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Nine Favorite Mac and Cheese Dishes in Metro Phoenix

Ah, mac and cheese. Whether it comes from a blue box or your mother's oven, few childhood comforts can compare. These days, your cheesy noodle perfection can be customized with additions ranging from the gourmet (pancetta, panko bread crumbs, and lobster) to the not-so-gourmet (hot dogs, ketchup, an ... More >>

9 Things That Make Phoenix a Better Food (and Drink) Town than New York City

I've done it. I've committed to living in Phoenix again after spending years in Manhattan and Brooklyn. I was a student at NYU in a self-constructed program of Food and Environmental Studies, sourcing from personal experiences of discussing, working with and (mostly) consuming food in New York. I tr ... More >>

Sexcereal: The World's First "Gender-Based" Cereal

Sexcereal is a real thing, a granola-like cereal developed by "nutritional and quality control experts" and marketed at people who want health food to be sexier. No really, that's what the Canadian entrepreneur who envisioned Sexcereal says on the company's webpage. See Also: --SanTan Sex Panther: ... More >>

Ballast Point Indra Kunindra: The Weirdest Beer You'll Ever Try

Beer: Indra Kunindra Brewery: Ballast Point Brewing Co. Style: Foreign Export Stout ABV: 7 percent As we learned last week, some beers taste odd due to storage issues, dirty equipment, or poor brewing technique. Some beers, however, taste weird by design. See also: - Old World Brewery - You "Mu ... More >>

Eatmecrunchy Bowl Keeps Cereal and Milk Separate For Optimal Crunchy

Humanity might not have the technology or motivation to stop 10 ton meteorites from pelting our planet but by damn have we finally licked the problem of soggy cereal. The Eatmecrunchy bowl is an ingenious device that keeps milk and cereal separated into two distinct sections except for a spoon size ... More >>

Piggly's at the Fair Opens in Mesa, Deep Fried Oreos -- and Just About Everything Else

When a new spot opens in town, we can't wait to check it out -- and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that have just opened, sampling a few item ... More >>

Ballast Point Victory at Sea

Beer: Victory at Sea Brewery: Ballast Point Brewing Co. Style: Imperial Porter ABV: 10 percent Beers that are available year-round are all well and fine, but they're not what I look for when perusing the shelves at my local bottle shop. I want the limited-release stuff -- the beers brewers only b ... More >>

The Sweet Potato Corn Dog and the Hunt for the Cap'n Crunch Burger: Eating the State Fair, Round 2

In the last Guilty Pleasures column, I was talking about going back to the Arizona State Fair to find a couple of tantalizing oddball items. I couldn't stop thinking about the sweet potato corn dog. And then there's that Cap'n Crunch Burger I saw on the map's food list. Just what the hell would it e ... More >>

Make Your Own Candy Sushi: Chow Bella's Halloween Showdown

Trick... or treat? For the latest Chow Bella showdown, our writers whipped up a dessert reminiscent of, or incorporating, their favorite Halloween candy. Check back all week for recipes; on Friday our critic Laura Hahnefeld will pick her favorite. Today: Ando Muneno's candy sushi For this competi ... More >>

Pumpkin Cheesecake at Bertha's Café

Bertha's Café is kind of a best-kept secret hidden in a strip mall off of Indian School Road on the outskirts of the Arcadia neighborhood. Open from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on weekdays (and 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturdays), it's an excellent breakfast and lunch spot for office workers in the area. ... More >>

Arizona Taco Festival: a Recap of Saturday, a Preview for Sunday

Take note taco-lovers - the Third Annual Arizona Taco Festival is happening this weekend at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick and for those of you that missed the opening day on Saturday, here's a recap of what you missed and what to expect if you make it out on Sunday. See Also: -Third Annual Ar ... 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: - Ten Acres of Tacos at the Arizona Taco Festival - Food of the Arizona State Fair (Slideshow) - Eating the Arizona State Fair: Red Velvet Funnel Cake, Gigantic Ribs, Pineapple ... More >>

Eating the Arizona State Fair: Red Velvet Funnel Cake, Gigantic Ribs, Pineapple Lemonade -- and the Hunt for the Cap'n Crunch Hamburger

It's time again for the high holy days of Guilty Pleasures: the Arizona State Fair. Everywhere you look, there's some random foodstuff getting dipped in batter and deep-fried. This year, it seems like the food vendors held back a little bit. Gone were the chocolate-dipped scorpions and mealworm sand ... More >>

