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Marijuana-Flavored Mayo Now Available for Your Fry Dipping Pleasure

If you've been to Brussels, you might already know about little Manneken Pis, the "emblem of the rebellious spirit of the City of Brussels" or a fountain of a urinating boy. He's kind of a big deal over there and, apparently, so are his French fries. Because aside from being the name of that little ... More >>

Now Available in Arizona: Upright Seven

Beer: Seven Brewery: Upright Brewing Co. Style: Saison ABV: 8 percent Not sure if you guys have noticed, but craft beer is going all Manifest Destiny right now. With the likes of New Belgium, Oskar Blues, and Green Flash breaking ground on East Coast facilities, big brands are going nationwide. Ev ... More >>

Authority Zero is Stronger With The Tipping Point

Mesa's reggae/punk outfit Authority Zero has come a long way over the course of its nearly two-decade-long career. The band quickly moved up from intimate (often free) local shows to playing Warped Tour, and eventually, touring the world. Authority Zero is now a household name in the local scene, an ... More >>

17 Don't-Miss Events During Arizona Beer Week, Feb. 16-23

With more than 100 tastings, tappings and opportunities to tipple taking place throughout Arizona Beer Week, one must schedule his time wisely for maximum drinking. These are the events you'll find us at -- and the beers we'll be drinking there. See also: - Chow Bella Rides with Mother Road Brew ... More >>

Join the Slow Food Movement and Celebrate Terra Madre Day on Dec. 10

If you haven't made it to the Biltmore Fashion Park's latest addition UNION -- a mix of 18 small, distinctive boutiques run by local vendors -- mark your calendars to visit on Monday, December 10, from 6 to 8 p.m. for Terra Madre Day. This international event is a celebration of slow food and eating ... More >>

Five Things to Eat and Drink This Weekend

Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? We've got you covered. Check out what's on our plate. See also: - Join Amy Binkley, Tracey Dempsey, and More Top Female Chefs at Getting Our Just Desserts - Food, Beer & Wine Samples at the 8th Annual Certified Local Fall Festival Chiles & ... More >>

AndyTalk: Underneath the Tough Exterior of Butternut Squash

It takes a steady hand and a little nerve to hack into the armor-like skin on a butternut squash. Luckily, the skin is the only thing hard about butternut squash.

AndyTalk: The Winning Combo of Cauliflower and Mayonnaise

I've made the cauliflower rubbed with olive oil and I've made it with butter. Mayonnaise is, hands-down, the best way to coat the cauliflower.

Yus Talks French New Wave, Eno, and Orange Juice

Where we're going, we don't need roads; just a synthesizer, eyeliner, and a touch of androgyny. Welcome to Flashback Friday. See also: YUS Paints a Cinematic Picture With "Girls" British new wave bands tend to dominate the conversation when we talk '80s with our local bands. Belgium-born Phoenix-d ... More >>

Three Things to Eat Drink, Drink, and Bake this Weekend, The Craft Beer Edition

See Also: Here Come The Growlers: Starting at Midnight, Bars Can Hand Over 64 oz To Go Happy weekend Chow Bella friends! Ready for another road trip? This time we're heading out west to sunny Palm Springs, California for one of the desert's biggest craft beer parties. Then we'll head home for a f ... More >>

Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale

Beer: Indian Brown Ale Brewery: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Style: American Brown Ale ABV: 7.2 percent See also: Sierra Nevada/Dogfish Head Life & Limb See also: New Belgium/The Lost Abbey Brett Beer The Beer Judge Certification Program (the major authority that certifies and ranks judges for homeb ... More >>

Ten Favorite Places in Metro Phoenix for Craft Beer by the Bottle (or the Can)

See Also: Ten Favorite Metro Phoenix Craft Beer Bars Starting this Thursday, you'll be able to fill up growlers of your favorite craft beer on draft at most of your favorite craft beer destinations but you're still going to need your trusty liquor stores to pick up beautiful bottles (and cans) of y ... More >>

New Belgium/The Lost Abbey Brett Beer

Beer: Brett Beer Brewery: New Belgium Brewing/The Lost Abbey Style: American Wild Ale ABV: 7.5 percent A little bit of wildness is an indispensable quality. Consider the duo of Roger Murtaugh and Martin Riggs. Murtaugh tempers Riggs' madness; Riggs pushes Murtaugh to do shit he thinks he's too old ... More >>

Limb Shady

Anchor Steam Beer

Beer: Anchor Steam Beer Brewery: Anchor Brewing Co. Style: California Common ABV: 4.9 percent I will admit that, when it comes to beer, I'm enamored with novelty -- the fringe, experimental brews that challenge my palate and keep things interesting. But sometimes in the quest for limited-release, b ... More >>

New Belgium Tart Lychee

Beer: Tart Lychee Brewery: New Belgium Brewing Co. Style: American Wild Ale ABV: 7.5 percent To get to know many of New Belgium's sour ales, you must first acquaint yourself with Oscar and Felix. An odd couple of beers (see what I did there?), these two act as the base for a majority of the wild a ... More >>

Trappist Westvleteren 12

Beer: Trappist Westvleteren 12Brewery: Brouwerij WestvleterenStyle: QuadrupelABV: 10.2 percent It usually follows that the most highly rated beers in the world are also the hardest to get. This shouldn't be surprising; as a beer's acclaim grows, demand for its flavor will eventually outstrip the su ... More >>

AndyTalk: Why Would Anyone Eat (Stinky, Mushy) Brussels' Sprouts?

