Subject: Iron Chef

• Mark Tarbell on Iron Chef!

  July 3, 2007

• Is cuisine an artform?

  September 25, 2007

• Get ready for a Food Fight

  October 17, 2007

• So, who won the Food Fight?

  October 22, 2007

• Fun with fake food!

  January 15, 2008

• Local chefs on national TV

  February 26, 2008

• Brew Review: Dead Guy Ale

  October 9, 2008

• Bon Headed

  Valley foodies get a taste of the big time

  May 23, 2002

• Letters From the Issue of Thursday, May 25, 2006

  May 25, 2006

• Eliot Wexler is banking the success of Noca on his food knowledge and local connections

  July 3, 2008

• So, How Do We Look?

  Chow Bella's been running for more than two years now. Can you believe it? (Me neither -- I should've at least put up a Chow Bella birthday post, huh?) What started as a ramshackle one-woman-show is now a sprawling empire of food bloggery, with a whole cast of assorted characters. Alas, yours truly is still as addicted to rock 'n roll, foie gras, and Iron Chef Morimoto as ever. And thanks for noticing -- we did get a redesign. Our second one, actually. We went from the crazy Mike Maas-designed m

  January 8, 2009

• Cooking School Secrets: Con Fusion

  I'm a Food Network devotee. I love the Iron Chef challenges. The pressure is thrilling but mostly I'm blown away by the way chefs like Hiroyuki Sakai, Masaharu Morimoto and Bobby Flay combine traditions and ingredients. Fusion cuisine. It's innovative...and a big part of why I wanted to go to culinary school. Unfortunately, I learned recently that the war between the traditional and contemporary chefs is ongoing. Each school day, the baking class makes a different type of filled croissan

  February 24, 2009

• Phoenix Phoodies: Chef Beau McMillan Took Out an Iron Chef, Now He's Headed Back to TV

  Chef Beau MacMillan, Beau Mac to his friends, is down to earth. Which is actually no small feat, since as of late, he's had his share of face time on TV. Best known for his stint on the Food Network's Iron Chef America, Battle Kobe Beef, where he made quick work of Iron Chef Bobby Flay, he's still retained his humble charm and warm, endearing laugh. Where other chefs might be bolting to the Next Big Thing, Beau's still here in town at Paradise Valley's Elements, turning out artisanal, season

  February 20, 2009

• Xtreme Cuisine

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

  May 11, 2006

• Looking Better

  Beats working

  May 4, 2006

• Blarney Boned

  Turning of the green

  March 16, 2006

• Beggar's Banquet

  Sticking a fork in 2005

  January 5, 2006

• Iron Chef

  Maybe the Valley's best

  November 17, 2005

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  March 10, 2005

• Dance Dance Fever

  September 9, 2004

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  May 13, 2004

• Nibbles 'n' Bits

  June 1, 2000

• Dawn of the Dead

  Sci Fi's brilliant good vs. evil is a corpse in search of a burial

  May 11, 2000

• Scottsdale Culinary Fest Comprises 12 Events This Week

  The Scottsdale Culinary Festival sounds monolithic, but the granddaddy among the Valley's culinary festivals is surprisingly multifaceted -- a dozen different events at 16 different restaurants and venues around town, ranging from casual tastings to semi-formal sit-down occasions.

  April 14, 2009

• Food and Fights: Highlights of the 2009 Scottsdale Culinary Festival

  Everyone who's anyone in the Phoenix metro culinary scene, from local foodies to the stars of Hell's Kitchen and Bravo's Top Chef, turned out for this weekend's Scottsdale Culinary Festival. Libations flowed at the Southwest Festival of Beers and inside the Robert Mondavi wine garden. Restaurant chefs whipped up crowd-pleasing appetizers and small samples, while food vendors offered larger portions of barbecue ribs and enchiladas for those whose palates weren't satiated by dozens of tiny noshes.

  April 20, 2009

• Your Meal Ticket to Combat Cookery & Destination Dining

  ​Love Food Network's combat cookery shows? In this week's Meal Ticket dining newsletter, find out which upcoming competition will be hosted by Iron Chef America winner Mark Tarbell of Tarbell's Restaurant, and which two local chefs will battle it out in the kitchen. We've also got the word on a trendy new Waterfront dining destination and we'll hear from the new chef at Regions Bistro in Scottsdale, which was reinvented last month under new ownership. To sign up for Meal Ti

  September 1, 2009

• Iron Chef 2: The Duel in the Desert Pits Mel Mecinas Against Payton Curry

  Jonathan McNamaraChef Mel Mecinas plates his final dish as time runs out. ​Allez-Cuisine! Whether you're viewing the uniquely Japanese original or Iron Chef America, the concept of pitting culinary greats against each other in a timed cooking battle has been proven time and time again to result in an amazing spectacle and tasty dishes. Last night's Iron Chef II: The Duel in the Desert sponsored by CRAVE Arizona 2009 and Arcadia Fine Wine proved no different. Held at the Sub Zero and Wol

  October 1, 2009

• Oct. 1 In Blogs: Tent City, Kanye West, TASTE, and "Desert Divas"

  ​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: Outlaw Fleetwood, the "Tent City" Video by Dennis Gilman Up on the Sun: Kanye West /Lady Gaga Tour Is Donezo, "Killed" by "Fame" Shiny Toy Guns "Burning For You" MP3 Download Chow Bella: Iron Chef 2: The Duel in the Desert Pits Mel Mecinas Against Payton Curry Saturday: TASTE Chandler's C

  October 1, 2009

• Reading: Feasting in Phoenix

  Blog name: www.feastinginphoenix.com Who writes it: The author of the blog is named Seth Chadwick, a 40-something with a passion for food. The blog's been around since 2005 and contains hundreds of reviews from eateries around the Valley and, occasionally, the country. Most reviews are of American or fine dining restaurants, but Chadwick's also covered cuisines ranging from Ethiopian to Native American. www.feastinginphoenix.com​ 

  November 23, 2009

• Chef Beau MacMillan Takes On Worst Cooks in America

  ​Executive Chef Beau MacMillan of elements at Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain is somewhat of a local legend. He's been on NBC's The Today Show three times. He cooked at The James Beard House. He even beat Chef Bobby Flay with his delicious Kobe beef dishes on a 2006 episode of Iron Chef.  MacMillan's headed back to the Food Network in January for a new show called Worst Cooks in America. He and Anne Burrell, host of Secrets of a Restaurant Chef,&n

  November 24, 2009