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May 15, 2012
Three Ways to Eat Your Way Through Arizona Restaurant Week
Sure, it may be called Arizona Spring Restaurant Week, but this nine-day sup-fest -- from Saturday, May 19, through Sunday, May 27 -- takes place when the Valley starts heating up and the restaurant business starts slowing down. In Phoenix and beyond, about 90 eateries are offering three-course di ... More >>
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April 30, 2012
10 Favorite Chefs in Metro Phoenix
They are visionaries, highly devoted to their craft, inventing fresh ideas for dishes in kitchens all over the Valley using top-notch ingredients and seasonal fare. We love their food, expect an experience nothing short of spectacular when we dine at their establishments, and (sometimes) even giggle ... More >>
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April 26, 2012
Bitters, Beef Cutters, and Cheesemongers: A Taste of the 2012 James Beard Foundation Book Award Finalists
The 2012 James Beard Foundation Book Award finalists include several of our favorites. Any of yours? Chow Bella Book Club read one of the finalist's books: Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton. We'll be reading another nominee, Extra Virginity ... More >>
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April 26, 2012
Janos and J Bar in Tucson to Close Next Month
May 27 no doubt will be a dark day for Tucson food lovers. Two of the city's most acclaimed restaurants -- Janos and J Bar -- will serve their last suppers on May 26 before permanently shuttering their doors at the Westin La Paloma Resort and Spa. In a phone interview with Chow Bella, celeb chef J ... More >>
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April 19, 2012
A Friends of James Beard Dinner in Our Own Backyard Last Night
Is a trip to NYC and a dinner at the famed James Beard House on your "bucket list"? Note to self, a taste of the experience and access to James Beard award winning chefs from across the nation is right in your backyard. Well, it was last night, anyway. While the James Beard Foundation celebrates ... More >>
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April 13, 2012
Gâteau Marjolaine at Christopher's
Phoenix isn't exactly a culinary hub, and the Valley's restaurants don't always get the kind of attention as those in New York, L.A., and Seattle. But we have our fair share of star chefs, and if there was a leader of the pack, it might just have to be Chef Christopher Gross. He and his restaurants ... More >>
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April 6, 2012
Almond Fritters with Azuki Bean Syrup at Nobuo Teeter House
With James Beard Award-winning Chef Nobuo Fukuda at the helm, it's no wonder that Nobuo Teeter House has one of the best restaurant reputations in town. However, it seems like every time someone says, "Their food is absolutely incredible," the high praise is followed by, "...but so expensive." Serve ... More >>
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March 19, 2012
2012 James Beard Awards Finalists Announced: Only One Valley Nominee Moves On to the Finals
Last month, the James Beard Foundation announced its semifinalists for the 2012 JBF Restaurant and Chefs Awards -- and the Valley got loved on -- hard. Silvana Salcido Esparza, owner and chef of Barrio Cafe and Barrio Queen, and chef Kevin Binkley of Binkley's Restaurant and Café Bink were both n ... More >>
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March 13, 2012
Chris Bianco: Behind the Design of Italian Restaurant, Pizzeria Bianco, Pane Bianco, and Bar Bianco
Local chef and restaurateur Chris Bianco takes obvious pride in his food (after all, not every pizza in Phoenix can beat out a pie from New York City). But equal to the fresh ingredients, including his own tomatoes, mozzarella, and family pasta recipes, are the environments that Bianco cr ... More >>
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March 13, 2012
Fry Bread House Nabs James Beard Award
Today, the James Beard Foundation, the New York-based national nonprofit organization and undisputed standard of excellence when it comes to giving props to the culinary world, announced Fry Bread House as one of five winners of its 2012 America's Classics award, which honors legendary family-owned ... More >>
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March 2, 2012
Jose Garces, What Are You Listening To?
Jose GarcesThe Iron Chef and James Beard award-winning chef is executive chef of Distrito, Old Town Whiskey and Garces Trading Co. To-Go at The Saguaro Hotel. When you put your key in the ignition and turn on the radio, what station would play right now? I have Sirius/XM in my car, and ... More >>
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February 24, 2012
This Week's Tastiest Links!
