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If there's one thing chefs like to discuss, it's food. Fortunately, that's one of my favorite topics. Hanging out with Julio Hawkins reminds me that there's always more to learn from a certain dish. He's taken some of our favorite seafood meals and tailored them to his tastes. The results: unexpected depth and a newfound …
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You'll love the photo on the next page from former state legislator out of Dana Point Diane Harkey, who is currently the 4th District member of the California Board of Equalization, a.k.a. the state tax board. The photo shows a group of senior citizens smiling to go along with an article posted on Harkey's BOE …
We're reaching the halfway point of 100 Favorite Dishes countdown! Every day until the publication of our fantabulous Best Of Issue, we'll list our favorite meals this year in descending order. Enjoy, pass it on, and tune in daily! If there was an OC Dessert Hall of Fame–and the Orange County Fairgrounds should TOTALLY build …
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When I was informed Orange County supporters of Bernie Sanders' presidential bid were protesting the Koch brothers Saturday, I had to know why. After all, Dave and Chuck Koch are successful industrialists who are really involved in making America a better place … for successful industrialists. So I asked a random person happening by if …
BoJack Horseman lurched out of the gate last year with a whole lotta animal puns and one uncomplicated thesis: Old sitcoms suck. An aggressively stupid and mawkish show from the late '80s called Horsin’ Around, about an equine-human hybrid in Cosby sweaters who adopts three adorable orphans, made its star, BoJack (voiced by Will Arnett), …
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Some of the best love songs are those whose lyrics perch precariously between “I adore you; let's be happy forever” and “I'm miserable without you; where have you gone?” Together, the melody and words of Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash's 1943 ballad “Speak Low” take the shape of a vaporous question: “We're late, darling we're …
DEAR MEXICAN: Why is it so easy to escape from Mexican prisons, and why is it always accomplished the day before execution? And why haven't the proper authorities figured it out yet? See Madero, Pancho Villa, Luis Terrazas, Jr., etc. Fuga Fred DEAR JAILBREAK FRED: Don't forget El Chapo! The answer is obvious: Mexican law-enforcement …
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All indications are Erica Melissa Alonso, whose body was found off Ortega Highway two months after she was last seen in Irvine following a night of Valentine's Day partying, died of an overdose and not homicide, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department. ] Online Memorial Fund Set Up for Erica Alonso “Based on the …
If you were to hear that there's a new street-crime revenge thriller that pairs up a grown-up recent Oscar nominee/beloved TV star with Jennifer Lopez, you would probably respond, “This must be January” and, “Even if it's terrible, that movie will make serious money.” But the lead this time is not Liam Neeson. It's Viola …
I am frequently asked — no told — that I must enjoy amazing home-cooked meals all the time first as a former full-time food journalist with industry friends and now living with a chef. But while I have been treated to some off-menu items on occasion in restaurants, home cooking isn't always a chef's thing. …
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Victor Valladares can tell the time of day when he's at his apartment in Huntington Beach's Oak View barrio just by smelling the air. “Around this time, like, 10 to 11 in the morning, it begins to smell like sulfur,” Valladares says. “Earlier, it smells like rotten vegetables. At random times, it smells like a …
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Even within the strictest formulas of today's superhero-driven Hollywood, the experienced craftsman with a genuine enthusiasm for the form can find precious moments that are able to accommodate his or her personality. One such example is director Boaz Yakin, who, following a pair of personal indies (1994's Fresh and 1998's A Price Above Rubies, both …
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