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Gustavo Arellano

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Twitter Feud of the Week: The Great Squash Blossom Debate

    This week's Twitter war began innocuously enough: On May 8, Portland-based food blogger and restaurateur Nick Zukin, who owns a Mexico City-style snack shop called Mi Mero Mole in PDX, inquired via Twitter where to find jarred flor de calabaza (squash blossoms) on a recent trip to Orange County. Wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

    You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Q & A with Gustavo Arellano: Taco USA, Mexican Authenticity Food Writing

    You might suspect Gustavo Arellano, the brain and wit behind the popular syndicated and OC Weekly column ¡Ask a Mexican!, as one of those Mexican food sticklers who bristles at ideas of yellow nacho cheese, the chimichonga, the chicken fajita pita, enchilada combination plates and Taco Bell's 50th ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    April 5, 2012

    Our Tacos, Ourselves: How Southern California Reinvented the Taco

    How Southern California discovered, gave birth to, reinvented and loved the taco for more than a century

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Gustavo Arellano Considers the Taco: From Mitla Café to Taco Bell to the Cuatro de Asada He's Eating Right Now

    Sure, you may think you know a lot about tacos, but do you really? Because however knowledgable you may be, Gustavo Arellano knows more than you do. Arellano -- OC Weekly editor, author of ¡Ask a Mexican! and of the forthcoming book, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, etc. -- has written ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Public Radio Deathmatch: KPCC vs. KPFK

    If you've driven anywhere in Los Angeles lately there is no way you've been able to miss the ubiquitous orange KPCC 89.3 FM billboards bearing slogans like "ideas not ideology," and "no rant, no slant." Back in January, OC Weekly's own Gustavo Arellano noticed that one of these billboards was inst ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

    Flickr/dubh​ What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Eat Real Fest: Photo Gallery

    Round up the usual suspects. Anyone who's been to a certain Los Angeles food festival can be forgiven for feeling a certain déjà vu at this weekend's Eat Real Fest, held at the Helms Bakery complex in Culver City. The vendor list read like it was cribbed from Artisanal LA: Cast Iron Gourmet, C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    The New AP Stylebook Food Guidelines: More Fun With Locavore Ghee

    Flickr/toddmundtamuse-bouche​ Thanks to Gustavo Arellano for this one. (We just forwarded your post, Gustavo, to our own overworked and much-appreciated copy editor. All in italics.) Just in time for a whole summer of writing about new Food Network shows, the AP has come out with a new Food Gu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Last Night: Top 10 Quotes from KCRW's Global Street Food Panel

    Guzzle & NoshCrowds wait in fron of the Nom Nom Truck (left); a taco from Mariscos Jalisco (right).​If you've been to some of the apallingly oversold food truck festivals of the past couple years, the sight of lines snaking around food trucks outside the Broad Stage on Sunday morning should ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Latino Dodgers Fans Who Beat Down S.F. Fan Bryan Stow Committed a Hate Crime?

    John and Ken.​Was it a hate crime? As the Dodgers head north to do battle with the Giants today, it's an assertion being made by John Kobylt of L.A. station KFI-AM 640's The John and Ken Show. He's talking, of course, about the opening-day beating of Santa Cruz paramedic and San Francisco fan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Food News Roundup: Bourdain on Beard, Questions for Roy Choi The Online World of Cannibals

    -- Anthony Bourdain on the James Beard awards ("I would sooner attend a Renaissance Fair in Hell"). [No Reservations, via The New York Times.] -- The Great Mayonnaise Debate. [Food Republic] -- Two words: Absinthe Cake. [Food Gal] -- A cup of coffee & illegal immigration. [Los Angeles Times] ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Evan Kleiman Talks Global Street Food - Tickets on Sale Tomorrow

    ​Street food existed long before the myriad of Twittering food trucks took over Los Angeles. Evan Kleiman (chef/owner of Angeli Caffe, host of KCRW's Good Food) reminds us of that on May 1st, when she moderates the Global Street Food event featuring OC Weekly Managing Editor and food contribut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    'Law & Order Los Angeles' Gets Some Inspiration From Orange County

    NBC'Law & Order' hits 'Ballona Creek'​We're proud to finally have our own Law & Order in the town that still rules television production. But - memo to the Law & Order Los Angeles' producers - this isn't Orange County, 'mkay? Gustavo Arellano at sister publication OC Weekly points out that ri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    (Video) 'Ask A Mexican' Vs. The Anti-Mexican: Who Won The Debate Between Gustavo Arellano And Tom Tancredo?

    Nick LucchesiRandom thought: If these guys would marry and combine their names, Antonio Villaraigosa-style, they could claim the surname Tancrellano. Just sayin.'​Gustavo Arellano is the original "¡Ask a Mexican!" guy. Former Congressman Tom Tancredo is the original anti-Mexican guy. Tuesda ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    (Video) SoCal's 'Ask A Mexican,' Gustavo Arellano, Debates Anti-Mexican Tom Tancredo Live

    Gustavo Arellano: Go ahead, ask him.​Fireworks in red, white, blue and green are on tap Tuesday night as Southern California's own Gustavo Arellano, a Mexican immigration historian known for his "¡Ask a Mexican!" column at sister paper OC Weekly, will take on notorious illegal-immigrant bashe ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    September 23, 2010

    Red O: Back to Bayless

    Bringing Mexican to L.A., With Mixed Results

  • News

    July 15, 2010

    Texas Kill 'Em

    Bringing Mexican to L.A., With Mixed Results

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2010

    WHO'S YOUR TIA?

