Email AuthorShuji Sakai
New Year's BBQ Contests in Wildomar
December 29, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
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A Pride of Lions... A Flock of Food Trucks?
December 22, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
Photo by Christopher VictorioNot this giant cluster-truck...? Word nerds, help me out here. What do you call a gathering of luxe-loncheras? I'm not talking about an oversized catastrophe special event like...
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Haven Gastropub ATM Thieves Busted
December 21, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
?Three men have been charged with the December 7 theft of an ATM machine from Haven Gastropub in Old Towne Orange.Security camera video footage shows two people dressed in white...
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Shuji's Top Five Restaurants for 2010
December 17, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
Flickr user Alaskan Dude? Regular readers know I'm an unabashed champion of the one-dish specialist restaurant. So with this perspective in mind, I offer my top five new-ish restaurants with a...
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Eat Here, Not There: Buffalo Wings
December 03, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
ProfessorSalt.comTwo, uh, small orders of wings??Chicken wings are the consummate beer snack. In pubs the world over, you'll find fried chicken wings, but today, we're talking specifically about Buffalo wings....
Fast and Fruity Cranberry Sauce
November 17, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
Five Great Orange County Knife-Sharpening Shops
November 16, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
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Bruxie: Leggo Your Eggo. Right. Now.
November 15, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
ProfessorSalt.comThe Bruxie Burger!?If you have the chutzpah to open a one-item restaurant with variations on that single specialty, that thing better be so amazingly good that people gladly line up...
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Five Great Pickles for National Pickle Day
November 14, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
Flickr user ehfisher?In honor of National Pickle Day, The Counter Custom Burgers slashed prices on their Fried Dill Pickle Chips to a dollar this Sunday, November 14 (go while you...
Nigel Tufnel Day: Next Year, All the Way to 11
November 11, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
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Live Crabs From a Vending Machine!
November 11, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
Yes, America is the greatest country in the world. But you know where the Chinese are handing our asses to us? No, not reading, writing and arithmetic. Not manufacturing or...
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Five Great Regional McDonald's Burgers That Should Be Offered Everywhere
November 10, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
Flickr user fugutabetai syashin?If you spent your youth with the McRib, you're just happier than a hog in slop right now with the re-launch of that sandwich at every US...
La Reconqusta en Rancho Santa Margarita?!??
November 10, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
Roy's Fall Prix Fixe Menu
November 09, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
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State Issues Spiny Lobster Warning
November 08, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
Flickr user Nemo's great uncleDon't do it, man!? Bad news, tomalley lovers. Less than a month after the opening of the spiny lobster season, the California Department of Fish and Game...
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For Jerry Brown Haters: At Least We're Not Getting Sandra Lee
November 04, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
While my home state of New York preps the Executive Mansion for Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo, I'm wondering what his girlfriend, TV celebu-"cook" Sandra Lee has in store for America from...
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Killer Pizza, Part Two: Oven Technique
November 02, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
Photo by Flickr user Jeff Kubina? In Part One, we talked about how to ferment a wet pizza dough recipe slowly in your refrigerator. This week, we'll talk about tips and...
7 Moles for Da de los Muertos at Gabbi's Mexican Kitchen in Orange
October 27, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
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Giant Billboard Made of Cheese
October 22, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
?The country that brought you Wallace and Gromit and Monty Python's Cheese Shop skit is at it again. The world's first billboard made of cheese debuted today in London's Covent...
Killer Pizza, Part One: The Dough
October 20, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
Turkish Caff Latte at Kan Coffee
October 15, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
Stephanie Dinh of S Fine Dining, Part Three
October 14, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
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What Did The Chilean Miners Eat?
October 13, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
Flickr user rescateminerosLife underground? Slimming!?Well, thank God the mine rescue is going well, and it looks like all 33 of the trapped miners are coming home. What did they eat...
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Stephanie Dinh of S Fine Dining, Part Two
October 13, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
Todd Barnes?We continue our Q & A with Chef Stephanie. If you missed it, click here for Part One of the interview. What's your proudest moment as a chef?Celebrated our...
Stephanie Dinh of S Fine Dining, Part One
October 12, 2010 in Stick a Fork In It
