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  • Food

    February 17, 2012

    Mozambique Peri-Peri Does the Mazavaroo

    This Newport Beach restaurant is the cheaper, fast-casual sister of the venerable Laguna Beach original

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Hang With Peter Murphy for $4000; Otherwise, a Santa Ana Date!

    ​The former Bauhaus lead singer is coming around on tour again in support of last year's excellent solo album Ninth; Peter Murphy will be appearing at the Observatory on March 16 for a one-off. It'll be his third OC appearance in a little over a year's time and the latest in a string of local date ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Blue Ivy Carter and Other Obscure Hip-Hop/R&B Child Names

    ​For those of you not in the know, or not near a TV or Internet this weekend, it finally happened: Jay-Z and Beyoncé gave birth to what is soon to be the most famous heir in hip-hop history: Blue Ivy Carter. Young Blue's middle name allegedly is for her mom and pop's birthdays (both being on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    On the Line: Bruno Serato of Anaheim White House, Part One

    ​In the first 30 minutes after sitting down with Bruno Serato, he received a text from a major pasta company wanting to donate, a group of ladies handing a check as they headed in for their holiday lunch, a call from a supermodel wanting to help his cause, and another group that mentioned purchasi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Mozambique Peri Peri Opens in Newport Beach

    http://mozambiqueperiperi.com/​OC's only South African restaurant has begat OC's only South African fast-casual eatery. Mozambique Peri Peri, the take-out little sister of Mozambique in Laguna Beach, is now open for business in Newport Beach's The Bluffs, joining Pei Wei, Freshii and Islands.

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2011

    Eastman: Babel

    Irvine Barclay Theater

  • Food

    June 16, 2011

    The Family Business: Mark and Sam Lewis

    The son tried to stay away from 'the fish thing' for a while, but now he's the main man at Dry Dock Fish Co.

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Tracking Down the Killer Cucumbers Currently Terrorizing Germany

    Flickr user Smabs Sputzer​The big food story in Europe over the past week has been the terrifying spread of a pathogen that's killing people in Germany and sickening hundreds, one found mostly on cucumbers. The always amazing Der Spiegel just published an account of the fiasco, from the first affl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Imam Muzammil Siddiqi of Islamic Society of Orange County Condemns Holocaust Deniers

    Muzammil Siddiqi​So often when it comes to Islam and the Holocaust, we hear from deniers such as Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, Palestinian National Authority president Mahmoud Abbas, Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Mahdi Akef, the Jordanian Association Against Zionism and Racism ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Reasoning Rap and Metal in the Islamic World

    Erik Brandt​ In the December issue of the libertarian Reason Magazine, an article by journalist James M. Dorsey explores the cultural phenomenon of underground music scenes in the Islamic world. "Rap and Metal on Planet Islam" begins in Morocco with the story of metal head Nabyl Guennouni. Gue ... More >>

  • Food

    November 18, 2010

    A Family Affair at Les Amis in Fullerton

    From grandma to grandchild, the Montecristos keep this bistro humming with their Lebanese meals

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    First Annual Couscous Festival

    Photo by Flickr user Flying House Studios​We're lucky to have a great many ethnic groups and their native cuisines heavily represented in Orange County, but North African foods aren't among them. Sure, I've eaten at Moroccan restaurants a handful of times, but in fact, I know bupkes about the spic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Pete Lehmar of Gladstone's, Part Two

    Christopher Victorio​Chef Pete Lehmar of Gladstone's of Long Beach is on the line with us this week. So strong is his commitment to fresh seafood that he built a human-powered aircraft to get the seafood out of the harbor. (Check the Flugtag slide show. It was epic. And full of plummet.) If you mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Imane Boudlal, Muslim Fighting Disney for Right to Wear Hijab: "We Should Just Accept Each Other and Respect Each Other"

    Keith May/OC WeeklyImane Boudlal​Imane Boudlal made national headlines Wednesday when she challenged the famously--and extensively--strict Disney dress code, which included a ban on the hijab. Speaking with the Weekly today, the 26-year-old Anaheim resident said, "we should just accept each other ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    David Kesler of the Cellar, Part Two

    Courtesy of the Cellar​Executive Chef David Kesler of Fullerton's The Cellar Restaurant is on the line this week. Here's a random fact for the readership: people who excel at both cuisine and pastry are rare in the extreme. Every culinary arts student studies pastry, but it's like being both an ou ... More >>

