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Food
May 24, 2012
Brasserie Pascal Bids a Foie Farewell
Get Pascal Olhats' legendary foie gras dinner (but skip the dessert) before it's banned
Blogs
May 24, 2012
KFC Uses Rain Forest Wood For Chicken Buckets, Greenpeace Claims
It's no secret that PETA is no friend of KFC's. And now, the fried chicken purveyor has angered the people at Greenpeace, too. The organization has recently alleged that The Colonel has been using wood harvested from Indonesia's rain forest for the paper in its signature chicken buckets. Along with ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2012
Orange County Fair Elephant Ride is Over
The Orange County Fair Board, facing a crowd of more than 100 that included many animal advocates today, voted to end elephant rides.The news was cheered by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which has sought bans on performing pachyderms around the country, and disdained by Have ... More >>
Blogs
March 13, 2012
Foie Gras: 2012's Bacon, Or: Time to End the Foie Gras Follies
Is it July yet? I can't wait for the day when foie gras is banned in California.Don't get me wrong; I love foie gras. There's nothing like a little medallion of seared foie gras and a small glass of Sauternes to ouvrir l'appétit, as the French would say. It shines perched atop a salade gasconne ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2012
Ten Great Vegetarian Restaurants in OC
Orange County, for all its Republican, meat-and-potatoes reputation, has a fantastic array of vegetarian restaurants; not just vegetarian, but vegan, and from a wide variety of ethnic traditions. We have little patience with hippy-dippy vegetarian places that skimp on flavor in order to emphasize ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2011
Animal Rights Group Wants To Check Anthony Bourdain's Liver
Did you hear that The Animal Legal Defense Fund, an animal rights group, wants to pay for Anthony Bourdain to check his liver for hepatic lipidosis?The group, in a bid to draw attention to the cruel (or, depending on where you stand on the issue, delicious) production of foie gras, drafted an ope ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2011
Santa Ana Zoo Ends Elephant Ride
Today's city of Santa Ana announcement that it is ending elephant rides at Santa Ana Zoo was cheered by animal rights activists. "Following more than a year of pressure from PETA, the Animal Protection and Rescue League, Animal Defenders International (ADI), and celebrities including Charo and ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2011
Irvine Bans Retail Dog and Cat Sales, Rodeos and Circuses with Exotic Animals
To the delight of animal rights activists and chagrin of the town's lone pet store owner and the lobby that represents such businesses, the Irvine City Council Tuesday night banned the retail sale of cats and dogs. The council further earned gold stars from the likes of Orange County People for A ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2011
Omaima Aree Nelson: NSFW Shot of Nude Party Girl-Turned-Cannibal Wife
From the bizarre--PETA seeking a vegan diet be a condition of cannibal wife Omaima Nelson's parole--we move now to the sublime:LIVE NUDE OMAIMA!OK, so she's not exactly live, and the NSFW photo after the jump could very well have been photoshopped. But it is definitely nude . . .
Blogs
July 19, 2011
[UPDATED with TV Star's Plea to End Santa Ana Zoo Rides:] OC Fair Begins and So Does Elephant Protest
UPDATE, JULY 19, 7:29 A.M.: Constance Marie played Angie Lopez on ABC's George Lopez sitcom, and she's now Regina Vasquez on ABC Family's Switched at Birth.She's using her celebrity to issue this plea to Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido: Fire Have Trunk Will Travel as the elephant ride contractor at ... More >>
Blogs
July 12, 2011
Five Musical Moments in the NBA Off-Season
After this year's dramatic NBA season, basketball fans may have to wait a long time before the league's owners and players agree to a new collective bargaining deal. The off-season normally allows fans to speculate over player trades and retirements, but given the current lockout, they'll have to se ... More >>
Film
July 7, 2011
Animal Magnetism
Nature, nurture and the awful tale of a chimp named Nim
Blogs
June 9, 2011
Seven Rap Songs about Eating Well
Buff Love aka The Human Beat BoxLast week, the USDA introduced a new symbol for healthy eating to replace the decades-old food pyramid long considered ineffectual. The new graphic, called "MyPlate," replaces the pyramid with a plate-shaped pie chart demonstrating the importance of making fruits a ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
Online Petition Drive Targets Santa Ana Zoo Elephant Rides
Laura Goldman, who lives in Los Angeles, read an LA Times article last November about the Santa Ana Zoo's elephant rides, which have been blasted by animal-rights activists and defended by city officials."I thought it was bizarre that a zoo would offer elephant rides," Goldman tells me of her reacti ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2011
This Week in Food: Luxe Loncheras, More Luxe Loncheras, and Even More Luxe Loncheras!
