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Weird Cocktails: Put Down That Jack and Coke This Summer

Cadbury Creme Eggs: Flavored With Dried Beaver Anal Glands?

Yeah, you might want to put down that leftover Easter candy for a minute while we drop some scientific knowledge, because according to a Huffington Post article, Cadbury Creme Eggs could contain a natural flavoring derived from the dried perineal glands of beavers. And, yeah, sometimes those glands ... More >>

Helpful Infographic Will Help Settle the "Is It Still Good?" Debate

You might want to tape this infographic to your fridge the next time you're stalled in front of your fridge trying to decide whether the milk is still good. You know the game: It's Sunday, you're about to go shopping, and you know it's time to clear out the fridge to make room for new food. Is the m ... More >>

Ward Off the Flu with Fire Cider

Everywhere I turn, there's talk of the flu. Since I follow a bunch of natural health junkies on Pinterest, I can't get away from it there either, with everyone pinning different home remedies. While I've managed to keep away from the illness so far, I decided to make a good-sized batch of this fir ... More >>

Rep. John Kavanagh Wants No Exception for Cancer Patients or Anyone Else in Proposed Medical-Pot Repeal

John Kavanagh, the Republican State Representative from Fountain Hills, doesn't want any exceptions in a proposed medical-pot repeal for patients with cancer, AIDS, or any other serious disease. Verifiable illness or not, they would be booked into jail under Arizona's felony possession law like any ... More >>

5 Fad Diets to Avoid in 2013

With the holidays coming to a close it's time to step up to the scale and assess the damage. If the numbers on the scale are much larger than you remember it's possible that a diet may be in order. But don't panic! Rushing into a fad diet is at best not along term solution and at worst might actuall ... More >>

Top Eight Reasons Conservatives Should Love Medical Marijuana

Not all conservatives want to lock up sick grannies and other medical-marijuana patients, a fact proven by the thousands of right-wingers who in 2010 voted "yes" on Arizona's Prop 203. Yet in polls, Republicans and conservatives do tend to favor penalties for the plant's growth and use more often t ... More >>

Mixing It Up with AZ Bitters Lab

Bill and Lillian Buitenhuys aren't bitter people. They're bitters people, ardent food lovers whose interests have broadened from food-and-wine pairings to food-and-cocktail pairings to the distinctive components, such as bitters, that go into both classic and craft cocktails. Although the Buitenhu ... More >>

Chow Bella's Top Phoenix Food Stories of the Week

Every week, there's a cornucopia of new Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you're like most people, you probably just don't have the time to get to all of it. It's kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won't all fit in your mouth ... or in thi ... More >>

Point-Counterpoint: Is Pho King or Is It Pho-King Awful?

We had so much fun chucking Chow Bella contributors Ando Muneno and Lauren Saria into the ring over Alton Brown, food trucks and movie theaters with food, we put them back at it again. This week's topic: Pho, Vietnamese beef noodle soup. Pho joints have been growing in popularity throughout the Va ... More >>

Where Do You Stand on the "Pink Slime" Issue?

Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you'd like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. Miss a question? Go here.The meat industry calls it "lean, finely textured ... More >>

Why Tania Katan Would Rather Lick Lance Armstrong's Sweat Than Eat a Handful of Pink M&Ms

Not one to sugar-coat anything, writer and breast cancer survivor Tania Katan has her own version of a public service announcement this October. ​It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month and boy am I hungry! Every October, we gather with friends and loved ones to race for a cure, think about how ... More >>

In Season: Eggs

Whether you're a CSA devotee, a farmers' market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we'll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce. This week's harvest: Eggs Jennifer Woods​ Ok, so eggs are "in season" most all of the time -- though production varies throught the year. ... More >>

Redesigned Food Labels Make Current Food Label Look Like Ass Crap

Renee Walker​Current food label.​With all the hoopla finally dying down on MyPlate, the new icon of healthy eating from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that replaced the food pyramid, maybe it's time the nation focused on another food-related headache of sorts: the nutrition label. ... More >>

Chartreuse: Is This What Jesus Would Drink?

Image via This Girl Can Eat Handcrafted by French monks based upon a secret 400-year-old recipe, chartreuse was originally known as "The Elixir of Life." We're uncorking our latest column, Bottoms Up -- a weekly guide to everything brewed, bottled, blended, barrel-aged and generally booz ... More >>

Lobster Tomalley and Roe at Market Price

Flickr- daves cupboardOne cooked lobster will yield a ton of tomalley goodness.​Despite what the supermarket aisle may lead you to believe, there's more to an animal than neatly wrapped styrofoam trays of meat. From tongue to tail, offal (pronounced awful) encompasses all those taboo edibles that ... More >>

Lazy Cakes Relaxation Brownies: Who Exactly Are These For?

herbalcity.com/lazycakes​Poor Larry Lazy Cakes. The lackadaisical cartoon character (who looks a lot like South Park's Towelie) and representative of Lazy Cakes, the "relaxation brownies" laced with melatonin and sold in food markets, may have helped to sell millions of the sleepy sweet treat ... More >>