Sprinkles Cupcakes Now Making Ice Cream (Not in Scottsdale...Yet)

Sprinkles cupcake lovers now have a cool, new choice of how to best get their sweet-on: ice cream. This summer, the world's first cupcake bakery, which started in Beverly Hills and now has nine other locations in cities like New York, Chicago, and our very own right here in Scottsdale, introduced t ... More >>

Praying Monk: Embrace the Familiar (and the Beer), Avoid the Novelty

When a new spot opens in town, we can't wait to check it out -- and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that have just opened, sampling a few item ... More >>

India Grill Explores the Richer Cuisine of the Country's Northern Region

New Starbucks Secret Menu Will Spice Up Your Coffee Life

We've all experienced coffee fatigue. That moment at the front of the Starbucks line when you're prompted to make your selection and you blank. I had a soy frappuccino yesterday didn't I? And the day before that? Same thing, and the day before that? You panic, gripped by the existential horror th ... More >>

15 Songs to Light Up to on 4/20

You never say an unkind word about the time. It's that time of year again. We hope you're stocked up on all of your supplies, namely munchies before you begin your 4/20 shenanigans. Whether you're lighting up at home or going to a party, we've got you covered with 15 songs about marijuana or gettin ... More >>

7 Kiddie Breakfasts We Still Scarf When Nobody's Looking

Flickr- RakkaPop Tarts will always have a place in our pantry.​As a kid you grow up thinking you're going to eat ice cream for breakfast every day when you're an adult, because mom ain't around to tell you otherwise! Then you wake up one day and realize your pantry is stocked with Fiber One and Ka ... More >>

Curry Corner Spices Up Tempe with Indo-Pakistani Cuisine

Peel Me Off This Velcro Seat: 15 Songs About Being Bored

​Summer vacation is a wonderful thing, but once you reach the end of the internet, the prospect of going back to school starts to look good. Fall semester may be right around the corner, but there's still plenty of time to watch reruns and unlock all those stubborn Xbox achievements. Savor the ... More >>

Richard Blais Makes a Milkshake Richard Blais Style: With Liquid Nitrogen & Cap'n Crunch

Atlanta-based chef Richard Blais, winner of this season's Top Chef and concept chef of Flip Burger Boutique in Atlanta and Birmingham, recently stopped by the menu and meal website KitchenDaily to make a milkshake the only way he knows how: with crazy-mad love for liquid nitrogen and Cap'n Crunch. ... More >>

June 7 In Blogs: Hate Crimes, Indie Artists, The Zombies, Roaring Fork, Grant Woods

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Cowboy Down: Rob Krentz's Family Talks About the Life and Death of the Murdered Arizona Rancher

Dissing in Action

Pop-punkers overcome the critics with snarky/fun tunes

Psychic Sally Knows Why People Choose to Live Next Door to Businesses

The Final Bad Xmas Pageant

Sure, sure, everybody's been to the holiday pageants with the recreation of the nativity scene and the singing of the Christmas carols and the warm, fuzzy feelings that Christmas brings with it. But for those ready to hang themselves with a string of Christmas lights at the thought of being forced ... More >>

Cerealism at West Valley Art Museum is part of a complete breakfast

Crepes and frozen yogurt -- what's not to love?

Hangover Helper

Who needs The Real World: Austin? Scottsdale's got its own 3-D version at Mickey's

Going With the Grain

Stranded on Cereal Aisle

Scopin' Shorties

The Kreme Machine parachutes into Jamaican Blue Lounge, an oasis of anti-Snottsdale in the belly of the beast

Family Circus Freaks

Spyder Yardley Jones gives pop culture icons a sick twist

Distilled Gin

The Gin Blossoms re-form again, and this time it might be for more than one gig

Letters

From the week of August 9, 2001

Misanthrope Through and Through

Nursing a broken heart and bruised ego, Trashman seeks solace and finds . . . Bush

Life After Death

As we reach the fifth anniversary of Doug Hopkins' suicide, his best music remains unheard by all but a few friends

Hacker, Cracker, Watchman, Spy

Some old-school Valley hackers grew up to be high-tech cat burglars. Some went to work for the man. Some just never grew up.

Dr. Cynic's Revenge

Beat Angel Brian Smith's 10 Greatest Atrocities in '96

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