Photo by the Elmo MonsterOur requisite mention of Piaggio for the week!We went luxe lonchera crazy this week, and even crazier in other departments. The bedlam after the jump!
Blogs
February 17, 2011
[UPDATED: PETA Gives Posthumous Award] Moments After Saving a Dog From Traffic, Woman Struck and Killed by Motorist
FacebookMara StevesUPDATE, FEB. 17, 10 A.M.: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) announced today that it will posthumously award Steves with its Compassionate Action Award for rescuing the dog."Mara died as she was helping another individual in trouble," said PETA President Ingrid ... More >>
News
December 30, 2010
A Year of Navel Gazing: The Virtual Orange County
Looking back at 2010 on our news blog, one Top 10 List at a time
Blogs
December 20, 2010
Winter Solstice & Total Lunar Eclipse Coincide For First Time In 372 Years, But OC Won't See It
Going, going, gone.There's an extremely rare, celestial happening tonight. It's the only time the winter solstice and a lunar eclipse will happen on the same night in our lifetime--so rare, in fact, that it didn't even happen between now and our great-great-great grandparents lifetime--and w ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2010
Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day
Headline: Campaign Ads Targeting Illegal ImmigrantsComment by RDEIGHT: If current population trends continue, the U.S. population will reach 1.1 billion in the next century. This is exactly what Ted Kennedy swore wouldn't happen when he rammed his Immigration Act of 1965 through Congress ... Now ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
Octomom Nadya Suleman Staves Off Foreclose Thanks to Her "Corporation"
The yard sale, celebrity bartending and photo ops for cash paid off for Octomom Nadya Suleman, who raised enough to remain in her three-ring La Habra home through at least the end of the month, various gossip sites are reporting.Interestingly, the mother of 14 also confirmed that she does not mak ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2010
As the Octomom World Turns
Monday was a busy day on Planet Octomom. Nadya Suleman's fertility doctor, who may lose his medical license, announced he's seeking records from her other physicians, Suleman's landlord began foreclosure proceedings on her La Habra home, and Suleman announced via video she will not accept a $ ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2010
Gabe Gordon of Beachwood BBQ, Part One
Photo by Todd Barnes When Gabe Gordon first secured the Seal Beach spot now known as Beachwood BBQ, one of OC's most beloved rib joints, the chef/owner was considering another kind of place in its stead. What was that concept? Well you have to read tomorrow, where we ask him about it on the sec ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2010
Three Reasons to Hate Morrissey (and Four Reasons We Still Love Him Anyway)
By now, everyone's heard that dear old Moz called the entire population of China a subspecies in a recent interview with the Guardian. "Did you see the thing on the news about their treatment of animals and animal welfare? Absolutely horrific. You can't help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecie ... More >>
Blogs
July 15, 2010
Olivia Munn Goes From Promoting Horse Racing in OC to Damning Circus Animals in LA
Olivia Munn--the gorgeous Maxim model, Daily Show correspondent and Suck It, Wonder Woman! The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek author--appeared last night at a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' protest against the Ringling Bros. circus at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.It's a tes ... More >>
Blogs
May 25, 2010
Visit A Bar, Catch A Lobster... Maybe
Courtesy of CA Lobster Zone"Have you ever played the lobster game?" "The lobster game?" "Yeah, the kind with the claw." "Is this some kind of sick pick-up line? If it is, you need more help than I can give you."
News
April 15, 2010
The Humane Society and Big Agriculture Slug It Out Over Animal Rights
Courtesy of CA Lobster Zone"Have you ever played the lobster game?" "The lobster game?" "Yeah, the kind with the claw." "Is this some kind of sick pick-up line? If it is, you need more help than I can give you."
Blogs
February 17, 2010
That Really Would Have Been a Lot of Fish Tacos!
