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Gio Osso Will Open Virtù Honest Craft in Scottsdale June 7, with Grand Opening June 13

Foodists who know and love Gio Osso -- the edgy executive chef at Estate House before it closed in 2010 -- have been saying for years now: "Gio really ought to have his own place, something small and intimate, where he can do his own thing." And sometimes, dreams that you dare to dream really do com ... More >>

Cucumber 101: Three Summer-Friendly Recipes

I grew up in a house where salad always meant iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, red onion, and cucumber. I assumed that salads everywhere were the same. When a friend in high school asked me what I'd just sliced into the salad, I thought he was kidding. How could he not know what a cucumber looked like? De ... More >>

Artisan Bakery Mediterra Bakes Fantastic Bread, and We'll Tell You Where to Get It

When Simply Bread closed nearly two years ago, it was a major blow for those of us who love crusty, European-style bread. Good news is: there's a new bakery called Mediterra Bakehouse in town (well, in Coolidge, to be precise), and they're turning out ravishing artisan loaves -- large and heavy wit ... More >>

Karina Longworth's Top 10 Films of 2012

AndyTalk: A Hard Cheese is Good to Find

See Also: - AndyTalk: Autumn Means Apples - AndyTalk: The Trouble with Balsamic Vinegar Ounce for ounce nothing offers flavor as rich and intense as hard cheese. As cheese ages it loses water, concentrating its flavors. While aged cheeses don't melt as well as creamier young cheeses most of them ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on a Mexican Marshall Plan and Foul Language

Chilean MC Ana Tijoux Celebrates Women With Puente Arizona This Weekend

Mother's Day is all about celebrating moms, motherhood and maternal bonds (to quote Wikipedia), but why do we stop there? What about celebrating all women? That's what the National Day Labor Organizing Network and human rights movement Puente Arizona is planning to do on Sunday, May 13, with the e ... More >>

Go To The Greek Festival, Eat Flaming Cheese

Saganaki, you'll probably want to go ahead and write that word down so you can remember it for later. It's a slice of cheese, grilled until crispy, flambeed and then quenched under a rain of lemon juice. At this weekend's Greek festival it'll run you $6 but if you ask us, that's a fair price to pa ... More >>

AndyTalk: New Year's Eve and the Simplicity of an Over-the-Top Cheese Platter

For abundance, eye appeal, and ease of preparation I suggest a bounty of simple foods that I call a cheese platter on steroids.

Fifteen Favorite Bakeries in Greater Phoenix

​In the 16th and 17th centuries, the skills of the pastry chef were added to those of the bread maker so that in modern Britain (as opposed to France), domestic and commercial bakers used the talents of both. Though the lines have been blurred, the benefit of combining these two trades mean ex ... More >>

Down Under Wines & Bistro gets Busy in December and Candy Cane Biscotti in Today's Eater's Digest

traceysculinaryadventures.blogspot.com​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Late Harvest, Greek Wine Dinner, and Sushi & WineGilbert's Down Under Wines has a busy month ahead of them! Join the popular wine bar tonight for an evening of food an ... More >>

Chef Lefty Karropoulos of Limelight Dipping Bar and Grill

​There's plenty of room in the limelight at Scottsdale's first dipping bar but you'll have to share it with a pretty big character: Executive Chef Lefty Karropoulos. Chef Lefty, as he's known to most, isn't the reclusive, I'm-too-into-my-food-to-talk-to-you kind of chef you have to drag out of t ... More >>

Alexa Wilson's Perfect Food Day

Alexa Wilson ​Alexa Wilson, also known as "the plate lady" is part of the back of the house happenings that you don't usually see as a regular diner. She is the one that executive chefs, banquet managers, food and beverage managers, pastry chefs and any other decision maker in a restaurant t ... More >>

In Season: Amaranth Greens

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: Amaranth Greens Jennifer Woods​ Amaranth has come into favor with the healthful properties of the seeds (which can be ... More >>

In Season: Purslane

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: Purslane/Verdolagas Jennifer WoodsPurslane in the dirt​ Purslane is the fancy schmancy succulent weed that you see at ... More >>

