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Winnona Herr Makes Butterscotch Bananas Foster Pudding

Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the third annual Pie Social Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. We've got an all-star line up of bakers making pies for you to taste, and from now til Pie Social, we'll introduce them to you, one by on ... More >>

Sam Murillo Crowned Paella King

Maya Dukmasova​Last month we sat down to chat with Talking Stick Resort and Casino's Samuel Murillo, who had blown the competition out of the water with his Southwest Paella at the regional competition hosted by the American Culinary Federation. Last week, Chef Murillo headed to Dallas to c ... More >>

Sam Murillo's Award Winning Southwestern Paella

Samuel Murillo Southwestern Paella with Cilantro Creama​This week we caught up with Chef Sam Murillo of Orange Sky over at Talking Stick Resort. As you may recall, he will be heading to the national paella cook-off in Dallas hosted by the American Culinary Federation on July 24th. Now, you ... More >>

Samuel Murillo of Orange Sky

Maya Dukmasova Executive Sous Chef Sam Murillo at Orange Sky​This week we chat with Samuel Murillo, Executive Sous Chef at Orange Sky at the Talking Stick Resort and Casino. Chef Murillo recently won a regional paella competition hosted by the American Culinary Federation and will go on to ... More >>

So, You Want to Be a TV Chef?

​After having been on Heidi Lee's radio show Into the Soup (2 to 3 p.m., Saturdays, on 1100 AM) a bunch of times in the last few months, I can tell you with total confidence that she knows how to have a good time.Bruschetta and wine in the middle of the afternoon? Oh yes, please. Off-the-airw ... More >>

Chef Talk: Tracy DeWitt of Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Scottsdale (Part Two)

Competition is the name of the game for Chef Tracy DeWitt, who, along with three other regional champs, will strive for the title of American Culinary Federation's Pastry Chef of the Year today. DeWitt lets us in on her competition secrets, makes us want to go camping and volunteers to work at Charm ... More >>

Chef Talk: Tracy DeWitt of Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Scottsdale

Tracy DeWitt, the American Culinary Federation Western Region's Pastry Chef of the Year for 2010 who is vying for the national title this week, had no career aspirations of being a chef. But when she started working part-time in a New Jersey bakery at age 15, a fascination with the bakers and cake d ... More >>

Newspaper Duped: Reporter and Editor Swallow Bogus Story Cooked Up by Amateur Chef

A young man with a talent for cooking up food and tall tales managed to trick the Ahwatukee Foothills News into publishing fiction. This journalistic embarrassment began over the spring, when Vinayak Gorur of Ahwatukee contacted the paper with a compelling community success story -- about himself. ... More >>

Green’s Damon Brasch wants to bring vegan comfort food to the masses

Cooking Up a New Life

Homeless residents show appetite for shelter's Apprentice Chef Program

THE LOVE BLOAT

TAKE HEART, AMERICA. THE COUNTRY'S "MOST ROMANTIC COUPLE" LAYS IT ON THE LINE.