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Sinaloa

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Chucheman Hernandez: Tijuana's Underground Food-Video Star

    Unless you subscribe to the Latino package on Dish Network--I do!--you may not have noticed that Mexico now has its own food network: Utilisima. The global foodist fever has caught on south of the border, introducing reality-based food programming, and the concept of chef as celebrity. It was all ve ... More >>

  • Food

    March 1, 2012

    Taqueria La Poblanita Embraces the Nuevo

    [Hole In the Wall] This Anaheim eatery sells quesadillas more deity than tortilla

  • Food

    January 19, 2012

    Mariscos El Yaqui Is Badass Baja

    [Hole In the Wall] The Santa Ana lonchera serves Sea of Cortez rarities like manta ray and cockles. Cockles!

  • Film

    May 12, 2011

    Dysfunction Junction

    [CANNES REPORT] Halfway through, and it's clear: Cannes 2011 has issues

  • Columns

    May 5, 2011

    Can a Gabacho Be More Mexican Than a Mexican?

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] And why would an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe cause so much controversy?

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Hidden Aguachile at Tacos y Mariscos Sinaloa #2

    ​Tacos y Mariscos Sinaloa #2 (the first one is in Anaheim) belongs to the genre of Mexican eateries that infuriate me: the dives that masquerade as a regional restaurant. A thorough look through the menu finds no Sinaloan specialties, but instead a hybrid of Tex-Mex (fajitas, nachos), Cal-Mex (bur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Five New Years' Resolutions for Orange County Diners

    Flickr user tinfoilraccoon​New Year's Day is coming. In the interest of the gastronomic improvement of our fair readership area, I offer the following set of suggested New Years' resolutions for the diners of Orange County.

  • Food

    December 2, 2010

    Mariscos Licenciado #2 Turns Both the Flavor and the Volume to 11

    The Sinaloan seafood specialties here will oom-pah their way into your heart

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Mariscos Licenciado #2 in Anaheim Now Three Times Bigger than Before!

    Of course, in my shock, I forgot to take photos--but here's that nifty marquee...​I hadn't been to Mariscos Licenciado #2 in Anaheim, one of the county's few-but-picking-up-in-numbers-as-of-recent Sinaloa-style seafood restaurants, in a couple of months, but have sent dozens of happy eaters to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 America​Rick 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 >>

  • News

    September 9, 2010

    Juarez's Children

    Drugs, death and fear in the murder capital of the world

  • Columns

    August 5, 2010

    The Truth Is Like a Mexican

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] Facts and stats always win

  • Food

    July 22, 2010

    Cooling Off At Mariscos Mocorito

    [Hole In the Wall] Orange's new Sinaloan dive helps you attain an aguachile summer

  • Columns

    July 22, 2010

    More Mormon Mexicans?!?

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] Also, why do the people of Jalisco look down on other Mexicans?

  • News

    June 17, 2010

    Killing for the Cartel

    Police believe East LA high-school dropout Jose Saenz has killed a good friend and the mother of his daughter

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Good Shrimp/Fish Tacos, False Advertising at Baja Cachanilla

    Cachanilla is also a plant...​I've always enjoyed the shrimp and fish tacos at Baja Cachanilla in SanTana--each juicy, plump, on handmade tortillas and topped with one of the thicker, sweeter fish taco creams you'll find. It's better than Baja Fresh just a couple of blocks down Bristol, and Wahoo' ... More >>

  • Music

    April 29, 2010

    NarcoTunes

    In honor of Cinco de Mayo, this is your Mexican regional music on drugs

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    The Crucifixion of Juarez

    On the front line of the U.S. war on drugs, a Mexican city bleeds to death

  • Food

    April 22, 2010

    Taqueria Morelos: Thy Name Is True

    [Hole in the Wall] This Garden Grove eatery actually does serve Morelian specialties

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Five Real Mexican Foods That Should Be More Common

    pbe @ flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0Pambazo: the illegitimate child of French toast and panini.​One of the foodie complaints about so-called "Mexican" restaurants in the United States is that the food on offer is not usually remotely like the food served in México. Mexicans at home don't eat burritos; t ... More >>

  • Food

    January 14, 2010

    [Hole in the Wall] Gnarly Nayaritan at Mariscos Los Corales in Santa Ana

    pbe @ flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0Pambazo: the illegitimate child of French toast and panini.​One of the foodie complaints about so-called "Mexican" restaurants in the United States is that the food on offer is not usually remotely like the food served in México. Mexicans at home don't eat burritos; t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    The Strangest Salsa in OC at Tacos Sinaloa?