    Bringing Mexican to L.A., With Mixed Results

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Some UCLA Students Rally Against Latino Author As Commencement Speaker

    Gustavo Arellano.​A few UCLA students have started a Facebook page to campaign against the university's choice of OC Weekly writer and author Gustavo Arellano as the College of Letters and Science's commencement speaker next month. So far the "Bruins Against Gustavo Arellano for UCLA 2010 comm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs

    -- Santa Monica bar The Joker gets raided after employees and customers sold coke to undercover agents. [Grub Street] -- Playing Maj Jongg, with a little wine and cheese. [Food, she thought] -- Pat Saperstein stops by the preview party for Private Chefs of Beverly Hills. [Eating L.A.] -- OC Weekl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Gustavo Arellano To Deliver UCLA Keynote Speech

    UCLA​Gustavo Arellano, author and columnist at LA Weekly's sister newspaper OC Weekly, was announced Thursday as the keynote speaker at the UCLA College of Letters and Science commencement ceremony in June. Arellano is a UCLA alumnus who earned a master's degree in Latin American studies from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

    SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free ... More >>

  • LA Life

    December 24, 2009

    Chinese Girls and Fat Mexican Kids

    SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free ... More >>

  • LA Life

    November 26, 2009

    Insults Across the Divide

    SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free ... More >>

  • LA Life

    October 22, 2009

    Finish School — and Shut Up During the Mariachi

    SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free ... More >>

  • LA Life

    September 10, 2009

    Don't Mix Tequila With Irish Stout

    SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free ... More >>

  • LA Life

    July 16, 2009

    Habla Ingles, por favor

    And while you're at it, show up on time!

  • LA Life

    June 11, 2009

    Wife-Beating and Ethnic Slurs: A Deeper Look

    And while you're at it, show up on time!

  • LA Life

    May 7, 2009

    web hed required

    And while you're at it, show up on time!

  • LA Life

    April 9, 2009

    Where Are All the Homeless Hispanics?

    Plus, do Mexicans really say "Ay, caramba"?

  • LA Life

    March 19, 2009

    Mexican Tampon Conspiracy

    Plus, do Mexicans really say "Ay, caramba"?

  • LA Life

    February 26, 2009

    "Illegal" Is a Label of Pride, not Prejudice

    Plus, stay-at-home Mexican dad gets flack from extended family

  • LA Life

    February 12, 2009

    Mexicans: Intellectually Lazy Walking Greenhouses?

    Plus, stay-at-home Mexican dad gets flack from extended family

  • About Us

    February 5, 2009

    web hed required

    Plus, stay-at-home Mexican dad gets flack from extended family

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2009

    Guerilla in the Myth: Juan Flores

    Just when you think you have a legend figured out, that old anti-deconstructionist Gustavo Arellano throws a change-up that leaves you swinging at thin air. Punning off the title of a Brad Pitt Western, Arellano's O.C. Weekly piece, The Assassination of Sheriff James Barton by the Mexican Juan Flore ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 11, 2008

    The Answer Man

    Just when you think you have a legend figured out, that old anti-deconstructionist Gustavo Arellano throws a change-up that leaves you swinging at thin air. Punning off the title of a Brad Pitt Western, Arellano's O.C. Weekly piece, The Assassination of Sheriff James Barton by the Mexican Juan Flore ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2008

    L.A. Times Layoffs and Stupid Sam Zell

    What person would choose to lay off the excellent Jesus Sanchez, one of the most rational, intelligent newspapermen in Los Angeles, when making the big, ugly cuts of up to 150 writers, editors, photographers and others that began today at the Los Angeles Times? Jesus is not just a multi-talented ... More >>

  • LA Life

    April 10, 2008

    ¡ask a Mexican! Special Día De Los Impuestos Edition

    Social Security, identity theft and why the Feds couldn't care less

  • Art+Books

    April 26, 2007

    Christmas in April

    The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

  • Calendar

    February 22, 2007

    Feb. 23. 2007

    The Town the Law Forgot by JEFFREY ANDERSON. No Peace in the Valley by STEVEN MIKULAN. Li'l Dickens Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make Love to the Vice President by JERRY STAHL

  • Calendar

    February 8, 2007

    Feb. 9, 2007

    L.A.’s 20 Best Italian Restaurants by Jonathan Gold, Separated at Birth by Steven Leigh Morris and The Bastard Question by Ernest Hardy

  • Calendar

    February 1, 2007

    Feb. 2, 2007

    Moz the Cat by Kate Sullivan and Chest of Lies by Joshuah Bearman

  • Stage

    January 25, 2007

    Jan. 26, 2007

    The End of Murder by David Zahniser

  • News

    May 4, 2006

    Line-Cutters and Illegals

    The End of Murder by David Zahniser

  • News

    May 4, 2006

    May 1, 2006 Si Change

    The End of Murder by David Zahniser

  • Music

    December 8, 2005

    ¡Ask a Mexican! Does L.A.

    The End of Murder by David Zahniser

  • Music

    August 14, 2003

    His Grand Majistery

    The End of Murder by David Zahniser

  • Music

    May 22, 2003

    Burning Questions

    The End of Murder by David Zahniser

  • Music

    March 13, 2003

    Sandblasted Standards

    The End of Murder by David Zahniser

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