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May 11, 2012
Students at La Purisima Catholic School Dance to the Tune of Mexican Folklore
It might only be in the United States, or possibly Southern California, where one finds Caucasian, Vietnamese and Latino students dancing together to traditional, folkloric Mexican songs. The Eighth Annual "La Purisima Ballet Folklorico" at La Purisima Catholic School in Orange featured just that. I ... More >>
Music
May 10, 2012
Mare Is the MC
The Oaxacan rapper brings xip-xop to OC
Blogs
May 10, 2012
Mare Is a Rapper Hell-Bent on Equality for Women in Mexico
"I believe music is universal, and it responds to the context in which it was created," says Mare Advertencia Lirika--or Mare, as she's known professionally. "In my case, coming from indigenous roots, my music is the voice that speaks to this context." In Oaxaca, Mexico, where Mare makes her home, ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2012
Winning By a Neck at Kentucky Fried Buches
The first time I ever saw buches--perhaps more properly known as pescuezos de pollo--was at the late, lamented Breed Street vendor fair in Boyle Heights, where the scent of frying chicken competed for olfactory primacy against enchiladas, pambazos, churros, and pit-roasted meat. I wasn't paying atte ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2012
A Tijuana Virgin On His First Visit: No Shootings, No Narcos, Amazing Food Galore
I didn't get shot. Not once, not at all. As silly as that sounds, after all of the travel warnings I've read and horror stories I've been told, a tiny part of me kinda thought the moment I arrived in Tijuana I would be stopped by the cartels and taken out. I admit I'm not much of a traveler, but ... More >>
Blogs
February 23, 2012
Eating Good Mexican-American Food In... Greenwich Village?!
I hate driving past signs advertising New York pizza. With a couple of very rare exceptions, it's almost never any good, but people have this einredenish--this self-imposed delusion--that places advertising New York pizza will actually be able to produce the chewy, slightly sour crust, the tangy ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2012
Eat This Now: Tlayuda at El Moctezuma #2
Dave LiebermanHarbor Boulevard in Anaheim and Garden Grove is well-known as a black hole of good food, being lined with every chain America could come up with. Eventually, though, the beige sameness peters out, and by the time you cross Lampson Avenue, you're back in the dusty, grim ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2012
The Toro Degollado, or Punching Yourself In the Liver With Capsaicin
To the right is a picture of the cocktail I drank nearly every single night during the holidays. (On a related note, I may need to get over my horror of Bonobos or other stretchy-waist trousers.)I couldn't help it. I'm obsessed. I almost never drink cocktails with soda in them, but I've got a sec ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2011
Don Amado Mezcal, Our Drink of the Week!
In Los Angeles, New York and other hipster enclaves, the Mexican drink of the moment is mezcal, tequila's country cousin (tequila? SO Chapman U sorority party). Oaxacan-food princess Bricia Lopez (of Guelaguetza fame) just opened a mezcal bar at her family's restaurant, and a mezcal bar is being ... More >>
Columns
August 25, 2011
Who Harvested Maize First: The Aztecs or the Mayans?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] And what are the three milks of pastel de tres leches?
Blogs
July 11, 2011
Five Things to Learn Before Writing About Mexican Food
Flickr user icexmakerThis is a painful post to write.I am guilty, in my sordid past as a food writer, of all of these. I'm still no expert on Mexican food--part of its allure is that no matter how much I learn, there's still some abuelita in a forgotten rancho in a state all but ignored on signs ... More >>
Blogs
June 28, 2011
Tortilla Tuesday: La Reina Tortilleria
What, you thought your last name had to end in -a, -o or -z to be able to review tortillas? Nope! The humble disk of corn, the legacy of pre-Columbian Mexico, is a staple not just for Mexicanos; they're indispensable even in European-mutt households.La Reina is a market with a bad location: cater ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2011
San Francisco Health Officials Ban Restaurant from Selling Grasshopper Tacos
Flickr user christine zeninoSan Francisco is going to play quite a role in my coming book on the history of Mexican food in the United States--and that's all I'm going to say about that right now. But Baghdad by the Bay is in the Mexi-food news right now, because pendejo health inspectors have as ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2011
On the Line: Jared Cook of St. Roy Chef's Pub at Vine Restaurant, Part One
Phot by Kevin LaraCan a name for our featured chef be more appropriate than Jared Cook? Nah. The man in the kitchen at St. Roy Chef's Pub offers us his thoughts on foodies and how he likes to spend his free time. On the Line, Part One, begins below.What are six words to describe your food?Real, c ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2011
Mole Teloloapan in Santa Ana: A Great Mole Found In an Unlikely Place
Deep, deep in the highlands of the Mexican state of Guerrero, a place known more for the cruise ships that ply the city of Acapulco and the silver stands of inland Taxco, lies one of the gastronomic destinations of Mexico: Teloloapan, the home of mole rojo guerrerense.
