Email Author Laura Hahnefeld

Awards

• 2012 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published January 20, 2011

  "My Year of Eating Dangerously"

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2010 Stories by Laura Hahnefeld

• Paul Joking Aside

  published December 30, 2010

  “I don’t care what you suffer from, menudo cures it all,” says actor and comedian Paul Rodriguez. “Menudo’s made out... More >>

• Choose the Palooza

  published December 23, 2010

  “Jews, booze, and schmooze” and “Heebs that want to hang” is how the Valley Jewish social set hypes Mazelpalooza, a holiday... More >>

• Have and Ice Day

  published December 23, 2010

  Like frozen middle fingers extended to the Midwest and East Coast, two Valley ice-skating rinks are bringing winter fun to the desert -- no... More >>

• Have an Ice Day

  published December 23, 2010

  Like frozen middle fingers extended to the Midwest and East Coast, two Valley ice-skating rinks are bringing winter fun to the desert -- no... More >>

• Gingerbread Winners

  published December 16, 2010

  Newscaster Lin Sue Cooney’s is classically charming. “Queen of clean” Linda Cobb’s is shaped like a vacuum cleaner. And... More >>

• All Pressed Up

  published December 16, 2010

  Locked away in an old wooden barn in Flagstaff, AZ; a daring rescue on a snowy day; a transformation from what once was to what can be again .... More >>

• All Pressed Up

  published December 16, 2010

  Locked away in an old wooden barn in Flagstaff, AZ; a daring rescue on a snowy day; a transformation from what once was to what can be again .... More >>

• Cabaret Christmas

  published December 9, 2010

  Another holiday, another season of A Christmas Carol, The Nutcracker, and Miracle on 34th Street. It’s enough to make... More >>

• X-Mess

  published December 9, 2010

  Like David Bowie and Bing Crosby, The Magic Christmas Tree and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, two movies making up the upcoming... More >>

• Out and About

  published December 2, 2010

  Rainbows, hearts, symbols of man, a nude self-portrait? This out is so on. With a ta-ta to 2010, Arizona artist Julio Cesar... More >>

• Cock-a-Doodle-View

  published December 2, 2010

  A parade of home tours may provide inspiration for a new kitchen countertop but for those wanting to know more about that backyard evaporative... More >>

• The Great 'Gasm

  published November 25, 2010

  Like Drew from Office Space, everyone has an “o-face” -- it’s just that most of us wouldn’t allow a photographer in... More >>

• Social Studies

  published November 18, 2010

  Mom still the only one commenting on your blog? Latest podcast sound like an S.O.S. transmission from the Grand Canyon Caverns? Social media... More >>

• Soviet Reunion

  published November 18, 2010

  Can’t tell borscht from ukha? Think gorodki is a lesser-known cosmonaut? Still laughing along with Yakov Smirnoff?... More >>

• Fork You

  published November 11, 2010

  Desserts are a lot like fashion -- one day it’s in, the next day it’s out. And for those still living in the cupcake age, it’s... More >>

• Dr. Abuse

  published November 11, 2010

  Most of us know Dr. Seuss as the beloved author of such classics as Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in the Hat, but what about his... More >>

• Serbs You Right

  published November 4, 2010

  After downing the last of the candy corn and (blech) box of raisins, isn’t it time for some chevaps or a palachinke or... More >>

• Film Schooled

  published November 4, 2010

  While Hollywood was experiencing an artistic low point in 1970 (think Weekend with the Babysitter), American avant-garde filmmaker... More >>

• Model Citizen

  published October 28, 2010

  “I feel my style is really anti-babe,” says Tatiana Sorokko, model, contributing editor to Harper's Bazaar, and vintage... More >>

• City Girl

  published October 28, 2010

  Whom to turn to for answers on solving the state’s current economic woes? How ’bout none other than locally charged scene queen... More >>

• Hungry Brain

  published October 28, 2010

  What’s better than dressing up as a zombie doctor? Dressing up as a zombie doctor and hooking up with a zombie lumberjack, a zombie... More >>

• The Madness

  published October 21, 2010

  What do you get when you cross vintage furnishings, a crazy-popular dramatic television series about ruthlessly competitive men and women of... More >>

• Torn Apart

  published October 21, 2010

  “Hey, man, he’s saying goodbye to his family!” A stranger yells at an O’Hare International Airport agent who escorts Tony... More >>

• Take Twenty

  published October 14, 2010

  Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, Hooters girls, and free grub? Sounds like some party. Celebrating 20 years of progress in downtown Phoenix... More >>

• Deep Fried Fun

  published October 14, 2010

  While the rest of the country is sipping cider and watching the leaves change color, Arizona’s gearing up for 18 wild days of music,... More >>