Email AuthorGustavo Arellano
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Smithsonian to Exhibit World's First Frozen Margarita Machine Starting Next Week!
November 16, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
Courtesy of Mariano MartinezMartinez with his OG machine, during the 1970sOne of my favorite stories from Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America involves the creation of the frozen margarita...
Taco USA Now Entering Its Third Printing--YAY!
November 16, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
Greek Mama Spreads: A+ for Taste!
November 15, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
Orange County Register Re-Unveils Stand-Alone Food Section and Brings Back Cathy Thomas--Good!
November 15, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
Lauryn Chun's The Kimchi Cookbook Hits Storeshelves--Buy It!
November 15, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
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Vegans Vandalize Beloved Huntington Beach Mural with McDonald's Characters On It
November 13, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
John Patterson/McDonald'sI don't really care for McDonald's, but I do care for murals. I remember seeing a McDonald's-themed mural in Huntington Beach off Edinger Avenue and Edwards Street years ago...
Poor Catholic Parish in Santa Ana Reduced to Hanging a Banner Outside Its Church to Beg for New Air Conditioning
November 13, 2012 in Navel Gazing
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SoCo Farmer's Market "Farm to Food Truck IV" Happens THIS SATURDAY
November 13, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
Pedro Resendiz of the Tamarindo Truck, ready to raise DESMADRE...next timeWas it last year? I think it was, but anyhoo, I still have great memories of being a judge at...
Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Employee Charged With Theft
November 12, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
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The Five Next Big Trends in Mexican Food in the United States
November 12, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
Flickr user ryanleightyThis Thursday, I fly to the University of Houston in what will be the official end of my Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America tour. It's been...
Collier and McKeel Tennessee Whiskey, Our Drink of the Week!
November 09, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
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Calvary Chapel Goer: "You're a Christian And You Voted for Obama? You Should Just Go Die"
November 09, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Although we voted for Gary Johnson for president, the reelection of Barack Obama isn't freaking us out and threatening to move to Austin like so many other OC hipsters. But...
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Rick Bayless' Porcelain Ego and His Execrable Red O Restaurant to Besmirch Fashion Island Next Year
November 09, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
It's fitting that the Orange County's Register's resident press release rewriter, Nancy Luna, would be the one to break the news that Rick Bayless is opening the second location of...
Golden Truffle in Costa Mesa Finally Gets a Liquor License--YAY!
November 09, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
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Meet the Three 2012 Election Candidates Who'll Hate OC Weekly Forever Because We Helped to Defeat Their Asses
November 07, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Agran: Thwarted!The nicest thing anyone ever wrote about your favorite infernal rag's news team was former Weekly writer Steve Lowery--oh, Lowery, how we miss you! Anyhoo, the occasion was the...
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The Five Least-Deserving, Non-Incumbent Winners in Orange County Elections Last Night
November 07, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Ugh...SO...while a lot of good happened in Orange County politics last night, so did a lot of evil. Not just did a bunch of former councilmembers who have nothing else...
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Further Proof OC GOP Doesn't Get Mexicans: Pete Wilson Addressed Them Last Night AND They Want Him For Governor Again!
November 07, 2012 in Navel Gazing
The first story I ever did for this infernal rag focused on how the Democratic Party in California was using the ghost of former governor Pete Wilson into scaring California...
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The Five Best Wins for Democracy in Orange County Last Night
November 07, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Quirk-Silva: OC's next Latina political queen?You're going to read a lot about our experiences last night tomorrow, when the dead-tree edition of this infernal rag appears. Today? A buncha lists...
Gustavo's Mother, the Assimilated Voter
November 06, 2012 in Navel Gazing
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Your Twitter Hashtag for OC Weekly Election Coverage: #ocelections2012
November 06, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Who let this queen into the GOP party?All right, ladies and germs: time to follow the Weekly at one of our favorite beats: election coverage!This is the way we'll do...
OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: Edmund J. Finley and Tom J. Simmons, Santa Ana World War I Vets
November 05, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Josefina Ramirez, Matriarch of the Ramirez Clan of Mendez, et al v. Westminster Fame, Passes Away
November 05, 2012 in Navel Gazing
Taco Bell Crime of the Week: "Obama" Tries to Steal Tacos from Customers!
November 05, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
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Texans Invent a Taco Cannon, a Cannon That Shoots--Yep--Tacos
November 05, 2012 in Stick a Fork In It
For all our obsession with Mexican food in Southern California, I gotta hand it to Texans--they're even more obsessed. They're the people, after all, who historically have contributed more to...
Calvary Chapel to Screen Anti-Obama Docu 2016: Obama's America Tomorrow, Spits on Separation of Church and State
November 01, 2012 in Navel Gazing
