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December 14, 2010
The 10 Best Cocktails for Your Holiday Party
Party season is full swing and the best way to make your holiday party a hit is to serve the best drinks in town. We have compiled a list of our favorite cocktails based on holiday desserts. Pick one to serve as a signature drink or stock up and try them all! 1. Sugar Cookie Martini - ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Clint Manning at Canteen
Zach FowleClint ManningHaving been open a scant two months, Canteen Modern Tequila Bar (640 S. Mill Ave., 480-773-7135) is still the new kid in town, though it sure doesn't seem like it. One glance at the line snaking out the door of the tequileria each weekend will have you thinking the pla ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
2010 Redux: Bottom of the Barrel
Erica O'Neil Wink, a flirty little wine that exceeds its three buck price point. Which other bargain wines made the cut?In the spirit of tying up loose ends, we're recapping some of our favorite food-related finds of the year. We've already recapped the Best Books, Battle of the Dishes, Jus ... More >>
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January 13, 2011
Arizona Beer Week Events Announced
We like beer and so do you, which is why we're psyched to announce the list of events currently on tap for the first-ever Arizona Beer Week. Months ago, we announced plans to organize the inaugural festival for February 19-26. Sponsored by the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild, this first-ever statewi ... More >>
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January 25, 2011
Noca's Italian Wine Dinner and Mexican Pizzas in Today's Eater's Digest
www.acouplecooks.comHungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Noca's Italian Wine DinnerLeave it to Noca to take their January 27th wine dinner to a whole new level of awesome. Not only will the wine be shipped straight to Noca from Italy, the g ... More >>
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January 31, 2011
New in CenPho: Rum Bar at The Breadfruit
Dwayne Allen and Danielle Leoni, the folks behind cheerful Jamaican restaurant The Breadfruit, just opened Rum Bar in the space next door to the restaurant, serving nearly 70 kinds of premium rum, from smooth, young spirits to exquisite aged reserve varieties. There are also several kin ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
Brewed For Battle: Double IPA
Jonathan McNamaraHopslam, Twin Sisters, and Breckenridge 471.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 ... More >>
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February 9, 2011
Wine, Winemakers and Winos: What You Missed at the Paso Robles Winemaker Dinner
Where there is wine and winemakers, you can be damn sure there will be winos, which is why we hit the trifecta at the Paso Robles winemaker dinner at Petite Maison this Monday. The winemakers of Paso Robles showcased their signature Rhône varietal blends with a five-course meal Chef James Porter s ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
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 >>
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February 14, 2011
Strong Beer Fest Names Captain Squeegee Headliner
Captain Squeegee has the tough task of filling 2 Tone Lizard Kings checkerboard shoes at this year's Strong Beer Festival.First, some sad news: 2 Tone Lizard Kings will not be playing this Saturday's Strong Beer Festival at Steele Indian School Park. When organizers approached the Mesa ska band t ... More >>
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February 16, 2011
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 >>
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February 18, 2011
Craft Beer Competition and Sampling Event and Grilled Oysters in Today's Eater's Digest
Tastespotting.com Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives? Craft Beer Tasting Tonight! Join beer brewers, beer judges and beer lovers at Taste of Tops tonight for the first round of judging for the Great Arizona Beer Festival Craft Beer Competi ... More >>
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February 18, 2011
Craft Beer Competition and Sampling Event and Grilled Oysters in Today's Eater's Digest
