outdoor wedding receptions, beach-side resorts ... More >>

#62. Roasted Beef Marrow Bones at Brasserie Pascal

Edwin Goei We continue to countdown our 100 favorite dishes at local restaurants. We'll be sharing these with you every weekday until our annual Best Of Issue comes out. Enjoy! #62. Roasted Beef Marrow Bones at Brasserie Pascal You could trace back the popularity of roasted beef marrow bone ... More >>

OCMA's Close-Ups Are Ready for You

You'll need a lot more than 15 minutes to digest this collection of portraits

Studio at the Montage Has Perfected Fine Dining

How an Anaheim Burger Joint Changed Utah Tastes Forever--and the NY Times Ripped Off an Alt-Weekly

A Crown Burgers location...​The New York Times has an article today about how people in Utah apparently love pastrami on their burgers more than anywhere else in the country, something shocking to me because I thought all the state subsided on was Jell-O. But a fascinating local connection is buri ... More >>

Eating Korean Fried Chicken and Getting Sauced at the Past Memories in Garden Grove

Grab It - Premium Jelly Snack

Name: Grab It Origin: Korea Found at: Freshia, Tustin Cost: $0.99 Ingredients: Filtered Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar, Corn Starch, Carrageenan, Malic Acid, Glucose, Non Fat Dry Milk, Vitamin C, Aspartame, Natural & Artificial Colors, Artificial Flavors, Salt, Vitamin B2 Why I ... More >>

Benley is Vietnamese food with an asterisk

First things first: if you are Vietnamese or otherwise familiar with the culinary terrain and back alleyways of Little Saigon, stop reading right now. If you do not heed this warning, I will not be responsible for the damage your spit-take will do to your computer screens. The restaurant I'm about ... More >>

¡Ask a Mexican!®

'The more Mexicans who come to this country, the better'

This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

Scary Soup Spectacular!

Where the Chefs Are

Kappo Sui’s izakaya menu satisfies all

Because Even Bigots Need to Rest...

...You should join them this Saturday in Anaheim. The California Coalition for Immigration Reform--authors of the infamous Proposition 187 and architects of the modern Know Nothing movement--will hold a potluck for all members and interested individuals in lieu of their usual monthly Nuremburg ralli ... More >>

Sapphire Shines

This eclectic Laguna Beach eatery is a real gem

Get Out!

July 6 - July 13: Burnout Classique

Get Out!

May 25 - June 1: Heaven and Back

This Week in Lamb

Special on Sambo, Aisle Dos!

Picking apart racist caricatures at Orange County Latino grocery stores

Boutique Samoa

Changing Rooms

Noah Thomass Veneer makes us think.
About interior space

This Week in Food on a Stick

Bela Lugosis Dead

Its Magick time!

Whos Abusing the Kids?

And whos a dick? Im a dick!

Where Bread Is King

Make a Pilgrimage to Jamillah Garden

Tamale Time!

Tamales, topos and pan dulce at Panaderia y Antojitos Guatemala

All About the Antojitos

Indulge your antojo at Pupuseria San Sivar

Were Open to Stucco

U.K.s Lube ready to loosen up

Gaza Strip Mall

Meating the paste in northwest Anaheim

Success Through Snacking

A Weekly program of glop, gunk and raising Iqs in county schools

Practically Belly-Dancing

And Martha Stewarts rear end

3: Best Gelato Factory in Orange County

A Film by Ken Widmann

That 70's Blow!

Washburn lost on coke

Night-Lite

Dear Lost

Write your own damn letters

See Deke Run!

Seven days of fabulous music

100 Things that Four Years of College will Teach You