- The chimichanga as our official state food? Macayo's says yes. I say no. - Chow Bella - The James Beard Foundation announces its semifinalists for the 2012 JBF Restaurant and Chefs Awards. Let's hear it for Valley love! - Chow Bella - Think coffee-cup rings are boring? Artist Hong Yi begs ... More >>
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February 21, 2012
Silvana Salcido Esparza, Kevin Binkley, Sam Fox, Vincent on Camelback, and Shin Bay Announced as Semifinalists for 2012 James Beard Awards
Today, the James Beard Foundation, the New York-based national nonprofit organization and undisputed standard of excellence when it comes to giving props to the culinary world, announced its semifinalists for the 2012 JBF Restaurant and Chefs Awards -- and the Valley is seeing some sweet Bear ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Scottsdale Culinary Festival: Battling Burgers, Chocolate and Wine, & Travel Channel Celebs
Spring will be here before we know it (Yer outta here, chilly, low seventy-degree days!) and that means celebrations-a-go-go for the Valley, including one of the biggest and most popular: The Scottsdale Culinary Festival. Featuring six days of events, restaurants and chefs, wine and spirits, and ch ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Blood, Bones and Butter Author Gabrielle Hamilton Chats with Chow Bella Book Club
We got a chance this weekend to chat by phone with chef and author Blood, Bones and Butter. She'd just touched down in Louisville, Kentucky, in the middle of both the country and her book tour for the recently released paperback version of the book. This Thursday she'll be in Tempe at Changing Han ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Top Ten Burgers in Greater Phoenix
You can thank the St. Louis World Fair of 1904 for being the launching pad for the hamburger as we know it (at one point, it was called the hamburger sandwich). Today, the round patty in a bun is the primary way in which the Western world consumes beef. When it comes to burgers in the greater Pho ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
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 >>
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December 9, 2011
Crepas de Cajeta at Barrio Cafe
It's tough to pick just one from the four desserts that Barrio Café offers, but after much debate, we landed on Crepas de Cajeta, crepes with goat milk caramel and vanilla bean ice cream. This may sound like a simple treat, but these flavors will wow your taste buds.
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November 4, 2011
Serious Eats Gives Some Serious Shout-Outs to Valley Favorites in New Book
Ed Levine and the Serious Eats team.This week, Serious Eats, the website and blog created by food critic and author Ed Levine and winner of two James Beard awards, released its first publication entitled, "Serious Eats: A Comprehensive Guide to Making and Eating Delicious Food Wherever You Ar ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
Chef Christopher Gross Cooks for Martha Stewart (It's a Good Thing)
Last night, while the rest of us were watching Modern Family and putting the finishing touches on our Transformers costume for Halloween, Christopher Gross, the James Beard Award-winning chef and owner of Christopher's and Crush Lounge in Central Phoenix, was busy with his own evening activit ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
The Five Most Disgusting Foods in the World
From bugs to dirt to rotten animal parts, there sure are plenty of disgusting things to eat out there. You may think you've seen it all but we've complied a list of what we believe to be the five most disgusting, truly gut-wrenching, make-you-throw-up-in-your-mouth-a-little foods from all over th ... More >>
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September 16, 2011
Chef Christopher Gross to Host Wine Dinner at Christopher's and Crush Lounge
Looks like some busy days ahead for Christopher Gross, chef and owner of Christopher's and Crush Lounge in Central Phoenix. In addition to his ongoing participation in helping to overhaul the Wrigley Mansion and participating in Arizona Restaurant Week, the James Beard Award-winner is also h ... More >>
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July 27, 2011
Bob's Big Burger from Renegade Canteen
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. 47: Bob's Big Burge ... More >>
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July 25, 2011
July 25 In Blogs: Zombies, Katy Perry, Noca, and Meth
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:
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May 18, 2011
Nobuo at Teeter House: One-Night Only, 5-Course Tasting Dinner, Sea Saw Style, on Thursday, May 26
Give the people what they want. That seems to be the response from chef Nobuo Fukuda of Nobuo at Teeter House. When fans kept asking for a night of tasting (a la Sea Saw, the now-defunct Japanese tapas bar that earned Fukuda a James Beard Award in 2007), he obliged, with a one-night-only, 5-c ... More >>
