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Judge to punish Cypress resident and former CVS pharmacist tied to terrorism plot against U.S. soldiers

On the Line: Martin Tse of Dogzilla, Part Two

Martin describes his desk setup at his previous job for a financial company, where he worked for eight years: "I had two toaster ovens and two waffle makers. I was living out of my cubicle, and people knew I loved to cook. My co-workers always told me I should do something with food."In today's inst ... More >>

Orange County CVS Pharmacist Admits Aiding Middle East Terrorists, Faces Feb. 15 Sentencing

Despite initially claiming post-2011 arrest innocence and implying that the FBI had manufactured a false case that she aided Middle East terrorists, an Orange County pharmacist has pleaded guilty and faces sentencing next month.Turkey native and legal U.S. resident Oytun Ayse Mihalik of La Palma wor ... More >>

Greenleaf Gourmet ChopShop Selects Second OC Location

With a compound name like Greenleaf Gourmet ChopShop, it can be mistaken for vegetarian or carnivore eats. We still can't believe they sprouted last spring. Its spot on the corner of 17th and Westminster streets in Costa Mesa is bustling on a Tuesday, long after happy hour is over. So it's no surpri ... More >>

Levon Marashlian, Noted Armenian Historian, Details TV Coverage of Karabakh Conflict

After the parliament of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast in Azerbaijan voted to unify the region with Armenia on Feb. 20, 1988, inter-ethnic fighting broke out. This devolved into a war that lasted through May 1994 and likely received little coverage on the nightly news. Here to fill us in on ... More >>

A Bite of Chocolate Unwrapped, Awesome Food Exhibit At OC Fair

If you're taking a break from fried food at the fair, Exhibit Promenade is showcasing a new feature called Chocolate Unwrapped: Beans, Bars & Bon Bons. We dropped in while it was coming together to learn more (and hope for samples). A few of the collectibles they managed to acquire had better st ... More >>

Rapper Omar Offendum to Perform at UCI's 'Sounds for Syria' Fundraiser

Friday's massacre of 108 people, including dozens of children, in the Syrian town of Houla, has been roundly condemned by world powers as fears of a protracted civil war take hold. This weekend's horrific violence is the latest episode since a 14-month long uprising openly challenged the regime of B ... More >>

Bicycle Dreams Rides into Anaheim

Bicycle Dreams, an award-winning documentary that follows men and women riding in the Race Across America, rolls into Cinema City Theatres in Anaheim tonight for a screening that benefits the Orange County Bicycle Coalition.RAAM riders, as they are known, "deal with searing desert heat, agonizing mo ... More >>

Silent Protest Against Turkey's Armenian Genocide Denial Campaign to Happen Tomorrow at UC Irvine

​Earlier this week, the French Senate passed a resolution making it a crime in France to deny the Armenian genocide, a historical reality accepted by everyone except the Republic of Turkey and many of its citizens. As a result, many Turkish-American organizations in this country are already blasti ... More >>

Ding Dong: Burger King Tests Out Food Delivery Service

​The food-obsessed stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan had a great line once about food delivery. He said, "Delivery is really a combination of two of my favorite activities: eating, and not moving."People of the same mindset might soon have not just pizza and Chinese food but Whoppers they don't have ... More >>

'Once Upon a Time in Anatolia': Where the Bodies Are Buried

A search for a corpse is so much more in Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan's latest

Oytun Ayse Mihalik, Turkish National Living in OC, Accused of Funding Pakistan Terrorists

​Ah, Pakistan, that U.S. . . . ahem . . . ally with the homegrown terrorists trying to blow up American soldiers and citizens abroad. Let's us keep those special friends in mind while checking out this: Oytun Ayse Mihalik of La Palma has been indicted on federal charges of providing material suppo ... More >>

10 Food-Themed Baby Costumes For Halloween

Top Cultured​We know babies can be cute enough to eat, but the sentiment gets taken whole new level at Halloween. But hey, we like food, we like infants. Here are 10 munchable munchkins! 

