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Kanye West Skips Phoenix For Post-Leak Yeezus Projections

Kanye West's new opus Yeezus has leaked, and with it a map of the latest locations where he'll be projecting his face. Bad news: After getting a "New Slaves" of our very own in the second round of the first set of projections, Phoenix got stiffed for Friday's festivities. You'll have to head out t ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows in Phoenix This Week

It's become a tradition around here. Every week, on Monday -- the worst of all days -- we bring you our Top Five Must-See Shows in Phoenix this week. You know, to help make it all bearable. Dig in, kiddos.

Iceage: Youth, Aesthetic, and Art Bloom in the New Punk Underground

Claudio Urciuoli on Nancy Silverton, Noma, and Italian Cooking

This is part two of my interview with Noca chef Claudio Urciuoli. If you missed Monday's interview, in which he dished about Olive Garden, truffle oil and the weirdest thing he ever ate (which pretty much tops everybody else's), read it here. See also: -- Noca Owner Eliot Wexler on Chef Claudio Ur ... More >>

Kickstarter

A Royal Affair and Dinner at Haus Murphy's in Glendale

While a jumbo tub of hot buttered popcorn is one of our most frequently indulged guilty pleasures, we think a good movie deserves a little better company than junk food. Try out our movie and meal pairings for yourself or feel free to suggest one of your own favorites in the comments. The Movie: A ... More >>

There's a New Marzipan Company in Phoenix and Tammie Coe's a Fan

Danish-born Charlotte Wetche stayed in Arizona for love, but her family's 103-year-old marzipan company remained in Denmark. Not a good thing for Wetche, who missed the flavors she remembered from home. So, in November, she obtained the rights to sell marzipan -- the confection made from ground almo ... More >>

Fight Hunger by Buying Cute Furniture, Banking and, Best of All, Eating Pie

The Association of Arizona Food Banks, a non-profit that supplies five regional food banks, has teamed up with businesses in the area to help hungry families this holiday season. We don't normally get too sappy, but here at Chow Bella firmly believe no one should go hungry --especially not at Christ ... More >>

Watch Chefs From the World's Best Restaurant Collect Ants

Live bugs aren't generally considered high cuisine. But if they're live bugs foraged for a restaurant that was voted best restaurant in the world, we suppose someone must be on to something. Noma is a restaurant in Denmark which specializes in what can only be described as modern Nordic cuisine. A s ... More >>

Naked Shoppers Rush Supermarket, Stick Mostly to Booze Aisle (NSFW)

Around 250 shoppers descended on a recently opened supermarket called Priss in Süderlügum, Germany. The owner of the market had announced that the first 100 shoppers who arrived at the store's grand opening naked could take home around $300 of groceries for free. The owner, Nils Sterndorff, was ... More >>

Howe Gelb on Giant Giant Sand, and How an Acid Trip and Roman Polanski Birthed Tucson's Music Scene

See also: Howe Gelb Discusses Rainer Ptacek Howe Gelb doesn't like to fight fate. The Tucson-based singer/songwriter says that destiny played a big role in the birth of Tucson, the new record from Gelb's Giant Giant Sand collective. The extra "giant" was added to signify the group's swelling ranks ... More >>

Download: Giant Giant Sand's "Forever and a Day"

Back in March, we spoke with Howe Gelb, of Giant (Giant) Sand about his new album, Tucson, in the first episode of our weekly podcast (We call it Up on the Sun: The Podcast. Ain't we clever?). Well yesterday Fire Records debuted sprawling, echoing track from the "country rock opera," called "Forever ... More >>

Howe Gelb @ Crescent Ballroom

Karina Longworth on Why You May Not Have Seen Her Favorite Film of 2011

J. Hoberman Names His Top Movies of the Year

Ten Food Trend Predictions for 2012

​ Just about everybody is offering up their predictions for the food trends of 2012. Trends come and go in a flash sometimes, especially in this era of social media. While no one will know for sure what will take off, Chow Bella toss out our two cents to this food trend list trend.  Here's ... More >>

Great Dane

Seven Favorite Fictional Chefs

​Yeah, yeah, we know -- these days you can get more than your fill of real-life chefs, doing real-life chef things, all over the airwaves, in books and online. But the real thing isn't nearly as fun as the made-up chefs on this list. Don't believe us? Read on. Here's our list of the Top Seve ... More >>

Iceage @ Yellow Canary Dance Hall

Erik "The Red" Denmark Chomps 29 Hot Dogs at the Nathan's Famous Qualifier in Tempe