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May 13, 2011
James Beard Award Food Blog Nominees On Twitter
It's that time again. We've compiled a small but meaningful list of great Twitter accounts for any Phoenix foodie to follow. This week, we wanted to highlight the 2011 James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards finalists in the "individual food blog" category. Naturally, these bl ... More >>
Dining
March 10, 2011
Taberna Mexicana Gives Phoenix's Mexican Food Competition a Run For Its Masa
It's that time again. We've compiled a small but meaningful list of great Twitter accounts for any Phoenix foodie to follow. This week, we wanted to highlight the 2011 James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards finalists in the "individual food blog" category. Naturally, these bl ... More >>
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March 1, 2011
Spring Training Eats: West Valley
Peoria Stadium sure holds a lot of hungry restaurant-goers.Spring training is in full swing, and this food critic is betting that it won't take too many games before you baseball fans will get tired of all the beer and brats -- or at least all the brats. Looking for a place to chow down be ... More >>
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February 28, 2011
Spring Training Eats: North Scottsdale
The D-Backs and Rockies now call Salt River Field home, at least for spring training.Peanuts and Cracker Jacks? Uh, sorry, but even the most hardcore baseball fan will eventually get fed up with all the ballpark junk food and start looking for a real meal. Where to go for some good grub ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
Big Brain Awards 2011: Cash for Culinary Creatives
Are you on the cutting edge of the local culinary scene? Running a food truck? Making a culinary documentary? Working on a fledgling urban farm? Come out to play, brainiacs.If you're a Valley resident with talent in the culinary arts, New Times wants you. We're seeking nominees for our ... More >>
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February 22, 2011
Arizona Culinary Hall of Fame Nominees Announced
What's up with all the contests lately? Last week, the big news was all the Arizonans on the semifinalist list for James Beard Awards. Also, Noca's Chris Curtiss landed in Food Wine's chef popularity contest, which the public can vote on. Now, round three in the competition department: the Ar ... More >>
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February 18, 2011
Noca's Chris Curtiss Up for People's Best New Chef in Food Wine Poll
A slew of chefs have been nominated for the Southwest category of Food Wine magazine's new The People's Best New Chef contest -- ten in all, from Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and Texas -- but there's only one representing our great state: Chris Curtiss, executive chef of Noca. It's not ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
Pane Bianco Opens for Dinner Service
Pane Bianco, the Italian sandwich take-out shop owned by James Beard Award-winning pizzaiolo Chris Bianco, now serves a full dinner menu from 4 to 8 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. "We wanted to expand the experience at Pane, with iconic dishes from my childhood," Bianco says. The rest ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
Renegade Canteen Launches Weekend Brunch
Doesn't a hearty brunch just seem like something a Southwestern restaurant should just own? Apparently chef Robert McGrath -- being the Valley's foremost authority on Southwestern flavors, thanks to that James Beard Award -- agrees, and has just added brunch service to the offerings at Rene ... More >>
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January 12, 2011
Tonight: Check, Please! Airs Later Than Scheduled
I just got word that Check, Please! -- the new Valley-centric food review show hosted by Renegade Canteen chef and James Beard Award-winner Robert McGrath -- will not air at its regularly scheduled time tonight, in order for PBS Channel 8 to cover President Obama's visit to Tucson.Tonight's episo ... More >>
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January 11, 2011
Litchfield's Set to Open Friday at The Wigwam
Litchfield's Talus Wind lamb rack.Head West, dear foodie!Jerry Colangelo's $7 million renovation of The Wigwam -- the historic luxury resort in the West Valley -- is finally coming to fruition with all-new dining options, including a new farm-to-table concept that James Beard Award winner Ch ... More >>
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November 1, 2010
Make Tamales With Barrio Cafe Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza
Better start thinking about the holidays, people. Now that the Halloween hangovers are starting to fade, there's work to be done, shopping lists to be made, and a whole lot of food to be devoured between now and New Year's. Barrio Cafe chef Silvana Salcido Esparza's offering a heck of a hot ... More >>