Tavazo Dried Nuts & Fruits Store Opens in Irvine

​Tavazo Dried Nuts and Fruits opened quietly in Irvine last week, or perhaps the week before. Like I said, it was a quiet debut. This outlet of a mostly Ontario, Canada-based Persian goods purveyor can be found next to Smart & Final and Trader Joe's at Culver and Walnut.

Anatolian Culture and Food Festival

OC Fairgrounds

SoCal Film Festival Keeps Chugging in Surf City

​Last October, amid much glitz, glamour but light attendance, the first ever Anaheim International Film Festival premiered, and while it's not quite one-and-done, organizers plan this year to sprinkle festival screenings in with regular UltraLuxe of GardeWalk programming throughout the fall. Meanw ... More >>

Persian Dried Fruits And Nuts Purveyor To Open First American Store in Irvine

Photo from Tavazo's Facebook Page​Tavazo, a seller of dried fruits and nuts based out of Ontario, Canada, is planning to open its first store in the U.S. this summer in Irvine. The outlet, next to Smart & Final and Trader Joe's at Culver and Walnut, will also boast 300 kind of spices, dried o ... More >>

QSR Magazine: Middle Eastern Arabic Eastern Mediterranean Food Now "In"

​QSR Magazine is the bible of the fast-food and fast-casual industry, one that's usually good in its reporting. But an article in this month's issue shows how advanced we are culinarily in Orange County, how the rest of the United States, even in this globalized age, is still rather clueless when ... More >>

Asbarez, America's Largest Armenian-American Newspaper, Angry That Turkish Cooking Classes Happening in Orange County

Photo by the Elmo MonsterAdana kabob from Anaheim's Doner G--actually Armenian?​I'm totally down with Armenians--much more so than Turks (it's that whole genocide question, alas, although I know more than a few Turks who freely call the Ottoman Empire's slaughter of Armenians in the first part of ... More >>

Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

​Headline: Volunteers Bring Holiday Cheer for Children in Santa Ana Comment by TRAPPORT: Not being racist but there are white famililes in Santa Ana, were none at this event?Comment by TOMPERANTEAU: As long as it is only the Hispanics that mention color, it is okay. The moment a white person menti ... More >>

What You Missed: The Adolescents, Eat.Drink.Pink OC, Gobble Gobble Fest

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​What'd you miss this weekend? We saw the Adolescents and the Bouncing Souls performed at the House of Blues Anaheim. And then we went to check out Eat.Drink.Pink OC for pink-hued baked goods and even drinks like the Cotton Candy Martini. And finally, on Sunday night, ... More >>

Five Great Orange County Knife-Sharpening Shops

ProfessorSalt.comIt's all about that edge​ Turkey carving time is right around the corner, and now is the time to get your dull carving knives sharpened. A dull knife is a dangerous knife because you have to apply more downward pressure to get it to slice, rather than the effortless glide you'll ... More >>

Kobe Bryant to Team USA: Dream On

​Five-time NBA champion, back-to-back Finals MVP and gold-medal Olympian Kobe Bryant is the latest Team USA superstar to announce he won't suit up for this summer's World Championships in Turkey.The Black Mamba of Newport Coast needs the time off to mend his sore, tired and broken body.As the Ston ... More >>

Multiple Sounds for MS Benefit at the Yost

[Mental Notes] Also: the New Limb's homey debut, Coachella's late-night special

What You Missed: MS Benefit, Common, the Cool Kids, Kevin & Bean's KROQ April Foolishness

Christopher VictorioStacy Clark enjoys some Stereofix. ​On Saturday night, Turkey and Friends helped put together an awesome lineup of talented bands to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Local faves like Stacy Clark, Stereofix, Beta Wolf, the Relative Strangers, We Are the Pilots ... More >>

Flier of the Week: MS Benefit Show at the Yost Theater, April 2

​The only thing that makes us prouder than writing about kick-ass bands inside our county lines is watching them combine forces to kick-ass for charitable non-profit organizations. 