AZ Attorney General Tom Horne "Blasts" New Malt Beverage From Pabst Brewing

Blast By Colt 45, a drink 17 attorney generals consider tantamount to binge-drinking in a can. ​Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is down to party so long as binge-drinking isn't involved. Along with 16 more attorney generals from around the country, Mr. Horne made this message clear today ... More >>

Execution Date Set for Arizona Killer More Than 25 Years After Being Convicted of Murdering 13-Year-Old Girl

Arizona Department of Corrections Donald Edward Beaty​An execution date finally has been set for an Arizona killer convicted of murdering a 13-year-old girl as she collected money for her paper route at a Tempe apartment complex in 1984.After nearly 26 years on Death Row -- o ... More >>

Limitless: One Pill Makes You Smarter in a One-Note Movie

Hillstone Keeps the Spirit of Houston's Alive

Drank "Extreme Relaxation" Beverage: Weed in a Can, or Just Another Gimmick?

Drank, the "extreme relaxation" beverage​It's been called "weed in a can" and "a can of drag ass" by media, but does Drank really offer a mellow buzz? We must admit, we were skeptical of the powers within this purple aluminum can. When somebody told us about Drank, the "extreme relaxation" b ... More >>

Four Loko Lemon-Lime

​When we heard that Four Loko "alcoholic energy drinks" were being called "blackout in a can" and that the FDA recently banned their current formulas, we decided we had to try it.Phusion Projects, the company that makes Four Loko, has announced it will remove caffeine, taurine, and guarana fr ... More >>

Ibogaine Helps Junkies Kick Heroin and Meth. Is It the Trip That Does the Trick?

Brain Scans on Your iPhone? Yeah, There's an App for That, and They're Testing it Out in Scottsdale

www.thepreppyprincess.com​At last, an iPhone application that does something a little more useful than finding the closest Applebee's.Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale are conducting clinical trials on a new iPhone app that would allow doctors to view brain scans with their iPhone ... More >>

Comic Book's Cannibal Cop Takes a Bite Outta Crime

Cannibals, cops, bird flu: All three of these things have grabbed headlines before, but probably not simultaneously. That's where comic book creator John Layman comes in. His runaway hit series Chew follows the adventures of Tony Chu, a detective turned FDA agent who lives in a world where chicken m ... More >>

Arizona to Receive $804,000 From Pfizer; Company's Marketing Tactics Misled

​The long arm of the law gave the drug company Pfizer Inc. a couple of pretty firm slaps Wednesday, one of which will bring close to $1 million to Arizona.As part of a settlement for a multi-state federal lawsuit, the company has agreed to pay $33 million to 41 different states as punishment f ... More >>

July 23 In Blogs: Bill Maher, Barack Obama, The Voodoo Organist, and Electronic Cigarettes

 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: Feathered Bastard: Bill Maher Interview of Janet Napolitano Focus of Demo by Immigration Activists Barack Obama, ... More >>

Human Growth Hormone Sales Sprout Indictments for Phoenix Pharmacy and Workers

A Phoenix pharmacy and its owner have been indicted for selling up to $8 million in human-growth hormone to doctors without receiving prescriptions. An announcement from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Phoenix also says the Compounding Center, 4045 East Bell Road, and wholesale division manager ... More >>

Christopher Gross Brings Flavor Tripping Trend to AZ

Listening to chef Christopher Gross explain the mind- and palate-expanding sensation of eating "miracle fruit," I can't help but think of Willy Wonka waxing poetic about Everlasting Gobstoppers. "You can eat a lemon wedge, and it tastes just like a piece of candy!" he tells me. It's called fla ... More >>

Veggie Boy vs. the Corn Refiners Association

Summer Guide: Quick change from selling things other than your clothes

Gone to Pot: The Phoenix Global Marijuana March

Pimp My Bod

Our intrepid reporter travels north Scottsdale in search of the sweet life. Someone's version of it, anyway

Xtreme Cuisine

Arizona's cunning culinary wizard Chef Kaz Yamamoto prepares taboo illegal moveable feasts for the elite and über-rich

Bad Medicine

Locking up cold medicine makes the politicians feel good -- but it won't put a dent in Arizona's meth habit

The Sweet Life

So many flavors, so little time

Head Games

Parents are being told to sleep babies on their backs to avoid SIDS. The medical establishment has ignored the unintended consequences -- and that's making one Tempe company very, very successful

Behind the Green Door

Kreme and Jett court madness, drunkenness and death runnin' after absinthe's La Fée Verte.

sNooze, You Lose

A Mountain by Any Other Name...

Letters from the week of April 24, 2003

Lock Up, Rub Down

State lawmakers push dubious Mexican drug rehab program

Big Bong Theory

Arizona's pro-pot advocates cast first stone in latest national effort to legalize marijuana

Fen-Phen Finish

Woman who lost brother finds dose of relief in doctor's conviction

Second Helpings

The Internet Internist

Dr. Pietr Hitzig of Maryland has prescribed a fen-phen panacea for all manner of ailments to thousands of patients he has never met. One of them, Alvin Chernov, killed himself.

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