As we posted on Navel Gazing, Jon Apothaker, an amateur fisherman with a penchant for big-ass fish, landed a 225-pound giant black sea bass, an endangered species, off Balboa Pier in January. Local foodies gathered around, hoping for sashimi samples, but sadly for the region's culinarians, Mr. Apoth ... More >>
Blogs
December 11, 2009
This Week In Food
Craig MediciHave you ever seen a more productive and livelier week on Stick a Fork In It? I haven't decided whether this makes my job of recapping it all (while Grace is on vay-kay) easier or harder. Let's see, so Dave "Ubergeek" Lieberman started the week a whole bunch of food-based pran ... More >>
Culture
November 12, 2009
Puzzle Over Jophen Stein's Surreality Programming at the Box Gallery
Craig MediciHave you ever seen a more productive and livelier week on Stick a Fork In It? I haven't decided whether this makes my job of recapping it all (while Grace is on vay-kay) easier or harder. Let's see, so Dave "Ubergeek" Lieberman started the week a whole bunch of food-based pran ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2009
Jones Soda Co. to Release Tofurky™ and Gravy Soda
Jones Soda Co.Maybe you're trying to take those first steps into veganism.Maybe you know a vegetarian who's just had dental surgery.Or maybe you just want to play a really, really, cruel trick on someone.It doesn't matter, because Jones Soda is here for you with this year's Thanksgiving offering: ... More >>
Blogs
July 15, 2009
Rub a Dub Dub Them Elephants Are Tubs!
Photo by Keith MaySpray today, perform tonight.Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus scored a rare two-fer today, generating attention to what it considers generous treatment of its performing animals and butts in seats for a 12-day run that begins tonight at the Honda Center. Actually, make ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2009
Ringling Bros.: We Do Care For Our Animals
Photo by Keith May The media was out there, and so was the circus.Anyone who marveled at the incisive journalism and expert photography displayed in the coverage of animal-rights activist Melissa Sehgal's nude protest over Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' upcoming Hon ... More >>
Culture
May 21, 2009
[Trendzilla] Go Wet 'n Wild (Again)
Photo by Keith May The media was out there, and so was the circus.Anyone who marveled at the incisive journalism and expert photography displayed in the coverage of animal-rights activist Melissa Sehgal's nude protest over Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus' upcoming Hon ... More >>
Blogs
February 5, 2009
Urban Decay Voted Most Animal-Friendly Cosmetics Company
Newport Beach-based Urban Decay--which distributes lipsticks, nail polish and other products with names like Roach, Smog, Rust, Oil Slick and Acid Rain "inspired by the beautiful hues of America's urban landscape"--has been voted Best Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Company by PETA's youth&nbs ... More >>
Blogs
May 5, 2008
NBFF: That's a wrap for 2008
I've been hesitant to write the final blog post in the festival because doing so would acknowledge that it's over. But all things must pass. And if you gotta go out, go out with a blowout: the closing night party concluded with a massive electricity blackout at the Lido and surrounding area. Since t ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 2008
To Do Tonight - 02/13
MARS BARS PROTEST, 7 p.m. Harold Schmitz, chief science officer of Mars candy bars, is set to speak on the future of chocolate. But this isn't cool with PETA, whose members plan to wear body paint in M&M colors and hold banners protesting Mars-funded lab testing. Beckman Center, 100 Academy, Irvine ... More >>
Culture
January 19, 2006
This Week in Mutaytions
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October 13, 2005
Avanti Cafe
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October 6, 2005
The Don King of Cockfights
He whipped Bob Dornan. Now Latino activist Nativo Lopez turns his attention to cocks of a different sort
Columns
September 22, 2005
Diary of a Mad County
He whipped Bob Dornan. Now Latino activist Nativo Lopez turns his attention to cocks of a different sort
Film
April 14, 2005
FESTIVAL OVERVIEW
SHORT FILM PROGRAMS
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December 30, 2004
Diary of A Mad Year
2004 regurgitated
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September 30, 2004
Bad Meetings With Great People
2004 regurgitated
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February 19, 2004
Letters
2004 regurgitated
Music
November 6, 2003
Dont Spare Me
Lucky Strikes cosmic bowling utopia
Food
February 13, 2003
Noorani Nosh
Gobbling down beef brains in Garden Groves Little Karachi
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February 7, 2002
Courting Disaster
Patient: I Am Sam
Columns
October 18, 2001
Howdy!
Red, blue and white-trash weekend
Columns
June 14, 2001
Now You See It, Now You Don't
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