Jonathan McNamaraThe aftermath of Saturday's Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Qualifier at Arizona Mills Mall.​Next time you prepare to chow down on a plump, all-beef hot dog, ask yourself this question: how many can you eat in ten minutes? Two? Four? If you think that kind of lazy eating is goi ... More >>

This Week In Chow Bella

Another week has come and gone leaving us to ponder the upcoming events that will shape our lives and, more importantly, our dinners out. But before we move on, let's have one last look at the blog posts from this week. Lunch at Pizzeria Bianco: Same Great Pizza, Much Shorter Wait Chef Beau MacMil ... More >>

Erik "The Red" Denmark Takes on Big Dogs at Nathan's Challenge in Tempe This Weekend

Major League EatingErik "The Red" Denmark ​Erik "the Red" Denmark isn't one to back down from a challenge -- any challenge. A former golfer on Seattle's amateur circuit, Denmark turned his attention towards a less conventional sport in 2005 when he downed a boatload of chicken in a San Francisco w ... More >>

2011 World's 50 Best Restaurants: Two Tickets to Denmark, Please

Getty Images​Those devilish Danes have done it again. Curse their delicious Nordic cuisine! (Not really. Pass the Greenland musk ox, please.) Restaurant magazine and S. Pellegrino's annual "World's 50 Best Restaurants" list is out and it seems Denmark, the land of Lego AND Hans Christian A ... More >>

Ranch-Dressing Flavored Mints, Maggot-Covered Candy Apples -- and Worse

​We rarely meet a candy that we won't try, let alone one we don't like. These 6 candies sound so disgusting we are not even willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. So here we go judging books by their covers and knocking it before we try it. Hey,the line has to be drawn somewhere!  ... More >>

Dave's Doghouse Devil Dog Challenge

The Devil Dog The average person's stomach can hold about a liter of food, or close to two pounds' worth. But who wants to be average? All over town, restaurants are offering up contests of confection, defying brave eaters to ingest more food than they should eat in a week -- daily recommended ... More >>

(100) Days of Summer Films

The World's 50 Best Restaurants, A Light Breakfast and Square Melons in Today's Eater's Digest

An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. ​ S. Pellegrino's annual "World's 50 Best Restaurants" list was recently released and 8 United States restaurants made the list. Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark stole the number one spot from Spain's El Bulli, which had be ... More >>

Rufio and Others May Finally Make a Scene in the Last Corner of SoCAL Not to Have One

Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Arizona Qualifier

Jonathan McNamaraA group of competitive eaters downing dogs at the Nathan's Hot Dog Contest Arizona Qualifier at Arizona Mill Mall. See more shots in our slide show. Matthew Ramirez stepped out on to a raised platform in the Arizona Mills Mall food court and struck the sort of body building pose tha ... More >>

Reasonable Doubter

Objectivists screen film by controversial naysayer

Revenge of a King Is a Thuggish Hamlet

To B-Boy or Not to B-Boy

That is the question in hip-hop Hamlet

Red-Hot, White, and Brown

Canadian-Indian comic seeks world domination

To B-Boy or Not to B-Boy

That is the question in hip-hop Hamlet

Local Firm Offers Suborbital Flights; $95,000 Pricetag Includes "Training" at Posh Sanctuary Resort

Ever wanted to sail above the curve of blue Earth in a spaceship? Now you can -- though it'll cost you $95,000. Phoenix-based RocketShip Tours announced today it would begin offering suborbital flights in 2010 through a partnership with the builder of the Lynx vehicle (pictured at left). The coo ... More >>

HorrorPops wax on Kiss Kiss Kill Kill, their rebellious streak, and their homeland

Great Danes

Home Fires Burning

Rotting in the state of Denmark

The Raveonettes

Pretty in Black
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Borgir Kings

There's more to black-metal exporters Dimmu Borgir than upside-down crosses

Howe Gelb

The Listener (Thrill Jockey)

Monsters of Rock

Danish 'psychobilly' band lampoons America, offers twangy satire

Tubal or Not Tubal

Gareth Armstrong's one-man show Shylock

Europe Feels Their Payne

How Les Payne opened an overseas Orifice

Second Helpings

Second Helpings

SCANDINAVIAN BANDSTANDWHICH NORTHERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY HAS EXPORTED THE RUNNIEST TOP 40 CHEESE?

PRINCE CHARMIN

SOUTH AMERICAN GOTHIC

COUNTRY FROM THE OLD COUNTRYFOR CROONERS FROM THE CONTINENT, THE ROAD TO NASHVILLE RUNS THROUGH ARIZONA