Tastespotting.com Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives? Craft Beer Tasting Tonight! Join beer brewers, beer judges and beer lovers at Taste of Tops tonight for the first round of judging for the Great Arizona Beer Festival Craft Beer Competi ... More >>
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February 18, 2011
Pavle Milic Pours His Heart Out at Ignite Phoenix 9
Photo courtesy of virtualwayfarer via FlickrIgnite Phoenix 9 happened a week ago, and we at Chow Bella are still aflame about the food-related topics discussed. As food writers and lovers of fermented liquids, we were most excited about the presentations of Maureen Basenberg, founder of the A ... More >>
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February 18, 2011
AZ Beer Week's Must-See Events
matchingfoodandwine.com Arizona Beer Week, once upon a time just a twinkle in the eye of desert-dwelling beer lovers, is now upon us -- and has grown to juggernaut proportions. As our mom likes to say, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a beer week event. With somewhere in the ne ... More >>
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February 21, 2011
Strong Beer Festival 2011: Rain-Soaked Impressions
Zach FowleRain-soaked but thirsty for beer!In case you missed it (or you're just awakening from a beer-induced coma and need a reminder) AZ Beer Week is in full effect. If, like Benjamin Franklin, you believe beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy, get ready to worship at yo ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
David Johnson Pours Big Bad Reds and Spills Stories at Avalon
Wine dinners with Sommelier David Johnson always feel more like an eccentric dinner party with an array of characters you never knew you wanted to meet but suddenly can't believe you didn't know. Johnson is the most popular guy in school: No, not the quarterback who got all the girls, but the gregar ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
Why the Great Arizona Beer Festival Ain't So Great
If you've looked over the vendor list for the beer festival set to be held Saturday at Tempe Beach Park, you might have noticed something odd. At an event that bills itself as the Great Arizona Beer Festival, several of Arizona's greatest breweries -- Papago, Barrio, Nimbus, and this little ... More >>
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March 7, 2011
Sola Coffee Bar's Agave Latte
Sola Coffee Bar's agave latteSola is a hip little coffee bar in the heart of Old Town Scottsdale, and it offers a nice reprieve from daytime window shopping. Outside, retirees ogle eagle and horse sculptures while BMWs jockey for parking spaces with Mustangs. But inside Sola, people inhale the sc ... More >>
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March 9, 2011
This Weekend: Devoured Phx Culinary Classic
Last year, Kai's table at Devoured was the most beautiful display of all.Over the last few years, the Valley of the Sun has become the Valley of the Culinary Festivals. A handful of must-visit food- and wine-tasting events is now a sprawling season of eating, from East Valley to West. ... More >>
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March 11, 2011
Brewed For Battle: American Brown Ale
Jonathan McNamaraSurly Bender, and Palo Santo Marron.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 s ... More >>
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March 21, 2011
The Fixx's Americano
There's a certain art to pouring an espresso shot, and many baristas won't serve a shot of espresso if it's not perfect. Robbie Pfeffer, manager of The Fixx coffee shop and arts venue in Tempe, says some people take "the art of espresso shots" too seriously, but even he throws out his first shot ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
Imbibe: Ariz. Wine Tasting at My Wine Cellar & Tempe Festival of the Arts
Arizona wines will be jumping off the racks at My Wine Cellar in Ahwatukee tonight as My Wine Helper founder Jim Wiskerchen hosts a $10 tasting of four homegrown wines today from 6 to 7:30 p.m. for $10 - $5 of which can be applied to the purchase of a bottle to take home with you.
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March 30, 2011
Burgers on the Grill... What Wine Do I Serve?
With spring in the air and the near-perfect weather in Phoenix, it's time to fire up the grill and make some burgers. We asked Pavle Milic, FnB co-owner and wine director, to pair up Martha's best burgers with wines that make them shine.