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October 27, 2010
Chef Announced For New Eatery to Replace Red's Steakhouse at the Wigwam
After recently celebrating its 80th anniversary, the Wigwam Golf Resort & Spa is undergoing a $7 million rejuvenation that includes a new signature restaurant to replace Red's Steakhouse. Brian Cooper (former exec sous chef at Lon's and sous chef at T. Cook's) returns to the Val ... More >>
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October 19, 2010
Christopher Gross of Christopher's Restaurant & Crush Lounge
Chef Christopher Gross of Christopher's Restaurant and Crush Lounge understandably asks journalist to call him Chef Christopher rather than Chef Gross: "I guess it's not the best last name for a chef," he says. Today he tells us about how he dodged the bullet of school lunch, the ensuing panic after ... More >>
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October 18, 2010
Chef Robert McGrath Hosting New PBS Show
James Beard Award-winning chef Robert McGrath of North Scottsdale's Renegade Canteen has just been named the host of a new television show on Eight, Arizona's PBS channel. Check, Please! will be a half-hour restaurant review program featuring three different regular Arizonans' takes o ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza Cooks For Political Fundraiser
"I always watched politics like sports," says Barrio Cafe chef-owner Silvana Salcido Esparza. "But SB 1070 was the straw that broke the camel's back." Nowadays, the acclaimed culinary talent -- who was a semifinalist for a James Beard Award this year -- is getting more politically involved, speaking ... More >>
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August 17, 2010
Photos: Chef Peter DeRuvo at James Beard House
An invitation to cook at Manhattan's James Beard House -- home of the late, great chef and food writer -- is a special honor for the country's best chefs, and last month Sassi executive chef Peter DeRuvo had a rare opportunity to do just that. His July 21 dinner, titled, "Sassi's Italian Summe ... More >>
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August 16, 2010
Dear Top Chef: Just Desserts, Please Kick Ass in TV's Pastry Playground, Start With Warring Cupcakes
On Wednesday, September 15, at 11 p.m. ET/PT, Bravo will launch Top Chef: Just Desserts, spin-off of the 2010 Primetime Emmy-nominated and James Beard Award-winning Top Chef. "Pastry chefs have a different brain than savory chefs," says the show's host and judge of Top Chef for the past seven se ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
Chris Bianco Branches Out to the Wigwam
Until Chris Bianco's asthma problems interfered with his day-to-day routine as Arizona's most famous pizzaiolo, the James Beard award-winning chef was a permanent fixture at Pizzeria Bianco's wood-burning oven, where he often watched the Phoenix Suns on a tiny TV next to his workspace. Former Suns o ... More >>
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July 13, 2010
Marcellino Verzino of Marcellino's Ristorante, Part One
Photo courtesy of Marcellino Verzino.Chef Marcellino Verzino is anything but average. While he's one of the best known Italian chefs in the state, his reputation extends across the world. Hailing from Italy, the cuisine featured at his restaurant, Marcellino Ristorante pays respect to the s ... More >>
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June 14, 2010
Now Open in North Scottsdale: Renegade Canteen
Multiple delays and a big-name chef have made Renegade Canteen one of this year's most highly anticipated restaurant debuts, and now tonight's the night when fans of chef Robert McGrath can once again get their fill of his distinctive American Western cooking. The James Beard Award wi ... More >>
Dining
May 15, 2008
Chef Michael Mina starts the local conspicuous consumption trend with Bourbon Steak
Multiple delays and a big-name chef have made Renegade Canteen one of this year's most highly anticipated restaurant debuts, and now tonight's the night when fans of chef Robert McGrath can once again get their fill of his distinctive American Western cooking. The James Beard Award wi ... More >>
Dining
March 27, 2008
Over Easy isn't a revolutionary breakfast spot, but it'll treat your hangover
Multiple delays and a big-name chef have made Renegade Canteen one of this year's most highly anticipated restaurant debuts, and now tonight's the night when fans of chef Robert McGrath can once again get their fill of his distinctive American Western cooking. The James Beard Award wi ... More >>
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April 10, 2003
Pie vs. Pie
Digging out of the Valley's pizza rut
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March 20, 2003
A Restaurant Named Desire
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