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Gina's Homemade Opens Shop in Northeast Scottsdale

For nearly two years, Gina Buskirk baked biscotti and made fresh cheeses in a rented commercial kitchen before selling her Gina's Homemade products at the Scottsdale Farmer's Market. Now she and her husband, Chris (who handles the business end of this family operation), have found a permanent home f ... More >>

Top 10 Worst Mexican Restaurants in Metro Phoenix

In the Valley there's amazing Mexican food from the mom 'n' pop hole-in-the-wall to blow-your-mind haute cuisine, Mexican-style. You would think that with such a wealth of delicious and accessible Mexican food on every corner, there would be no need for a "Worst Of..." list. You would be wrong. Wh ... More >>

DarkCon 2012, Online Artifacts at the King Center, and Fotoshop by Adobé

Welcome to the Morning Buzz, a catch-up on interesting happenings around the city and country and a quick guide to what (and who) to keep your eyes on. We'll be here, first thing every weekday, to get you going. Here's what's buzzing this morning:​1. DarkCon 2012 at the Phoenix Marriott ... More >>

World Class Thugs @ The Lost Leaf

Five Places to Find Skinny Margaritas in the Valley -- and a Recipe to Make Your Own

The Margarita Lite at IslandsCourtesy of Islands Restaurants​It used to be that if we wanted a margarita under 100 calories, we'd just take a shot of tequila, salt first, lime last. But there's a new trend blending behind the bar. From Islands to Blanco Tacos, low-cal margaritas -- most often c ... More >>

Happy Hour Report Card: Secreto

​The Spot: Secreto, 4232 E Chandler Blvd, 480-706-2220 The Hours: 3 to 7 pm Monday - Friday The Details: Happy hour is only available at the bar. Drink prices range from $2.25 for domestic bottled beer to margaritas and martinis for $5. All happy hour menu items range from three to six ... More >>

Arizona's Medical Marijuana Law in One Handy Guide

Carpenters Union Responds to New Times, States Reason for Demonstration

Image: Ray SternDemonstrators from the Carpenters Union Local 1506 were protesting Adobe Drywall -- again -- last week in Tempe.​ Members of the Carpenters Local 1506 finally let us know why they were demonstrating last week on a prominent Tempe street corner. A statement signed by Alan C ... More >>

Now Open: Upper Crust Pizza & Patio Wine Bar

​We get Venezia's and Vincent's, yo, but a Brooklyn-style pizza parlor called Upper Crust? Perhaps Brooklyn's gone highbrow since we visited last. Either way, we're still stoked for a new 'za joint on the upper east side. Upper Crust Pizza & Patio Wine Bar recently opened in the old Brickyard/ ... More >>

Chef Wade Moises Leaves Adobe Restaurant

​After leaving PastaBar, the now-defunct downtown eatery that he founded two years ago, onetime Mario Batali protege and former Sassi chef Wade Moises headed to Adobe Restaurant at the Arizona Biltmore Golf Club with the goal of revamping the off-the-radar eatery's breakfast and lunch me ... More >>

Chef Wade Moises Unveils New Menus at Adobe Restaurant

​If you're not a regular at the swanky Arizona Biltmore Golf Club, Adobe Restaurant probably isn't on your radar. And even if you are, you might think of the restaurant as just a pitstop on your way to the championship courses. But that might change now that Wade Moises is in charge.The chef ... More >>

The Cupcake Love-In Cupcake Eating Contest

​The average person's stomach can hold about a liter of food, or close to two pounds' worth. But who wants to be average? All over town, restaurants are offering up contests of confection, defying brave eaters to ingest more food than they should eat in a week -- daily recommended values be d ... More >>

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This Week In Chow Bella

Another week has come and gone leaving us to ponder the upcoming events that will shape our lives and, more importantly, our dinners out. But before we move on, let's have one last look at the blog posts from this week: Sammy Wiley, What Are You Eating? Abnormal Ales: 10 Beers with Weird Ingredien ... More >>

Suicide at the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections

Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections Death Was Suicide, Inside Sources Say

Jamie Peachey A suicide prevention kit at Adobe Mountain School. ​Staff at Adobe Mountain School in Phoenix are reporting that the death of a youth yesterday was a suicide. And they wonder if the incident is tied to the "hush hush" suicide earlier this month of a corrections officer ... More >>

Rita's Kitchen Makes the Best Red Sangria We've Ever Had

Arizona Juvenile Facilities Report High Sex Activity With Staff; State Above Average for Incidents in National Survey

Arizona State Government Adam Henning, principal at Adobe Mountain School ​Arizona's incarcerated juveniles are having sex with staff members at one of the highest rates in the country, according to a survey published by the U.S. Department of Justice. In a survey of thousands of ki ... More >>

Suicidal Tendencies: The Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections Is a Bloody Mess

Can Maricopa County’s Juvenile-Justice System Fix Troubled Teens? Rarely, One Judge Laments

Teenage Wasteland

It's up to Governor Janet Napolitano to make sure history doesn't repeat itself — that is, boldly reform juvenile corrections. Or at least make sure someone's watching

Farm Team

Paris and Nicole take on charity balls

Juvenile Offenses

A federal investigation documents serious abuses at the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections

Worse Than Ever

Agency insiders say conditions are continuing to deteriorate at ADJC

Teen Dispirit

Letters from the week of April 10–16, 2003

Suicide Watch

Another death at a state-run youth detention facility has advocates worried

Gross Negligence?

Parents say state let their son die

Complaints Congressional and Correctional

Letters from the week of August 8, 2002

Working Girl Blahs

Cafe Santa Fe's New Mexican cuisine tastes like the same old thing

A Deadly Game?

State officials say boy died playing around, despite his recent suicide threat

The Hanging

Insider claims state hid suicidal behavior

Bless the Beasts and the Children

Letters from the week of May 9, 2002

Portrait of a Young Man

Letters from the week of April 25, 2002

Zip Code Blue

Too much of a good thing dilutes its charm

Letters

From the week of August 2, 2001

Letters

From the week of July 26, 2001

Kid Row

Isolated, abused and lacking mental health care, do juvenile offenders leave state custody in worse shape than when they went in?

The Kids Are Not Alright

The Department of Juvenile Corrections is supposed to watch -- and rehabilitate -- troubled teens. But no one's watching the department.

Hatch Check Grill

A taste of New Mexico at Blue Adobe Grille

Food Fight

Is there a patent on New Mexican food?

Best Carne Adovada

Blue Adobe Grille
144 North Country Club Drive, Mesa
480-962-1000

Later, My Check

Where do hospitality employees go for good food when they'redone with work?

Lost World

Old Mesa schoolhouse disappears to make room for dinosaurs

Mystery Science 2000

Mesa is home to a multimillion-dollar quest to quantify gang-intervention techniques

Letters

Flashes

FEAST AND FAMINE

ASK MY CAT ABOUT COYOTE BREATH

DIE LIKE A MAN

A BIASED SYSTEM OF JUVENILE JUSTICE LEFT THAT AS HENRY CRUZ'S ONLY CHOICE