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March 31, 2011
The AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival
amymittelman.com Here at Chow Bella, we like our beer in cans. Aesthetics aside, cans are the ultimate in beer technology, providing better protection against oxygen and light (mortal enemies of fresh beer) than bottles while being easier to ship and more acceptable at the beach. Plus, they ... More >>
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April 11, 2011
Copper Star Coffee's Café Au Lait
E. GrovesCopper Star Coffee's Cafe au laitCopper Star Coffee is one of those Phoenix coffee shops where people to gather to hang out, work on their laptops, and peruse local art (paintings by Pablo Luna currently hang on the walls). It's an old gas station remodeled into a cafe, and the old ... More >>
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April 20, 2011
Why Arizona Wine Isn't a Non Sequitur
Growing grapes and making wine in Arizona? Is that even possible? Better question: Is that even drinkable? If you've been around the block to Sonoita, Willcox and the Verde Valley, you know that the answer to both of those questions is an overwhelming affirmative... but if you're like us, we're stil ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
Tonight: Open Source Project Coffee Shop's Grand Opening
Great minds think alike. With Cartel Coffee Lab one of the only non-chain coffee shops left in Tempe, the past year has seen an explosion of new, artsy coffeehouses in the ASU area. The most recent is Ryan Gentry and Michael Witham's Open Source Project, scheduled for a grand opening at 8 p.m. th ... More >>
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May 4, 2011
Riedel's Cab Sav Glass Gives Starbucks' Trienta Cup a Run for Its Money... Glass Matters, Pt. II
The man behind some of the largest and most interestingly shaped wine glasses known to oenophiles, Georg Riedel, graced Miele Gallery with his presence and his Vinum XL glasses for a comparative tasting: 3 glasses 3 wines 1 Fiji water = New appreciation for glassware.
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May 16, 2011
SanTan Brewery Celebrates American Beer Week and Beer Brownies in Today's Eater's Digest
www.wearenotmartha.com Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Beer WeekWe know what you're thinking. "Wasn't beer week like three months ago?" Yes but that was Arizona Beer Week. This week is American Beer Week and SanTan Brewery has big pla ... More >>
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May 17, 2011
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 >>
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May 18, 2011
Are Women Better Winemakers?
UNCORK THE ISSUE: "Are women better winemakers than men?" was our question of the night during AZ Wine Co. Winemaking Ladies tasting last Thursday. On the tasting menu at the South store were wines crafted by famed female winemakers Heidi Peterson Barrett, Celia Welch and Kathryn Hall. SPILL THE JU ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
Bottomless Cocktails Invite Locals to Drink on a Dime
TheCulinaryGeek via FlickrSay "Bloody Mary" three times at Local Bistro, and you'll get three more rounds.Lately, we've been hearing some buzz about the trend of bottomless cocktails. No, we're not talking about downing a cosmo in your leopard-print thong -- though that could happen after you ind ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
Up-and-Coming Wines: Trendy Blends and Rebounding Regions
UNCORK THE ISSUE: Trend-spotting wines is a talent that eludes us, so we instead pick the brains of the most in-the-know wine gurus (see last week's mention of The Scholium Project Wines). This week, we ask Wine Goddesses Katherine Conrad and Erin Giarda of Arcadia Fine Wine for the answers in broad ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
Sunday Funday
UNCORK THE ISSUE: Trend-spotting wines is a talent that eludes us, so we instead pick the brains of the most in-the-know wine gurus (see last week's mention of The Scholium Project Wines). This week, we ask Wine Goddesses Katherine Conrad and Erin Giarda of Arcadia Fine Wine for the answers in broad ... More >>
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June 3, 2011
Boba: A User's Guide, Part One
David SydiongcoThe forecast is finally calling for some serious weather this weekend, Phoenix-style. We say bring it -- just give us a boba tea to wash that heat down. Wondered what this increasingly popular, bizarre beverage is all about? You've come to the right blog post. Boba teas, a ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
More Places to Get Boba in Phoenix: A User's Guide, Part Two
David Sydiongco Last week, we posted a list of some of the East Valley's best boba tea offerings and heard from those of you outside the lower righthand corner of town. You want boba, too! No worries, we're back with more. To recap, boba tea, or "bubble tea," are sweet, cooling ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Monday Mojito Madness
