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Tonight Only! Wild Goose Tavern Donates 100% Taco Tuesday Food And Drink Sales For Tornado Relief

2013-05-21 17:00:24

Have you been to Wild Goose Tavern yet? Here's the best excuse yet to go, like, now! ...

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On the Line: Ali H. Zadeh of Port Restaurant, Part One

2013-05-21 15:30:31

We met chef Ali H. Zadeh during Newport Beach Restaurant Week. Port Restaurant isn't your typical beach-city dining establishment. Then again, Zadeh isn't your typical proprietor. How do you de...

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A Doughnut and a Croissant Had a Love Child, and It's Called a Cronut

2013-05-21 14:00:14

Now that the cupcake craze is over (maybe), we may have found its replacement. Meet the Cronut. Hello, lover. If you haven't guessed, it is half croissant, half doughnut. Invented by Domini...

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Bartenders Tell All: What Your Drink Says About You

2013-05-21 10:15:44

Someone on Reddit posed a question to bartenders: "What do drink orders say about people?" The responses that followed are enlightening and pretty hilarious. Redditor pres82 wrote this definitiv...

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Free Indian-Cooking Demo With Chef Shachi Mehra at Surfas Culinary District In Costa Mesa This Saturday

2013-05-21 07:30:27

If you were wondering what has become of chef Shachi Mehra, whose food I tasted when she was the opening chef at Tamarind of London at Crystal Cove, she's still in OC and reportedly working on ope...

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Strawberry Festival in Garden Grove This Weekend

2013-05-21 07:00:36

The Garden Grove Strawberry Festival starts Friday at 1 p.m. and continues through the weekend. There will be a parade, strawberry-related food, carnival rides, entertainment, and appearances from...

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Ice Cream + Fried Bread Cone = Ice Cornet, a Sweet Treat Coming to Mitsuwa in Costa Mesa This Week

2013-05-20 12:32:02

Mitsuwa is continually bringing us tastes of Japan in the form of limited-time special items, and this one caught my eye. It's the Ice Cornet, a swirl of soft-serve ice cream inside warm bread sha...

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Domino's Turns DVDs Into Pizzas With Thermal Ink

2013-05-20 07:30:17

Have you ever wished your DVD player was an oven and the discs were pizzas? Neither have we, but Domino's in Brazil has created a marketing stunt that does just that. Using thermal ink on DVDs of...

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This Week In Food: A Medieval Times Movie, Al Capone's Niece, and Bringin' Home the Banana Stand

2013-05-17 17:00:00

Whew, Mother's Day is over, and the rush for goodies and presents can die down until, well, whenever that paternal holiday is. Let's take a look at what the week after had to offer. . . . Edwin...

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Preview for SoCal Restaurant Show on KLAA-AM 830: Marcus Samuelsson, Montage Eating, and Our Own Bill Esparza!

2013-05-17 14:00:05

If it's a Friday afternoon, that means it's time for the SoCal Restaurant Show on KLAA-AM 830 to give us a scoop on what they'll have on their Saturday morning show. Without further ado, here's pr...

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William Grant & Sons and Young's Market Company Celebrate 125 Years With Rare Glenfiddich

2013-05-17 12:00:43

In 1887, William Grant founded an independent, family-owned distiller in the United Kingdom. However, it wasn't until 1963 that United States markets were able to purchase their Single Malt Scot...

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Heavenly Hendrick's at Stonehill Tavern, Our Drink of the Week!

2013-05-17 08:00:38

We were early and thirsty for our dinner date. Beer seemed too casual; wine excessively formal. In an establishment better known for their bottle selection (they even offer a complimentary glass...

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Macy's Food Truck Stops At South Coast Plaza Tomorrow

2013-05-17 07:30:59

There are a lot of food events this weekend. Too many, in fact, for us non-Supermen to attend at the same time. But heck, here's another. Macy's Culinary Council is celebrating 10 years as, umm,...

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Irvine Korean Cultural Festival This Saturday

2013-05-17 07:00:11

Did I say that there was a glut of food festivals this weekend or did I say that there was a glut of food festivals this weekend? There's The Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival, which starts to...

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Cooking Gravy with Al Capone: Q + A With Deirdre Marie Capone, Al's Niece

2013-05-16 12:30:24

"Your word is your bond. And family is everything." Deirdre Marie Capone was the last person born with the Capone surname. Her family was so misunderstood, the more research Deirdre did, the mo...

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Long Beach Lunch: Wa Wa

2013-05-16 09:00:44

Not to be confused with the East Coast convenience store chain of the same name, Long Beach's Wa Wa is a quick-n-dirty Chinese restaurant with cheap combo plates and made-to-order specialties tha...

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Kärlekens Trädgård: The Viking Bread Reconquista in El Porvenir

2013-05-16 08:00:00

Of all the flags I see flying in the Valle de Guadalupe--the tricolor bandera nacional, the red, white and black emblem of the fútbol champion Xolos, and more political flags than I care to think...

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UN Recommends Bugs For Protein; Colbert Report Objects!

2013-05-16 07:30:19

There was news that the U.N. suggested that insects are one way to solve world hunger problems (mmm, chapulines!). They're a good source of protein, the U.N. report says, referring to bugs as "min...

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Phuong's in Little Saigon, Mother-in-Law Kimchi from Little Seoul Get the Good Food Treatment

2013-05-16 07:00:15

Yesterday, our new art director asked me about the hu tieu place I had just plugged on Good Food with Evan Kleiman on KCRW-FM 89.9. "Hu tieu? I don't like hu tieu," I replied. "No, you specifica...

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Early Bird Cafe To Begin Dinner Service

2013-05-15 11:00:28

Oversleepers, rejoice! Early Bird Cafe, the Fullerton breakfast spot that makes the county's greatest omelet and other morning jaw-droppers, will begin serving dinner on June 4. ...

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