Blogs
February 28, 2011
OC Cannabis University Now Offers Classes En Español
Time was, all the good weed came from Mexico. After all, that's where it'd been grown for who knows how long, up in the hills of Sinaloa, Michoacan and Oaxaca. Now, the good stuff is grown north of the border, and with the legalization of cannabis for medical purposes now 15 years in the making, ... More >>
Columns
January 6, 2011
Dumping In the Desert
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Also, a racist tries to bait Gustavo, part MCMXLVIII
Food
December 16, 2010
Fond of Fonda La Meche
[Hole In the Wall] Mexico City-style dishes abound in this tiny, homey Stanton dive
Blogs
December 9, 2010
Five Silly-Looking Tequila Bottles
A couple of years ago, a friend gave me the above tequila bottle. I've kept it over the years because it's decorative, but the image has about as much to do with tequila as the Finns. It's an Aztec warrior--but tequila wasn't created until long after the fall of Tenochtitlán, and then by Spaniar ... More >>
Blogs
November 23, 2010
UNESCO Names Traditional Mexican Food a World Cultural Treasure, Or: Michoacán Cuisine Finally Gets its Due
Flickr user rvacapintoAn uchepoMuch is being made of the recent report that UNESCO has deemed "traditional Mexican cuisine"--whatever the hell that means--as an intangible cultural heritage worthy of saving. But a close reading of the documents prepared for its nomination shows that most of the a ... More >>
Blogs
November 22, 2010
A Cure For Anti-Cemita-ism
Dave LiebermanIf you're going to be a proper hole-in-the-wall hound around these parts, the first thing you've got to learn is that a great deal of the best food in Orange County comes not from restaurants or food trucks, but rather from sandwich counters in grocery stores.
Blogs
November 15, 2010
Five Not-So-Common Things To Do With Leftover Turkey
Flickr user jenniferbrookeEvery list of turkey leftover suggestions involves one or more of the following: soup, chili, salad, sandwiches (usually on whole wheat bread with mayonnaise) and turkey Tetrazzini. It's not that these things are bad--they're not--it's that they're jaded and overused, an ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2010
On the Line: Danny Godinez of Anepalco's Cafe, Part Uno
Photo by Todd BarnesGodinez putting the finishing strokes on his bomb-ass huevos divorciadosI must admit I wasn't blown away the first time I visited Anepalco's Cafe in Orange--found the chilaquiles a bit too exotic. But I'm always man enough to admit when I was wrong, and I've more than made up ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2010
This Week in Food: Geeks Who Drink, Reclaimin' Claim Jumper, and Noshin Nutella!
Flickr user Steve SnodgrassYes, people have dressed for Halloween as theseAs usual, too many great stories this week on this infernal blog--read them all! Too lazy? Some highlights after the jump!
Blogs
October 27, 2010
7 Moles for Día de los Muertos at Gabbi's Mexican Kitchen in Orange
Photo by Flickr user scaredy_kat Last week, Dave told you about five foods to commemorate the Dia del los Muertos, including meats prepared en mole. Now comes news that for each day until the Day of the Dead, November 2, Gabbi's Mexican Kitchen will feature a dish with one of the seven mole ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
Five Authentic Mexican Dishes That Would Make Rick Bayless Scream, Or: For an Aztlanista Approach to the Question of "Authenticity" in Mexican Cuisine
Chico's Tacos in El Paso: The Most Mexican Restaurant in AmericaRick Bayless came to and left Orange County last week, and none of Weeklings were able to attend, busy as we are with our normal lives (Dave, Edwin, and Shuji, their 9-to-5s; me, skinheads and pedo-priests). Sucks, because the battle ... More >>
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July 14, 2010
Mama Said Eat Your Flowers: Squash Blossom Quesadillas
Ask a European what to do with squash blossoms and the answer will be nearly invariable: stuff them with cheese, batter them and deep fry them.Ask a chilango--a denizen of Mexico's capital region--and the answer will be just as invariable, but different: quesadillas de flor de calabaza, squash bloss ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2010
At the Farmers' Market: Quelites
Flickr user ocean_of_starsSure, you can call them lamb's quarters, but around these parts, if you ask for lamb's quarters you'll be served meat, not greens. Around here, these cousins to the quinoa plant are called quelites (pronounced "kay-LEE-tayss").
Blogs
June 10, 2010
At the Farmers' Market: Soledad Goats
Dave LiebermanMojave's not exactly a place people expect food to come from, situated as it is in the middle of a hot desert, a stopping point for air shows and people driving from San Francisco to Las Vegas and people connected with the Air Force base.The first time I saw the sign for Soledad Goa ... More >>
Columns
April 29, 2010
Iceback-Spotting?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] And: Do Mexicans measure up?
