Best thing I ate: The best rotisserie chicken in Orange County draws inspiration from Mexico

A crop of new Mexican restaurants sprouted during the pandemic like mushrooms after the rain, and crowds of diners are following suit. Some of these places come from familiar names while others offer completely fresh takes. Every single one of...

I’m not a bartender but I am a professional drinker. So while I’ll leave the intricate mixology to the folks behind the bar, when I’m at home I do enjoy making margaritas. And for decades, without much thought, I have defaulted to the classic...

A new fast-casual Mexican restaurant has opened in downtown Fullerton. Tazon is a modern taqueria concept that is probably inspired by the success of vibrant, like-minded predecessors such as Pour Vida and Urbana (both in Anaheim) or maybe even...

If you have traveled outside your neighborhood for Mexican food in the last decade or so, you have probably run across the cooking of Rocio Camacho, a Oaxacan-born chef who is occasionally described as a Johnny Appleseed of mole. I first came...

Dry January has been canceled. We’ll try again next year. For now, it’s margaritas for everyone! Correct me if I’m wrong, but margaritas to-go might be the greatest innovation of the pandemic. I’ve taste-tested a lot of restaurant margaritas at...