Clinical Immunology

10 Cool Things at the 2013 Phoenix Gluten-Free Expo

Okay. The expo was crowded, the lines were long, and people always seem to lose their sense of dignity when there are free samples of anything. But there was a lot to be happy about at the 2013 Phoenix Gluten-Free Expo held over the weekend at the DoubleTree Resort in Scottsdale. See also: - Ted' ... More >>

Five Things to Eat and Drink This Weekend in Metro Phoenix

Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? We've got you covered. Check out what's on our plate. See also: - Astor House in Phoenix to Host "Mega-Authentic N'awlins Crawfish Boil" on Sunday, April 14 - Rough Draft's Barrel-Aged Freudian Slip: Your Subconscious Will Love It (Free!) Fe ... More >>

A (Mostly) Gluten-Free Meal at Arcadia Farms

When I was in junior high, my family moved to Hawaii, and I was enrolled in a school where I was often the only white student in my classes. At lunch, I would play cards -- Hearts mostly -- with a group of Japanese girls who took pity on the new kid. Trouble was, like all the other kids, they spoke ... More >>

Beer Stew and Gluten-Free Love

Chow Bella has a valentine for you. For the rest of February, we're handing out Candy Hearts -- stories of food and love from some of our favorite writers. Enjoy. When I met my husband, Tom, in grad school in Tucson, he was cooking on a two-burner hotplate in his dorm room and I was living in an a ... More >>

Gluten-Free Alert: The Cake Mix Doctor is Coming to Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe January 30

Good news, gluten-free foodies, Anne Byrn, a.k.a. "The Cake Mix Doctor," is coming to Changing Hands Bookstore this Wednesday, January 30 at 7 p.m. See Also: Gluten-Free Beer: Omission Pale Ale is So Good, You Can't Tell Nine Favorite Metro Phoenix Spots Where You Can Eat Gluten Free Byrn, who ... More >>

Gluten-Free Beer: Omission Pale Ale is So Good, You Can't Tell

Beer: Pale Ale Brewery: Omission Style: Gluten-free beer ABV: 5.8 percent The world has no shortage of really terrifying diseases you can catch. Necrotizing Fasciitis -- often referred to as "flesh-eating disease" -- is a bacterial infection that causes body tissue to dissolve like a wet napkin. P ... More >>

Good News: Your Horrible Food Allergy Might Actually Be a Birch Allergy

New testing techniques offer hope to food allergy sufferers by allowing them to find out if their allergy is to food or to something much more mundane, like birch pollen. As "Here & Now" reported this morning, the new uKnow Molecular Allergy test is revealing that many people who have for years bel ... More >>

Glendale Elementary School Accused of Keeping Boy in Windowless Room and Giving Him Sugar; Parents Say Kid's Allergic to Sugar

A Glendale couple is suing the Deer Valley Unified School District, claiming staff at the boy's elementary school fed him sugar, and often kept him in a small, windowless room due to his behavior.The boy's parents contend that the school kept giving their boy sugar -- which the boy is "severely alle ... More >>

7 Places to Get Challah in Metro Phoenix: Happy New Year!

See also: Caramel Apple Jello Shots Made in Real Apples. Yes, Please! And (a Very Non-Traditional) Happy New Year. See also: Challah Recipe Rosh Hashanah , the Jewish New Year, begins this Sunday, and with that comes the search for good challah. Despite its popularity among the Jewish and not-so-Je ... More >>

NextCare, Arizona-Based Urgent Care Center Company, to Pay $10 Million to Feds for Filing False Claims

NextCare, a nationwide urgent-care-center company based in Phoenix, has agreed to pay the feds $10 million for submitting false claims to Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health-care programs. We had no idea turning in corrupt corporations could be so lucrative: The informant in this case, form ... More >>

Allergic to Brazil Nuts? Be Sure to Use a Condom.

Nut allergies are no laughing matter, you have all made that abundantly clear in comments left on previous posts. But maybe this story will give you a good snicker. Discovery Magazine recently reported a story from a Spanish medical journal with the following keywords: Brazil nut allergy. Semen. S ... More >>

Laura Hahnefeld's Year in Food: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

​In addition to food trucks making the scene in a big way in 2011 (see the article here), the year in food for the Valley was chock-full of other newsworthy goodies as well -- even chef Payton Curry managed to slip in a last-minute announcement. Here are a few of Laura's favorites:10. Chefs o ... More >>

Laura Hahnefeld Looks at the Year of the Food Truck

Halloween Trunk-Or-Treat Event for Kids With Food Allergies Seems Kinda Lame ("Fun Is Not Spelled C-A-N-D-Y")