  • Film

    May 27, 2010

    'Sex and the City' Ages Disgracefully

    Sequel struggles against nature to stay forever young

  • Music

    May 13, 2010

    The Eclectic Company Experience

    This Santa Ana collective wants audiences to discover just how strange OC can sound

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    You'd Better Have a Really Good Mortgage Broker

    A new estate has popped up on the grounds of Richard Nixon's former Western White House in San Clemente, and it's for sale. The property that after the Stubbly One's 1969 arrival hosted dignitaries, treaty signings and the Frost-Nixon interviews was subdivided into 16 lots in 1980. The new Sp ... More >>

  • Food

    February 7, 2008

    Haute and Heavy

    Sutra may be OC's sexiest restaurant

  • Film

    January 31, 2008

    American Heroes and Zeroes

    Morgan Spurlock makes us look bad, plus (separate!) films on baseball and steroids shine at sundance '08

  • Food

    November 29, 2007

    Santa Ana Savoring

    Quick—Discover Jason’s, before everyone else does

  • Film

    October 18, 2007

    Waterbored

    It’s not torture, but Mideast thriller Rendition is as conventional as they come

  • Film

    August 30, 2007

    Surf City Celluloid

    The SoCal Independent Film Fest goes big

  • Food

    June 28, 2007

    Zov Doubles Your Pleasure

    Karamardians new cafe turns a nondescript shopping center in Newport Coast into a delectable destination

  • Food

    June 21, 2007

    Moderne Love

    If shoppings what ails ya, Marche Moderne is the cure

  • Culture

    April 26, 2007

    When Pheromones Fail

    The Art of Seduction: Courtship and Marriage in Africa

  • Film

    February 22, 2007

    New Reviews

    The Abandoned; Days of Glory (Indigenes); Reno 911!: Miami; Starter for Ten

  • Film

    January 4, 2007

    O Say Can You . . . What?

    Home of the Brave is not what Francis Scott Key had in mind

  • Music

    November 30, 2006

    Globe Trotter

    Al Di Meola

  • Film

    November 16, 2006

    Re-Review

    Reader counters Babel review

  • Film

    November 2, 2006

    Communication Breakdown

    Storytelling gimmicks cant save vapid, globally-conscious puzzle-film

  • Food

    July 6, 2006

    Buffalo Grill

    Eating the New American West at Rendezvous

  • Culture

    February 9, 2006

    This Week in Amazing Exhibits

    Sandow Birk's Divine Comedy

  • News

    February 9, 2006

    Heavy Metal Muslim

    Salman Ahmad really does rock the Casbah

  • Food

    July 21, 2005

    Fleeting Scallops

    Riding the delicious waves of White Horses churning menu

  • Unknown

    June 9, 2005

    This Week in Places

    Riding the delicious waves of White Horses churning menu

  • Food

    December 2, 2004

    Hopelessly New Age-Y But Its Great!

    Screw Native Foods milieu and enjoy their vegan bounty

  • Columns

    August 26, 2004

    Diary of a Mad County

    Screw Native Foods milieu and enjoy their vegan bounty

  • Culture

    May 13, 2004

    XXX Files

    How Abu Ghraib echoes Robert Mapplethorpe

  • Film

    December 4, 2003

    Let It Snow

    Warren Millers Journey kicks off another ski season

  • Film

    August 7, 2003

    Life Sentences

    Dentists in domestic prison, jewel thieves on holiday

  • News

    June 5, 2003

    Graham Drubs Dubya

    Dentists in domestic prison, jewel thieves on holiday

  • Food

    April 24, 2003

    Boar War

    Blubber-bound blowhard battles Tony Bourdain for the favor of his beloved at Yi Dynasty

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Crash-Test Dummy

    Blubber-bound blowhard battles Tony Bourdain for the favor of his beloved at Yi Dynasty

  • Culture

    November 7, 2002

    The Speed of Life

    Dave Eggers returnsfinallywith another heartbreaking work

  • Columns

    November 8, 2001

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Anaheim Angels

    Dave Eggers returnsfinallywith another heartbreaking work

  • Features

    September 27, 2001
  • Features

    March 15, 2001

    Dumbbell

    Eric Bechler committed a perfect murderand then bragged about it

  • Food

    March 16, 2000

    Eat Cheap

    or expensive. or somewhere in between

  • Columns

    April 22, 1999

    Freak No-Show?!

    Was it Pat Buchanan who said global capitalism would destroy the American circus?

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