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10 Great Gay Bars in Orange County (and Long Beach)
December 30, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Flickr user -marlith-?A while back, we received instructions from the suits to put together a set of lists of the ten best in several categories. As Gustavo explained, this is...
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Pho Ellie: Eating Halal Pho in Fullerton
December 29, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Dave Lieberman?Halal ph?? Given that we live in a county where halal pizza, halal Chinese food and halal hot dogs are all available, it shouldn't come as a shock that...
Dave's Top 5 Restaurants of 2011
December 27, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Shortstop BBQ Opens Brick-and-Mortar
December 27, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Craft Beer Comes to Orange at Old Orange Brewing
December 23, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
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Truth in Advertising: How Spicy Do You Want Your Soon Tofu?
Pictures, Vids and Other Non-Writing Excuses
December 23, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Dave Lieberman?At Cho Dang Tofu in north Glendale--the OC branch of which is closing next month--they're a little blunter than usual about the spice tolerance of non-Koreans. Edwin pointed out...
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Excellent Sushi in Yorba Linda--Yes, Yorba Linda
December 22, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Dave Lieberman?One of the best things about writing about food in Orange County is the discovery of something great in a really out-of-the-way place. If you'd asked me what there...
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Mexico As Imagined By the Washington Post
December 21, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Flickr user yarhargoat?It gets fatiguing reading the same articles on travel to Mexico that parrot the U.S. State Department over and over again. Precious few of those people have ever...
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Holiday Gift Guide: 5 Gifts For the Budding Home Bartender
December 20, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Flickr user rexroof?Giving presents to the aspiring home bartender is the gift that keeps on giving. Sure, occasionally there'll be a miss, especially later in the evenings (ahem, plantain daiquiris),...
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Meet Soho Taco's 'Red Crack'
December 19, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Dave Lieberman?There are a hell of a lot of salsas in Mexican cuisine; beyond the usual green salsa verde made with miltomates (tomatillos) and fresh chiles and the usual red...
Eating in the Horn of Africa: Abyssinia Ethiopian Cuisine
December 16, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Dueling Dishes: Bun Cha Ha Noi Edition
December 15, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Finding Sri Lankan Food in OC
December 14, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Si Roo Closes in Little Seoul
December 13, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Local Products: Temecula Olive Oil
December 12, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
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Los Chocolate Chip Cukis: The Best Toll House Variation Ever
December 09, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Dave Lieberman?Quick, what was the first cookie you ever made? If it wasn't a sugar cookie, I bet it was a Toll House chocolate-chip cookie. The famous recipe is printed...
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First Look: Playground in Santa Ana
December 07, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Playground's duck rillettes?Jason Quinn's new restaurant, Playground, opened a couple of weeks ago on la Cuatro, near the Yost Theatre. Originally conceived as a high-end burger-and-beer bar la Burger...
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Ten Great OC Coffeeshops
December 02, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Dave Lieberman?We're sometimes accused of being too North County-centric around here. We can't help it; even leaving aside the snark about Laguna Engabachada, the fact is the population's up here...
Jeff Overley Leaves the Orange County Register
December 02, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
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Seabirds Brick-and-Mortar to Open in Downtown Santa Ana
December 02, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
?The Chase family's controversial rebranding of the Fiesta Marketplace as the East End Promenade caused a lot of hand-wringing and angry words from people who've accused downtown Santa Ana of...
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How to Make Your Own Vanilla Extract
November 30, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Dave Lieberman?We've talked here at Stick a Fork In It about infusing your own liquors, which is fun, legal, and inebriating... but the same forces that can infuse celery seed...
Genki Revolving Sushi Restaurant to Open in MainPlace Mall
November 29, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
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The Five Best Foods to Have Delivered on Cyber Monday While You Shop Online
November 28, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
QuickMeme.com?It's Cyber Monday, that analogue to Friday's truly shameful display of American consumerism. (Seriously, that image of the woman's butt crack in the video for the $2 toasters? Some things...
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Mrs. Knott's Fried Chicken--Worth The Wait?
November 25, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Dave Lieberman?Two hours. That was the wait the first time I tried to go to Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant. The line stretched out the door, along the memorabilia, around...
The Five Best Parts of a Roast Turkey
November 23, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
