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Turkey

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Geoffery Shively, Newport Beach Occupier, Praised (and Not) for Syria Livestreaming

    ​A Newport Beach man and another Occupy movement member out of San Francisco are being credited by the Guardian and sites like Gawker with entering Syria on three occasions to capture 10 to 15 hours of footage about life there. Geoffrey Shivley, who spent most of his adult life working in comput ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    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 >>

  • Film

    January 5, 2012

    '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

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    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! 

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    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.

  • Calendar

    October 6, 2011
  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Snakebit Drifters at La Cave Saturday Night

    Kim Conlan​Snakebit Drifter with Alejandro Pareja April 9th, 2011 La Cave, Costa Mesa After circumventing the D.U.I. checkpoint on Newport Blvd. and 17th St., I pulled into a parking space at La Cave. As I walked in, I expected to see the dinner crowd making their exit, but every last table in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    OC's Broken School Lunches

    Flickr user bookgrlAs sad as this is, it's better than CUSD's high school lunch.​Earlier this year, the Conseil régional de Bourgogne (Regional Council of Burgundy, France) released a four-year charter called "Qualité de la restauration scolaire"--the quality of school food. It states that at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    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 >>

  • Music

    April 8, 2010

    Multiple Sounds for MS Benefit at the Yost

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

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    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. 

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    October 8, 2009
  • Blogs

    September 30, 2009

    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 >>

  • Film

    May 14, 2009

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    April 2, 2009
  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    November 20, 2008

    In Search of Lost Ships

    In Search of Lost Shps

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2008

    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 >>

  • Food

    March 6, 2008

    [This Hole-In-the-Wall Life] Coming Attractions: Anaheim's Doner G

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    November 22, 2007

    Tuesday - 11/20

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

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2007

    To Do Tonight - 11/12

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

  • Features

    September 20, 2007

    Mmm . . . Vittles

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

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2007

    Led Zeppelin Reunite for Ertegün Tribute Concert

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

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2007

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2007

    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 >>

  • Culture

    March 22, 2007

    Paradise by the Plasma Light

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

  • Features

    December 28, 2006

    Snap to It

    WEB EXCLUSIVE!: Comeback kids, rhymin Limeys and songs about partying defined Hip-Hop Nation in 2006

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2006

    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 >>

  • Food

    February 16, 2006
  • Food

    November 24, 2005

    This Week in Home-Style Dining for the Holidays

    THIS WEEK IN HOME-STYLE DINING FOR THE HOLIDAYS

  • Columns

    November 10, 2005

    Eight Days

    Nov. 10 - Nov. 17

  • Columns

    May 6, 2004

    Diary of a Mad County

    Nov. 10 - Nov. 17

  • Features

    March 6, 2003

    War College

    67 things you might want to know before the bombs drop

  • Columns

    February 27, 2003

    Diary of a Mad County

    67 things you might want to know before the bombs drop

  • Food

    November 21, 2002

    Sexpert Advice

    Dr. Tina tells you what to put in your mouth

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    We Know Evil

    Dr. Tina tells you what to put in your mouth

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