Northern Exposure at Clearman's North Woods Inn

The kitchen makes a fabulous Reuben at C4, the new deli opened by Jeff Jensen and Jeff Hall, the guys who gave us the equally fabulous Chapter One: The Modern Local across the street in downtown Santa Ana. C4 is ingeniously subtitled “The Cure for...

There are few pleasures in life as simple as a good burger. You needn't much. Ground-beef patty sizzled to a brown crust, then tucked between halves of a toasted bun. If the meat is juicy and the bread fluffy, everything else fades away, including...

Octopus' Garden Not olive garden, at Michael's on Naples If there's any proof that we've come a long way from Chef Boyardee, it's the squid-ink ravioli at Michael's on Naples in Long Beach. One of the restaurant's most popular entrées, these...

I’ve yet to try dinner at What a Dish Cafe in Dana Point, but not from a lack of trying. One Sunday evening, I made the long trek from central OC. I thought that if we arrived at least half an hour prior to the 10 p.m. closing time advertised on...

For this list of things eaten between two slices of bread, I've limited it to those that couldn't possibly be mistaken for a hot dog or a burger (thank goodness we already did those lists). Even then, the problem with these 10 listicles is that I...