No candy here, kids.​Look, I'm no food allergy expert, but as a former child, I feel I have a fairly good handle on the kinds of happenings that make Halloween fun for kids. And unfortunately, the first annual Arizona Food Allergy Alliance (AFAA) Trunk-Or-Treat Event in Phoenix, Tucson, and Pi ... More >>

Chef David Hall of Thyme for a Chef, Part Two

​We're back today to talk with Chef David Hall of the personal chef service, Thyme for a Chef. Yesterday he talked about how he became a personal chef and today, he'll share his secret to meeting some of the culinary world's brightest stars and give us real facts about the recent gluten-free trend ... More >>

Kurtis Palmateer's Grandma Didn't Make Him Dinner and Has an Annoying Dog. So He Tried to Kill Her

MCSOKurtis Palmateer​Kurtis Palmateer was arrested Saturday night after he called police to let them know that he'd just tried to kill his grandmother. Her offense: she failed to cook his dinner and has an annoying dog.According to court records obtained by New Times, Palmateer called police about ... More >>

Five Food Disasters on Film

On April 24, 2005 -- the day after YouTube officially opened its doors to all the cute cat videos and leave-Britney-alone pleas the madding crowd could muster -- a little video called "Flambe Disaster" became the third video to be uploaded on the site. A short video chronicling the disastrous ... More >>

Cafe: Nourish

​There's no getting around the fact that food is fuel. That said, there's no reason it should taste like it. If this week's Cafe column is any indication, that very same lesson may need to be applied to Nourish; an eatery that specializes in gluten-free, vegan cuisine. Maya Duksmasova on Nou ... More >>

Airborne Toxic Event

Jared Porter of The Parlor, Part Two

Courtesy of Jared Porter​Yesterday we began our conversation with Chef Jared Porter of The Parlor and today the conversation continues beginning with what pushes this chef's buttons. An allergy to olive oil...Come on, really? What pushes my buttons? Special instructions, allergies. It sound ... More >>

Picazzo's Organic Kitchen: Happy Hour Report Card

Picazzo's meatballs with fresh marinara are good at any hour, but the price is great at happy hour. The Spot : Picazzo's Organic Kitchen, 440 W. Warner Rd., Tempe, AZ 85284. 480-831-5823 www.picazzos.com Picazzo's has four other valley locations: The Esplanade; North Scottsdale; Paradise Vall ... More >>

LynnRae Ries and Gluten Free Creations

Carol BlonderLynnRae Ries​ Eleven years ago, LynnRae Ries was diagnosed with celiac disease. At the time she was a business owner peddling pretty nail art and traveling extensively with her life and business partner, Verne. Her business demanded a lifestyle that kept her on the road eating most o ... More >>

Arizona D-Backs to Allow No Nuts In Parts of Ballpark This Sunday--Russell Pearce, Stay Away!

We get many a blurb here at Alt-Weekly Central, many of which we pass along to the proper authorities (ie: our Night & Day editor) and some of which we dump in the circular file (or push the delete button on our computer).   ​One that came in earlier today caught our eye, e ... More >>

Does Drinking Alcohol Worsen Your Allergies?

addiction-dirkh.blogspot.com​Maybe someday a study will come out linking alcohol consumption to something beneficial (hah!), but recent research suggests another score for team anti-booze. So if your sniffling and sneezing is even worse than usual this year, you may want to put down that win ... More >>

Get Happy

Recent cover-story boy exhibits downtown

Get Happy

Recent cover-story boy exhibits downtown

Let Your Kid Get a Tattoo

Battle of the Donuts... Or Rather, Fauxnuts

Downing a donut is a great way to get that sugar rush that'll get you through your morning at work. (At least until you crash and absolutely, undeniably need another donut an hour later. Oh. Darn.)    Our taste teste in action, with a control donut for comparison.Ever ... More >>

Get Happy

Recent cover-story boy exhibits downtown

Arty Girl: Will Wilson and Steven Yazzie at the Heard Museum

"The Sitting Room" by Steven Yazzie.I have a feeling this Friday night is going to be one of those nights where I'm so overwhelmed with art options, I become socially paralyzed and don't know what to do with myself.Already, we've got Third Friday art walk and the ASU Kurt Weiser opening, but I'll ju ... More >>

Tokyo Lobby gets new digs

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibitions, and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhbitions, and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibitions, and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibitions, and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibits and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibitions and installations

Art Scene

Current exhibitions, shows and installations

Art Scene

Current exhibitions, shows, and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibits and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibits and installations

To Die For

Lights, camera and action for Out Far! Film Festival

Second Helpings

IDYLL ROMANCE