David Sydiongco Last week, we posted a list of some of the East Valley's best boba tea offerings and heard from those of you outside the lower righthand corner of town. You want boba, too! No worries, we're back with more. To recap, boba tea, or "bubble tea," are sweet, cooling ... More >>
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July 19, 2011
Seven Dibs-Worthy Seats in Phoenix Coffee Shops
Claire LawtonLola Coffee on Roosevelt StreetA regular coffee shop spot is a sacred (and often secret) thing. All-too-often the lighting is bad, the music is loud, and the a/c vent seems to be at just the right angle to totally freeze the table -- and you. We've spent our fair share of time in ... More >>
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July 29, 2011
Beckett's Table Rosé Wine List Out to Break Stereotypes
Nicole WhittingtonRosé gives a perception of sweetness, but its cotton candy color can be deceiving. Beckett's Table just added an additional section to their wine list featuring all rosé wines, most of which are Provençal in style. This dryer style, characteristic of the Southern Franc ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
Chelsea Brown's Perfect Food Day
Chelsea BrownChelsea Brown blogs about fashion on her popular local blog Tea Talk. This ASU grad school student is all about great coffee and exploring Phoenix with her boyfriend Scott (who also apprears in the fashion posts). We wanted to know more about where her perfect day of food ... More >>
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August 15, 2011
SanTan Brewing Co. Negro Nitron
Beer: Negro NitronBrewery: SanTan Brewing Co. (8 S. San Marcos Place, 480-917-8700)Style: Black IPAABV: 7.3 percent The Black IPA is so hot right now. As in fashion, music and baby names, trends in the craft beer world progress rapidly. Last year, Belgian IPA was the tits, and lately it see ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
Fight for the Ol' White: What to Expect from Aged White Wine
Judi BagnatoTo age white wine or not to age white wine? It's not so much a question of whether it can be done. Because it can be. Aged that is. But is it any good? It goes without saying that wine is an incredibly personal experience with varying expectations and varying palates. So what ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
Northern Arizona Brewery Tour; Escape the Heat with a Cold One
DesertDog @ Roadfood.com And now we find ourselves smack dab in the middle of August. There is no amount of ice cream, skinny cocktails, or boozy popsicles that will make the tail end of the Arizona summer bearable. Your best bet - grab a cooler and hit the road. Take a drive up to the ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
Four Arizona Breweries Medal at the Great American Beer Festival
www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/This past weekend -- as brewers and beer lovers got sauced during their yearly visit to Denver and the beer Mecca that is the Great American Beer Festival -- four Arizona breweries took home medals. For those who don't know, the Great American Beer ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
Blueberry Pinot Noir, Green Apple Riesling, White Chocolate Ale and Other Sips of the Kokopelli Wine Festival
"Going once....going twice...sold!" Kokopelli winemaker Dennis Minchella auctions off one of the 1,000,000th bottles.We spent more time (okay, all of our time) sipping at grapes rather than crushing them over the weekend at the 10th Annual Kokopelli Krush, a wine festival put on by Kok ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Chocolate and Wine: A Sexy Pairing
Owner of Floyd's Kitchen, Brandon HermanskySomething great happens when sexy forces combine. Brangelina took on an army of children, the Sports Illustrated models became a calendar institution, and don't make us explain what happened when Kama met Sutra. Like it or not, sexiness is a powerf ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
Hot Latte! Bikini-Clad Baristas May Soon Hit the Valley
Baristas.tv The exterior of Baristas' San Antonio location. "Costume Coffee" to go? Baristas.tv Baristas' fantasy-based costumes?Baristas Coffee Company, a Seattle-based franchise, could be branching out across the Valley. Local news outlets are reporting that up to five new java ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
Lumberyard Fireside Ale
beernews.orgBeer: Fireside Ale Brewery: Lumberyard Brewing Co. Style: Imperial Red Ale ABV: 9.5 percent Do you feel that? The building giddiness in the soul of every local beer lover. The faint smell of hops and sweet wort in the air. My beer sense is tingling. Arizona Beer Week is almost ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Gin: How to Drink It, and Like It
Really, they're better than you think!In my years of bartending, one of the things I've heard the most is this: "I don't like gin." When I press for details, the story is always the same: They had a bad experience with it years ago (inevitably in college) and haven't been able to touch the ... More >>
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