Inside is what counts at Santa Ana taqueria
We all like to pretend that looks don’t matter. We talk about inner beauty and character and blahblahblah. But when it’s time to get a prom date, everybody wants to score with the head cheerleader or...
View ArticleSearching for delicious Chinese fast food
At a distance, Chinese fast food is a great guilty pleasure. For about $5, you can get a big foam box absolutely bloated with fried rice, chow mein and your choice of crispy, delicious proteins. But...
View ArticleThe 10 greatest food-related holidays
When food bloggers fall behind on eating things people might like to read about, we can always be sure there will be a food holiday that we can dash off a few lines about and use as the jumping off...
View ArticleEthnic market has mass appeal (and pizza)
The idea of an ethnic market suggests a place of niche appeal, a place non-members of the ethnicity in question might stop by on rare occasions for a taste of something different. El Gaucho Meat...
View ArticleFor Thanksgiving, a truly great turkey video
Click here to view the embedded video. For all the public-service announcements about the dangers of deep-frying a turkey, there are scant few genuinely entertaining videos of accidents on YouTube. I...
View ArticleWeekly roundup: A whole lotta gobbling
It was a delicious holiday week in Orange County – let’s see what all you turkeys were eating. Eating My Way Through O.C. got out of his comfort zone at Sushi Wasabi in Tustin. Epicuryan’s high-end...
View ArticleGood taste in abundance at Cafe Lucca
Several readers have recommended stopping by Cafe Lucca in Old Towne Orange (not to be confused with Lucca Cafe in Irvine), and colleague Courtney Perkes is out with a review that says the advice is...
View ArticleDoughnut shop wows the night owls
We’ve all been there: An evening of revelry is about to conclude when, suddenly, a major case of munchies hits. It’s the sort of temporary affliction that makes anything edible – say, Jack in the Box...
View ArticleThe post where Jeff says goodbye
I hate long goodbyes. Just kidding, I actually much prefer to drag things out and delay the inevitable, so bear with me for a moment here in my final post for Food Frenzy. It was three years ago that...
View ArticleHigh-energy eats at new Thai restaurant
L5 Thai is one of those places where, as soon as I walk in, I debate whether it’s possible to pull a U-turn and head right back out the door without deeply offending the staff. It’s not that anything...
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