Caramelpalooza: Urban Cookies and Bourbon Steak Join the Party

Breaking news on the local caramel scene: Veronica Arroyo -- pastry chef at the Princess Fairmont's Bourbon Steak -- and the folks from Urban Cookies are joining the lineup of candymakers for Caramelpalooza, Chow Bella's sweet little fete coming up at 7 pm March 26 at Smeeks. The Sweet...

By Amy Silverman

March 9, 2010

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Breaking news on the local caramel scene: Veronica Arroyo -- pastry chef at the Princess Fairmont's Bourbon Steak -- and the folks from Urban Cookies are joining the lineup of candymakers for Caramelpalooza, Chow Bella's sweet little fete coming up at 7 pm March 26 at Smeeks.

The Sweet Republic ladies and Tracy Dempsey are already on board. We'll keep you posted as more join the list.

Want to be an official judge and win a Chow Bella apron? Get the details and enter here. We'll announce the winners later this month.

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Amy Silverman is the former managing editor of Phoenix New Times. She is a two-time winner of the Arizona Press Club’s Journalist of the Year award. Her work has appeared on the radio show This American Life and in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Lenny Letter, and Brain, Child.