Food
April 22, 2010
Taqueria Morelos: Thy Name Is True
[Hole in the Wall] This Garden Grove eatery actually does serve Morelian specialties
Blogs
April 1, 2010
The REAL Mexican Pizza: ¡Clayúdame!
Dave LiebermanForget about that offensive piece of garbage that passes for a Mexican pizza at Taco Bell. There's a much better "Mexican pizza" out there, and it's all thanks to the culinary geniuses in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca (say "wah-HAH-kah").
Blogs
March 10, 2010
Three Perspectives on the Closing of Pupusódromo in Santa Ana
BAD: There aren't enough Salvadoran restaurants in Orange County, and that one of the few and longest-standing has closed down means Salvis are probably leaving their traditional OC homeland of SanTana for greener, more assimilated pastures. Pupusódromo didn't serve the best pupusas, but did serve ... More >>
Columns
January 14, 2010
[Ask a Mexican!] The First South-of-the Border Amnesty
BAD: There aren't enough Salvadoran restaurants in Orange County, and that one of the few and longest-standing has closed down means Salvis are probably leaving their traditional OC homeland of SanTana for greener, more assimilated pastures. Pupusódromo didn't serve the best pupusas, but did serve ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2009
On the Line: Santiago Vallejo of Mariscos Puerto Esperanza
Courtesy of Mariscos Puerto EsperanzaSantiago Vallejo has an impressive résumé: formerly at the Ritz, he left to open his own restaurant, Mariscos Puerto Esperanza, in a tiny shopping center in Orange. It caused an immediate sensation on the food boards (Chowhound, Yelp, etc.) and Edwin himself ... More >>
Columns
September 17, 2009
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Reconquista for Dummies
Courtesy of Mariscos Puerto EsperanzaSantiago Vallejo has an impressive résumé: formerly at the Ritz, he left to open his own restaurant, Mariscos Puerto Esperanza, in a tiny shopping center in Orange. It caused an immediate sensation on the food boards (Chowhound, Yelp, etc.) and Edwin himself ... More >>
Blogs
August 24, 2009
Five Questions with Lila Downs
BY GABRIEL SAN ROMANFor years, Lila Downs has melded her powerful multilingual vocals with musical arrangements that engagingly blend the sounds of our global village. Of mixed heritage herself, the signature syncretism that has come to define her artistic presentation has been most recently evid ... More >>
Blogs
April 8, 2009
Not Much of a 'Welcoming Committee' for Vicente Fox
If the three people standing outside Irvine Barclay Theater late this afternoon represented the "Vicente Fox Welcoming Committee at UCI," the committee that has not forgotten Chiapas, Atenco, and Oaxaca, the committee that "opposes Fox and other oppressors wherever they show their faces," ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2009
Vicente Fox UCI Visit Draws "Welcoming Committee"
Photo by Ariel Gutierrez Vivanco/Presidencia de la RepublicaThe "Vicente Fox Welcoming Committee at UCI" won't be bearing flowers, fruit baskets or a key to the university when Mexico's former president visits the campus Wednesday. Fox, who is being hosted by the university's Center for the Study of ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2008
Avanti Cafe Giving Free Snacks if you Vote
2008 OC Weekly Best Restaurant in Orange County Avanti Cafe in Costa Mesa has a treat for you. From an email by one of Avanti's owners, Mark Cleveland: Visit Avanti Cafe on Nov 4, flash your 'I Voted' sticker and we'll treat you to a tangy sweet. It's an historic election & it's exciting to Vote! ... More >>
Music
April 10, 2008
Anaheim All-Girl Rock Band Mystery Hangup Esoterically Rock the Dark Side
2008 OC Weekly Best Restaurant in Orange County Avanti Cafe in Costa Mesa has a treat for you. From an email by one of Avanti's owners, Mark Cleveland: Visit Avanti Cafe on Nov 4, flash your 'I Voted' sticker and we'll treat you to a tangy sweet. It's an historic election & it's exciting to Vote! ... More >>
Food
November 8, 2007
This Hole-in-the-Wall Life
Show Me the Mole!
Food
April 5, 2007
Grub Guide
Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide
News
December 14, 2006
Oaxacan in Orange County
Or: How to keep Mexicans in Mexico
Columns
November 30, 2006
!Ask a Mexican!
Of Micks and McDonald's
Food
November 23, 2006
This Hole-in-the-Wall Life
Dine like the Mayans at Conde Cakes
Culture
January 19, 2006
Revolucion
Relampago del Cielo marks its 30th anniversary with faces, dances of its past
Columns
October 6, 2005
!Ask a Mexican!
Relampago del Cielo marks its 30th anniversary with faces, dances of its past
Food
April 28, 2005
To Dine the Impossible Dinner
The quixotic quest for great gourmet Mexican cuisine
Food
September 5, 2002
Holy Mole!
Orange Countys first Oaxacan restaurant
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