    ​Tacos Sinaloa in SanTana works: a Mexican Norm's, a place where families can enjoy delicious takes on Mexican standards, where the rotisserie chicken crackles as good as any Armenian joint, where the fat burritos not only come with cebollitas and grilled jalapeños, even the to-go order comes wit ... More >>

  • Food

    June 4, 2009

    [Hole in the Wall] An Acid Trip Through the Ocean of OC Ceviche

    ​Tacos Sinaloa in SanTana works: a Mexican Norm's, a place where families can enjoy delicious takes on Mexican standards, where the rotisserie chicken crackles as good as any Armenian joint, where the fat burritos not only come with cebollitas and grilled jalapeños, even the to-go order comes wit ... More >>

  • Columns

    March 5, 2009

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] Pinche Redux

    ​Tacos Sinaloa in SanTana works: a Mexican Norm's, a place where families can enjoy delicious takes on Mexican standards, where the rotisserie chicken crackles as good as any Armenian joint, where the fat burritos not only come with cebollitas and grilled jalapeños, even the to-go order comes wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    This Week in the OC Weekly

    In "Less is Mor" Vickie Change educates us about Hollywood nightlife mogul Anton Posniak, who set out to remake the OC scene. Now he’s got more lawsuits than restaurants here. Gustavo Arellano mocks California's fires in "The Fire All the Time: Create Your Own Inferno News Story!". And Matt Co ... More >>

  • Food

    November 20, 2008

    [This Hole-in-the-Wall Life] Fire Water at Ostioneria Playas de Sinaloa

    In "Less is Mor" Vickie Change educates us about Hollywood nightlife mogul Anton Posniak, who set out to remake the OC scene. Now he’s got more lawsuits than restaurants here. Gustavo Arellano mocks California's fires in "The Fire All the Time: Create Your Own Inferno News Story!". And Matt Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2008

    Mariscos Licenciado #2 Still Chillin'

    I've long praised Mariscos Licenciado #2 in Anaheim, not just because it sells amazing seafood, but because of the type of marine jewels it prepares: specialties from the Mexican Pacific coastal state of Sinaloa, renowned for it seafood, narcocorridos, and eardrum-disintegrating bandas. The differen ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 26, 2007

    !Ask a Mexican!(r)

    'Thoughtful, argumentative, loyal and kind'

  • Columns

    May 17, 2007

    !Ask a Mexican!

    'Wake up and smell the tacos'

  • Music

    May 3, 2007

    Blasto de Mayo

    Seven ultra-violent Mexican songs to put you in a bueno spirit

  • Columns

    February 15, 2007

    !Ask a Mexican!

    So how on earth (literally) did Mexicans end up making arroz a staple of their diet?

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    Bluehair Woodstock

    Welcome to America's Mazatlan

  • News

    June 2, 2005

    THE RIGHT IS RIGHT

    Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist has it all figured outexcept for one little thing

  • Culture

    March 31, 2005

    Gooooooaaaalll!

    FIFA 2005 introduces Mexicans to save its luster

  • Features

    October 21, 2004

    Best of OC 2004: Part 2

    FIFA 2005 introduces Mexicans to save its luster

  • Columns

    April 29, 2004

    Gringo Gulch

    Mexicos Ugly Americans

  • Columns

    April 8, 2004

    Diary of a Mad County

    Diary of a Mad County

  • Food

    March 11, 2004

    Turtle Tryst

    Breaking international law via soup at Mariscos La Sirena

  • Features

    February 19, 2004

    The Man Who Would Be Bling

    The rags-to-riches story of Lou E. Perez, Orange County millionaire

  • Features

    October 30, 2003

    Best Dining

    The rags-to-riches story of Lou E. Perez, Orange County millionaire

  • Features

    May 8, 2003

    Basketballs Missionary to Mexico

    The rags-to-riches story of Lou E. Perez, Orange County millionaire

  • Food

    March 27, 2003

    Blood and Ceviche

    Violently good Sinaloan seafood at Mariscos Licenciado #2

  • Film

    February 27, 2003

    Training Days

    Screenwriter David Ayers hard, miserable, lonely path to the big paycheck

  • Culture

    May 24, 2001

    Poor Mexico

    The country where hope died

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