The smell of steaming or boiling Brussels' sprouts is anathema to any sort of mouthwatering Pavlovian response. When I was a kid and my mother made Brussels' sprouts (or anything cabbage-related) I'd avoid the smell by staying in my room with the door closed. Self-imposed exile was the lesser evi ... More >>

Ten Favorite Metro Phoenix Craft Beer Bars

​Let's discuss craft beer bars. We're not just talking about one or two handles here. We're taking about the bars that have devoted just about every handle to the art of craft beer; the folks that know that power of a freshly tapped keg of Hopslam and who would sell a large part of their soul to ... More >>

Geared Up

Tour de Fat Brings The Dovekins and Pimps of Joytime to Tempe

​A few years ago, shortly after I turned 21, I purchased a sixer of Fat Tire. At the time I was living with a constantly rotating cast rogues in a two story house attached to an old doctors office. The couch was nearly always occupied by any number of guests, with everyone constantly pranking each ... More >>

The Herb Box's Friday Night Beer Dinner and Zucchini Fettuccine in Today's Eater's Digest

cindab.com​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?New Belgium at The Herb BoxWe have yet to meet a beer dinner that we didn't like, but this one stands out among the rest. Tomorrow night, take a night off Restaurant Week and join The Herb Box for a ... More >>

New Belgium Clutch

Zach Fowle ​Beer: ClutchBrewery: New Belgium Brewing Co. Style: American stoutABV: 9 percent It's well-known that most brewers are major fans of rock and roll. Walk into a brewhouse when brewers are hard at work crafting beer and you're likely to some heavily distorted, high energy stuff com ... More >>

Five Dead in Yet Another Stage Collapse

​First came Cheap Trick's disastrous performance at the Ottawa Bluesfest. Thankfully nobody was badly hurt in that disaster. Next came the Flaming Lips' lighting rig in Oklahoma. The band wound up with $800,000 worth of damaged equipment. Last weekend it happened with Sugarland at the Indiana Stat ... More >>

Cafe Bink's Sunday Dinner and Beer Braised Beans in Today's Eater's Digest

The Bitten Word​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Farm to Table, Again. Okay, I think this is going to be the last time we talk about farm to anything for awhile. Pat Duncan and his farm must be exhausted hosting these dinners twice a week (I k ... More >>

Middle of Beer Week Events and Party Pancakes in Today's Eater's Digest

traceysculinaryadventures.blogspot.com​Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Beer Week 2011 Continues...4 days down and 4 days to go. Tonight's events start early and end late, that means you have no excuse to fit at least one pint into your W ... More >>

Arizona Beer Week, You're Breaking Our Little Craft Beer Hearts

We got word that Arizona was going to get its very own beer week back in November and we have been giddy ever since. More than just a one-day beer festival, we would finally join the ranks of real cities and get a whole glorious week! ​But when we heard there were going to be at least 150 differen ... More >>

Brewed For Battle: Fruit Lambics

Jonathan McNamaraDelicious lambics.​At what point does one elevate from merely drinking beer to being a full-on beer snob? Answer: when you feel compelled to tell other people what to drink. And the inevitable result of this peculiar ailment is the beer argument. In the spirit of all great be ... More >>

Yeasayer Drop a Live Album; You Pick the Price

​Yeasayer's new album Live at Ancienne Belgique was released on Christmas, according to Pitchfork.The concert, which was recorded on October 28, 2010 in Brussels, has been released as a 13-track live album that is available for download on the band's website.As a Christmas treat from the band, fan ... More >>

Pint Size Social

It’s a Valley beerocracy tonight

Spokespersons

Jovial bike festival rules the roads

The Big Red Pour and Cheesy Sloppy Joes in Today's Eater's Digest

www.lifesambrosia.com​Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Hooray for Beer FestivalsIf your a beer lover and you have plans for this weekend --- cancel them. Take another break from the heat and make your way to Flagstaff for the 2 day "Big Red Pou ... More >>

Show to Check Out Tonight: Mount Righteous at the Trunk Space

Every year, I look forward to seeing the March Fourth Marching Band, whether it's at the Phoenix Annual Parade of the Arts or the New Belgium Brewery's Fat Tire Festival. Tonight, at the Trunk Space another eclectic, upbeat, all-around-fun marching band, Mount Righteous, performs, along wi ... More >>

The Big Pour International Beer Tasting Event

Hot Links: Mesa Museums, Carpool Lanes, and Miss Homeless

​The Mesa Historical Museum will close early next year because of lack of revenue and city funding. The museum's exhibits will be moved to other places, including the Arizona Museum for Youth, where the exhibit "Play Ball: The Cactus League Experience" will be moved...An illegal immigrant who was ... More >>

Lisa G Rallying Restaurant Community for Lionel Geuskens

Lionel GeuskensWith one post of her Facebook and another on her Twitter account yesterday, Lisa Giungo (of Lisa G Cafe Wine Bar) raised $250 and two plane tickets for her longtime friend and colleague, Lionel Geuskens. And that was just in one day, "so I know I can get him home," she says. The fo ... More >>

Draft Magazine Craft Brewing Festival

Brew Review: New Belgium's Mighty Arrow Pale Ale

http://www.newbelgium.com I've never met a dog I take too instantly. As a matter of fact, I spend the weekend taking care of a pup for a friend on vacation. I don't know what breed she is but it doesn't matter because she was instantly friendly and loyal after about thirty seconds of meeting me. T ... More >>

Punch-Drunk Love

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The Muscles from Brussels returns with sad-faced new flick

Wright's names a new chef de cuisine

Chug Chug Chug

Spin the wheels of fortune during beer fest

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibits, and installations

Belgian Waffling

A hustler sells his child, then fights to undo his mistake

Liège Largess

Belgian endeavor

Pop Culture

Super-talented "twisters" are blowing up all over the Valley

Red Door Salon

Artist makes Phoenix vie a little more bohème

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