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With OC Restaurant Week this week, and just more than 100 options to choose from, it's to separate the wheat from the chaff. I've dined at half of them, but like most people, I want to take advantage of the special pricing to check out some places I wouldn't otherwise go to. These five places …
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The British are coming. The British are coming. And they're bringing Indian food. Tamarind, a Michelin-starred London restaurant that also got kudos from none other than Gordon Ramsay, is opening at Crystal Cove Promenade in Newport Coast. In the Irvine Co. press release that even this blogger received, its landlords stated that the restaurant is …
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I should've seen it coming. There were hints. Though the food was great, the restaurant was often deserted. Bari Bari BBQ, the mom-and-pop yakiniku that opened barely four months ago in Tustin after a long delay, has gone up in smoke. It is now replaced by one of the giants of yakiniku, Gyu-Kaku, which boasts …
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You've seen them: the yellow-and-purple, Lakers-inspired kicks that Snoop Dogg designed with Adidas, released just in time for the All Star game. They're not the first shoe Mr. Dogg has designed (check out Doggie Biscuitz by Pony from 2004), so he's at least learned his lesson. The Snoop Dogg X Adidas shoe comes in two …
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UPDATE, FEB. 24, 12:47 P.M.: In my mailbox yesterday was a recall notice from Toyota for my wife's Highlander. Today, I learned she is not alone: Having already recalled nearly 8 million of its models in the U.S., Toyota announced it is calling back another 2.17 million to correct brake- and acceleration-pedal interference issues–in …
UPDATED, FEB. 23, 12: 27 P.M.: Here's a brief interview I did with Fantagraphics Books, the longtime publishers of the Hernandez brothers, about Jaime's work. See you mañana! ORIGINAL POST, FEB. 17, 1:27 P.M.: Last fall, I was invited to the Miami Book Fair, one of the largest in the United States–not to speak about …
Courtesy of SAPD Maria Rocha UPDATE, FEB. 23, 2:06 P.M.: The Orange County district attorney's office (OCDA) today announced charges against the third defendant in the senseless slaying of Esteban Navarrete. Maria Isabel Rocha's 17-year-old brother, who is also a suspect, is also identified by the OCDA, which will try Ricardo Guerra Rocha as …
Let's set the record straight: “Biltong is different from beef jerky,” said Larry Burnett, known locally as The Biltong Guy and perhaps the only Orange County resident to commercially produce the South African delight. It's air-dried, as opposed to cooked in ovens, making for an easier product to chew on. Only problem? Most Americans have …
It's not exactly a seismic shift, but whenever two main forces behind a major artistic institution decide to step down, it's a very big deal. And that's what's happening at South Coast Repertory, a theater that (sorry, Will Ferrell and Jenna Haze) is, hands-down, Orange County's greatest artistic contribution to the world. The announcement …
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Matthew Lillard plays Herman Spooner. Like Crazy, Drake Doremus' third film, was picked up by a division of Paramount Pictures at January's Sundance Film Festival for theatrical release this fall. Douchebag, Doremus' second film, was bought after the previous Sundance and had a short theatrical run last fall. Now Spooner, Doremus' debut film, opens …
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Hippies love Rush Limbaugh? Hips become boobs? A drug for laughing and crying? Attorneys advertising on piss walls? And the really, really, really friendly skies? Yup, you'll find all this and more in this week's collection of things written from and about Orange County on the Interwebs. ] Long-Haired, Maggot-Infested, FM-Type Students of …
As hard as it may be to swallow, the people who cook on TV are occasionally wrong. It's not just pronunciations (it's “broo-SKET-tah”, damn it), it's techniques. Some of them are TV tricks using previously prepared food, and some of them are just plain errors. ] 1. How to hold a knife Quick, what's the …