Chef Bernie Kantak of Citizen Public House Joins Chef Jon Spahr of Amaro Pizzeria for Five-Course Wine Dinner

Jackie MercandettiAmaro Pizzeria and Vino Lounge​Chef Bernie Kantak of Citizen Public House, the new restaurant in Old Town Scottsdale serving up standard American favorites with a delicious kick in the ass, will be heading North to Cave Creek to join Jon Spahr, chef and owner of Amaro Pizzeri ... More >>

Shrimp Corfu from Romeo's Euro Café

​Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we're back - with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you'd like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 66: Shrimp Corfu f ... More >>

Natalie Morris' Perfect Food Day

Natalie Morris​Natalie Morris really gets around when it comes to food. She went to culinary school, wrote about food, then wrote some more about food. She went clear across the globe only to learn more about food and returned eating fewer foods as she's mostly vegetarian these days. You can ... More >>

Easter Blasphemy: Get a Look at The Virgin's Hot Buns

Pray that your buns will look as good as The Virgin's. Hot cross buns are a longstanding tradition, possibly dating as far back as ancient Greece and Saxony, where they were used in spring celebrations. They were once banned by Queen Elizabeth, who thought the cross-topped yeast rolls celebrat ... More >>

Greek Squad

Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour at The Duce Last Night

Christopher HassiotisWill Cullen Hart of the Olivia Tremor Control and Circulatory System. Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise TourThe DuceFriday, March 4"Can you turn up the toy piano?" is not a request many soundmen get, or that many bands make, so it's probably a good thing that the Elephant 6 Holiday S ... More >>

Eating the World: Middle Eastern Bakery & Deli

The best ethnic food is often the most difficult to find. So each week we'll spin the globe and search for a new other-worldly spot to expand our eating horizons around the Valley.This week we go to Lebanon, Israel and Greece at Middle Eastern Bakery & Deli.Carrie WheelerThe combination pla ... More >>

Interpol's Sam Fogarino Talks Carlos D, Record Labels and What's Next For The Band

Interpol​ In this week's print edition we ran a story about the the recent reboot of New York City's most fashionable gloom-rockers Interpol. For the piece we caught up with Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino to talk about some of the recent changes the band has undergone. Most notably of which is th ... More >>

Nov. 11 In Blogs: Neo-Nazis, SeeSaw, Zoe Beokbinder, Tempeh, and Prop 203

​​​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:

Greek, God

Get all of the Mediterranean flavors in town

13: Garlic Dip at Pita Jungle

​ ​Hungry yet? We're working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella's 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley -- in no particular order Leave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments se ... More >>

Greek Out

Gorge on gyros at Tempe Beach Park

The Whigs: In The Dark in a Roundup of Record Reviews

The Whigs -- In The Dark On their third album, In The Dark, Athens garage rock trio The Whigs have taken up a controversial influence: former tourmates Kings of Leon. While admitting Kings of Leon are an influence is a gigantic red flag to indie snobs these days, it's undeniably true about this reco ... More >>

House at the End of the World

Japanese DJ/producer has been everywhere – but here

A-S-Who?

Question-riddled Devils look to rebound with a rock-solid D

Fully Naked Theater

Nearly Naked production strips mythology bare

Beards aren’t just for freak-folk rockers anymore

The Art of Deception

You won’t believe your eyes

Osunlade

Global housewarming

Long, Strange Trips

Dispatches from the world of travel writing

Laurie Anderson

Heavy concept travels light

Call Him Al

Alexander is Stone's latest history lesson

Dying on the Vine

There are issues amongst the yardlong list of vino and fromage

Idle Talents

Comedian's performance leaves out the Spam

Greece Is the Word

It's all Greek to us

Bigamy, Big Boys

Letters from the week of April 17, 2003

Going Global

Valley glimpses wide world of film

Savage Republic

Box Set (Mobilization Recordings)

Letters

From the week of May 31, 2001

Monochrome Dome

Udinotti Gallery shoots the works with black-and-white photography exhibition

Night Songs

Period Peace

TWIST OF FETA

FIN AND YANG

GRECIAN YEARN