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Gustavo Arellano

Gustavo Arellano

Gustavo Arellano

Gustavo Arellano’s ¡Ask a Mexican! column has a circulation of more than two million in thirty-eight markets (and counting). He has received the President’s Award from the Los Angeles Press Club, an Impact Award from the National... Read full bio

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Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
A. The inventor of the burrito--I'd say, "Copyright your invention!"
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My life in 8 words: "Incredibly lucky, purposefully antagonizing, surprisingly dull, wonderfully funny"
Taco USA will be released on May 01, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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Taco USA is now available in Trade Paperback
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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. If your mom tells you she loves you, check it out Q. What’s your best quality? A. Indefatigabilty Q. With whom in history do you most identify? A. St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of lost causes Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be? A. quesadillas Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her? A. The inventor of the burrito--I'd say, "Copyright your invention!" Learn more about Gustavo Arellano

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Alt Weeklies, May 3, 2013
...a Mexican! Six years later, the racy Q & A runs weekly in 39 newspapers around the country. Gustavo Arellano has snuck into our hearts like a border-crosser in the trunk of an Impala. To get the skinny—if there is such a thing—on Mexican food in the...
WRTI 90.1 FM, April 12, 2013
...In softcover nonfiction, Fawzia Koofi reflects on her hard-won empowerment in Afghanistan, Gustavo Arellano surveys America's obsession with Mexican cuisine and Craig Havighurst documents the rich history of Nashville country radio. * Some of the...
Booktv, March 25, 2013
...Gustavo Arellano; Lizz Huerta; Santino Rivera; Andrea Serrano About the Program From the 2013 Tucson Festival of Books, a panel discussion of the book, Ban This!: The BSP Anthology of Xican@...
Glendale News Press, March 21, 2013
...The Barbarian Nurseries,” was recently chosen as the “One Book, One Glendale” selection. On Thursday, Tobar and author Gustavo Arellano took to the stage in a free lecture sponsored by the Library, Arts & Culture Dept. and the Friends of the...
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, March 21, 2013
...the Cunard cruise ship line. "The Cambridge Edition of the Poems of Rudyard Kipling" was released March 7. " Gustavo Arellano, the editor of OC Weekly, author of "Taco USA" and writer of the "Ask a Mexican" syndicated column, will speak at 7:30 p.m....
PRLog, March 19, 2013
...Richard A. Santillan, Susan C. Luevano, Luis F. Fernandez, and Angelina F. Veyna. The foreword was written by Gustavo Arellano. This pictorial history boasts more than 200 vintage images. Images of Baseball: Mexican American Baseball in Orange County...
Tucson Weekly, March 7, 2013
...Gustavo Arellano Ban This! the BSP Anthology of Xican@ LiteratureSaturday, 11:30 a.m. Student Union - Gallagher Theater Taco USA: Food MemoirsSaturday, 2:30 p.m.Koffler - Room 218...
Alt Weeklies, May 9, 2013
...Profiles & Interviews Sonali Kolhatkar remembers Afghanistan, even if the rest of us don't. OC Weekly | Gustavo Arellano | 05-22-2007 | Author Profiles & Interviews Tampa-born journalist paints an unflattering but entertaining portrait of...
KPBS, May 8, 2013
...By late afternoon Disney released a statement saying it would withdraw its "Día de los Muertos" trademark applications. Gustavo Arellano, author of the syndicated column "Ask a Mexican," said, "The Latino market is such that already there were calls...
Poynter Institute, May 6, 2013
...report in the OC Weekly that the news organization will no longer accept adult ads. The Weekly’s Gustavo Arellano quoted a letter from Michael H. Burns, The Orange County Register’s senior vice president for sales and marketing: “While we wish...
Poynter Institute, May 6, 2013
...Gustavo Arellano says a letter from Michael H. Burns, The Orange County Register’s senior vice president for sales and marketing, is aimed at adult advertisers: “As we continue to enhance...
AllVoices, May 5, 2013
...Drinko de Mayo, Gringo de Mayo, whatever you call it, is what Gustavo Arellano calls a " mestizo St...This weekend will be the only time of year mainstream U.S. will want to be Mexican, putting on fake bushy mustaches, wearing sombreros...
GlobalPost, May 5, 2013
...Patrick's day: an excuse to get drunk on another culture's...alcohol. Mexican-American writer and food expert Gustavo Arellano puts it more bluntly than that. "I basically think Cinco de Mayo is one of the most pointless holidays ever created,"...
Boise Weekly, May 5, 2013
...Patrick's day: an excuse to get drunk on another culture's...alcohol. Mexican-American writer and food expert Gustavo Arellano puts it more bluntly than that. "I basically think Cinco de Mayo is one of the most pointless holidays ever created,"...