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Braised Lentil Soup

Willy Blackmore​As a grammar snob, misused quotation marks on restaurant menus drive me a bit crazy--or perhaps make me [sic]? "Confit" and "braised" are two I've seen used often, when in fact the items listed haven't gone through a cooking process even slightly resembling, respectively, being sim ... More >>

The Great Vizzi-Ni: Coastal Cuisine Comes Inland

I ate at a food truck last week that did not feature a single fried item on its menu."INCON-THEE-VABLE!""You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."Courtesy of Vizzi Truck​

At the Farmers' Market: Sweet Onions

Dave Lieberman​What you may not know about onions is that they have a season, like everything else. Those sharp, pungent specimens you buy at the grocery store are called "storage" onions. They're grown until the outer skin becomes leathery or papery (depending on the variety) so that they can be ... More >>

Five Great Cooling Soups for Summer

Flickr user niecieden​Driving through the 104°F (40°C) Central Valley today was a stinging reminder that summer is in full swing. Here in Orange County, the worst of the heat is yet to come, but when it does hit in August and September, appetites will be blunted and we naranjeros will be looking ... More >>

Things You Can Do With Birds: Turkey Pho

Flickr user titoperezNot having a turkey carcass [yet], we couldn't furnish a picture of the recipe.​One of the very best things about Facebook is the serendipitous discovery of amazing-sounding food. When I posted the link for our five Mexican dishes to make from turkey leftovers, chef Dee Nguyen ... More >>

New Noodles: Battle Recently Opened Ramen

Flickr user camknowsCheap, cheap facsimile: reject this if financial straits allow!​It's difficult to write about ramen because the simple dish of yellow noodles in broth is fetishized by its partisans; ramen arguably inspires more heated discussions than any other element of Japanese cuisine. It' ... More >>

Bistro Anju Has an Iron Chef

Hideki Saito weathers drunkards and the clueless alike at his Laguna Niguel eatery to deliver greatness

Roots Gourmet for the Home Team

Coffee, sandwiches, empanadas and more make this delicious Long Beach eatery hard to classify

At the Farmers' Market: Black Kale

Flickr user sweetbeetandgreenbean​Kale gets so little love. It's treated as decorative plant fodder on vegetable trays, planted like a wayward herbaceous border in gardens, and generally ignored, abused and unloved. It's a shame, because all the varieties of kale are chock full of vitamins and min ... More >>

Sick Soup: The Only Soup In the World Guaranteed to Make You Lose Weight!

Flickr user Foxtongue​I've never had a real issue with weight (fending off death threats and subpoenas tends to make you stay skinny), but I've always had a problem with my gut. My family nickname was Lagartijo ("lizard") due to my puny arms and legs but impressive panza. I usually don't have a pr ... More >>

Final Pho Round 1: Pho Thanh Lich vs. Pho Vinh Ky II

ProfessorSalt.comPho Thanh Lich's Pho Dac Biet​​Four pho shops face off in each of our brackets, two by two. For today's bout, two of Little Saigon's old-school heavyweights square off and trade body blows until only one leaves the ring alive. In the red green corner--Pho Thanch Lich, last year' ... More >>

Final Pho, Round 1: Pho Kimmy vs. Pho Quang Trung

Dave LiebermanPho Kimmy's pho dac biet​​Welcome to OC Weekly's Final Pho. Sixteen pho shops chosen from the more than 100 in the county; four critics who know what the pho makes a good bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup. The chosen 16 will face off in each of our brackets, two by two. Today's match ... More >>

What to Do With Beets: Casunziei

​Beets get little love. Ask people to name a dish with beets, and the first thing 90% of people will say is borscht, which in the United States is an bland, smooth, violently red-purple potage, as though a toddler with fingerpaints tried to make vichyssoise even more insipid than it already is. (B ... More >>

On The Line: Jon Blackford of A Restaurant, Part Three

Photo by Meranda Carter​To conclude our interview with Jon Blackford, he shared a simple, yet flavorful bowlful of soup. Flavored with onion and garnished with rich lobster, don't have too much, or else it might spoil your appetite. Start off by (re)reading parts one and two before you feast on th ... More >>

Brunch a Bunch Across OC!

OC's best brunches: The ethnic, the gorgeous views and the bottomless booze!

On The Line: Sea Kyeong Kim of Charlie Palmer At Bloomingdales, Part Three

Photo by Meranda Carter​This Charlie Palmer chef takes his craft pretty seriously. After going over the ingredients for the recipe, we must say, this is one intensely flavorful tomato salad! To catch up on what you missed with Chef Kim, links for parts one and two can be found here, and over here. ... More >>

Report (and Photos) From Last Night's Dos Lime Pop-Up

Meg Strouse/OC WeeklyCrispy-skin salmon with orange couscous, watermelon, mango and tomatillo sauce.​See Meg Strouse's slideshow of last night's Dos Lime dinner here!We've never understood what led Jason Quinn and Hop Phan to open food trucks, other than lower startup costs, but whatever the motiv ... More >>

On The Line: Alan Greeley Of The Golden Truffle, Part Three

Photo by Meranda Carter​Hot and cold, yin and yang, soup and salad; balance is important when it comes to flavor, and Alan Greeley not only hands over a couple of solid recipes, he includes yet another for prepping the protein. If you'd like to backtrack, here are the links for parts one and two.A ... More >>