RX Bandits Performance Airs on Fuel TV...Again

​It's sort of last minute, but if you're chilling in front of your computer surfing music blogs this morning, then you probably have time to check out a repeat performance of RX Bandits this afternoon on Fuel TV's The Daily Habit (for those still rocking basic cable, you'll pro ... More >>

The Archaeology of Possession, Inheritance, and Value

Chapman University

Wax On, Wax Off: Cycle Zombies Third Annual Motorcycle Rally BBQ Skate Jam

by John GilhooleyThis past Saturday, Hurley International hosted the Cycle Zombies' Third Annual Motorcycle Rally BBQ Skate Jam at their sprawling headquarters in Costa Mesa. The founders and contributors to the event and its corresponding blog are listed as "Turkey," "GEORGE," "Big Scott," a ... More >>

[Special Screenings] 'Under the Bombs,' 'Border Café,' 'The Big Lebowski,' More

UPDATE: McCormick & Schmick's $10 Lunch Menu And A Contest

WE HAVE A WINNER!  SEE BELOW!If there was a time for restaurants to join the bargain bandwagon, it's now. Months ago, there was what I call "The Restaurants Savannah" -- the few in the roster of eateries that survived Chapter 11 to make up what's left of Culinary Adventures -- and their $10 fi ... More >>

To Do This Weekend - 4/3-4/5

Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival, Friday-Sunday 10 a.m.The Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival will celebrate the cultures, cuisines and history of Anatolia (known as modern day Turkey). The aim of the festival is to strengthen civil society and cross-cultural awareness. So, eat, drink and be ... More >>

Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival

OC Fairgrounds

This Weekend: Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival at OC Fairgrounds

You may have seen the posters plastered on bus stops throughout the county: There's the Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival this weekend at the Orange County Fairgrounds.  First thing you'll ask, just like I did, is: Where the hell is Anatolia? The answer is Turkey.  Well, that's par ... More >>

In Search of Lost Ships

In Search of Lost Shps

Ahmanson-Funded Creationists Palling with Islamic Counterparts

In the Department of Hypocrisy...the Discovery Institute, largely funded by board member, certified homophobe and Orange County native Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr., is the country's premier organization pushing for the teaching of creationism in American classrooms over evolution. They're now helping out ... More >>

Tuesday - 11/20

When the Levees Broke: Part II at the Irvine Fine Arts Center, The Whirling Dervishes of Turkey at the Barclay

To Do Tonight - 11/12

Mmm . . . Vittles

Hardtack, biscuits & gravy, salt pork, beef jerky, burritos, falafel, & banh mi—you know, cowboy  food

Led Zeppelin Reunite for Ertegün Tribute Concert

Improve Your (Instant) Karma

Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur (released June 12 by Warner Bros.) is a two-CD set of rich, famous musicians covering John Lennon songs that will raise funds to help the ravaged civilians of Sudan. It is worth the mild pain you'll experience to donate money to this ... More >>

Grails' Burning Off Impurities

Curb Your Cynicism is a recurring blogtastic feature in which the music editor pithily enthuses about new releases and reissues he thinks will enhance your life and erode your cynicism about the state of music, circa now. Grails Burning Off Impurities (Temporary Residence) Release date: May 1, 200 ... More >>

Paradise by the Plasma Light

Kutlug Atamans American dreams dont always play so well on the screen

Deconstructing Borat

You've probably seen Borat, and if so you've probably seen Borat drunk, and you may actually be drunk now, and that puts you in a good state of mind to process this scene-by-scene dissection from Salon. Philosophical guy, the Borat: not many other movies this year have everybody asking questions lik ... More >>

This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

Sambousek Me!

This Week in Home-Style Dining for the Holidays

THIS WEEK IN HOME-STYLE DINING FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Eight Days

Nov. 10 - Nov. 17

Diary of a Mad County

War College

67 things you might want to know before the bombs drop

We Know Evil