AltWeeklies Wire
The Five Most Influential Cities in the Development of Mexican Food in the U.S.new

Settling once and for all what city helped define Mexican food in the United States more than any other. Unsurprisingly, it's a fight to the death between California and Texas.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
03-05-2012 |
Food+Drink
Announcing Another Mexican Food Genre: Bro-Mexnew

The aesthetic of Bro-Mex restaurants centers around the world of energy drinks, surf culture, and MMA. Their clientele think lucha libre masks are hilarious, have Mexican-American friends or--if they're Mexican-American--don't speak much Spanish, and think Gringo Bandito is the greatest creation since Ed Hardy lighters.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
05-12-2011 |
Food+Drink
¡Panocha!new

Five words that signify a foodstuff in one Latin American country, but a crude term for 'vagina' in another.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
02-16-2011 |
Food+Drink
A Trip to Where Taco Bell Begannew
A visit to the exact location where Bell's Hamburgers and Hot Dogs opened in 1952. It's here that Glen Bell decided to try and sell tacos -- although tellingly, his largely Latino clientele forsook his Mexican offerings in favor of the hamburger and hot dogs.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
12-21-2010 |
Food+Drink
5 Authentic Mexican Dishes That Would Make Rick Bayless Screamnew

Mexican food in all its manifestations is just a tasty extension of "Greater Mexico" and the idea that Mexico and its culture doesn't stop at the border.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
10-04-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Rick Bayless, Mexican Food
Tales From Orange County's Taco Trucksnew

The roach coach. Botulism on wheels. Mobile Montezuma's revenge. The humble taco truck, known universally in Latino OC as loncheras, its workers as loncheros, has finally left its mooring as the feedbag for immigrants, construction workers and prescient foodies and become mainstream, even hip.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
07-28-2009 |
Food+Drink
Soil to Soulnew
Orange County's freshest farmers, farmers markets, food purveyors -- and the chefs who love them.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
07-24-2007 |
Food+Drink
A Fiesta in Your Mouthnew
The Offspring’s Dexter Holland and his bueno Gringo Bandito hot sauce.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
11-20-2006 |
Food+Drink
Requiem for a Cheeseburgernew
The loss of Carl's Jr.'s Junior Cheeseburger is unfortunate, if not devastating.
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
05-12-2006 |
Food+Drink