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Jamie Oliver

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Good News: Coffee Might Extend Your Life. Bad News: Sugar Might Make You Dumb

    The food science news has been pretty dire the past couple of months. Our fancy beef isn't what it claims, the tacocopter was a hoax, red meat will probably kill you in your sleep, etc. The Good News: This week, researchers at the National Cancer Institute released a study peeking at data collected ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Korean Taco Food Truck Giant Has Gone Veg and Possibly Sworn Off Cooking

    Kogi Korean BBQ, the Los Angeles based Korean taco food truck, was one of the first trucks to garner national attention and helped launch the food truck craze. It is often held up as an example of what food trucks are capable of being as a culinary movement. Their chief chef, Roy Choi, was recognize ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Safeway Pulls the Plug on "Pink Slime" Textured Beef

    Ah, there's nothing like ammonia-treated meat. Lovingly called, "pink slime," it's been the recent subject of celebu-chef Jamie Oliver, fast food, school lunches, and of course, our nightmares. Apparently consumer pressure on this meat monstrosity -- specifically beef with the controversial filler ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Ten Favorite Gourmet Pizza Shops in the Valley

    Since pizza -- a basic dish associated with Naples but not exclusively so -- was taken to America by Italian emigrants, shops selling the flat disks topped with goodness have popped up on nearly every street corner. And since most folks have a cherished neighborhood hangout that offers up simple a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Fast Food Chains Stop Using "Pink Slime" and A Quick Look at Your Blood After a Burger

    ​ If you haven't seen this picture already, it's your (un)lucky day. It's the dreaded "Pink Slime" -- mechanically separated chicken cleaned with ammonia hydroxide, And according to Internet reports early last year, your McDonald's chicken nuggets were made out of the pink paste.  It tur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Laura Hahnefeld's Year in Food: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

    ​In addition to food trucks making the scene in a big way in 2011 (see the article here), the year in food for the Valley was chock-full of other newsworthy goodies as well -- even chef Payton Curry managed to slip in a last-minute announcement. Here are a few of Laura's favorites:10. Chefs o ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 29, 2011

    Laura Hahnefeld Looks at the Year of the Food Truck

    ​In addition to food trucks making the scene in a big way in 2011 (see the article here), the year in food for the Valley was chock-full of other newsworthy goodies as well -- even chef Payton Curry managed to slip in a last-minute announcement. Here are a few of Laura's favorites:10. Chefs o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    TEDx Features Craig DeMarco, Jeff Fischer, and Marianne Belardi on Wednesday, December 7

    ​We perked up when we spotted a TEDx event Urban Placemaking: Design of Third Places is scheduled for Wednesday, December 7, featuring some of the local heavies in the Phoenix restaurant scene. Snag details about this independently organized get-together, time and location after the jump.

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    What Chef Would You Most Want to Cook For?

    Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where each week Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question or topic 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.​They're masters at thei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Stephanie Izard's Girl in the Kitchen Cookbook Review and Interview

    Jennifer Woods​Girl in the Kitchen: How a Top Chef Cooks, Thinks, Shops, Eats and Drinks by Stephanie Izard and her friend Heather Shouse, published by Chronicle Books, has the look and feel of many of the celebrity cookbooks you've seen before. Colorful and engaging graphic design, photo of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Back to the Future: Is Town and Country the Site of a Well-Known Valley Pizza Legend's New Trattoria?

    ​Oh, the tongues of gossip are a-waggin' on this one folks: Spasso, the pizza and mozzarella bar in the Town & Country plaza on East Camelback Road in Central Phoenix recently closed, and rumor has it that a certain well-known Valley pizza master (who's also opening a restaurant in London with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Crave Ice Cream's Shannon Dufresne Closes Up Shop, Will Launch Artisan Food Blog and Cooking Classes (Think Jamie Oliver)

    The cardiovascular system of the Valley's locally-produced food world recently experienced an increase in heart rate when Shannon Dufresne, owner of Crave Artisan Ice Cream, announced she was calling it quits. "My decision is by choice, not circumstance," Dufresne tells me. "After three years of on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Does Jamie Oliver Have A Secret Pizza Partner in Phoenix?

    ​ Jamie Oliver​Is a certain Naked Chef pairing up with a well-known Valley pizza master? I've been hearing a fair amount of buzz lately (BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!), that Jamie Oliver, the English chef who recently attempted to improve the eating habits of kids in the Los Angeles Public S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Does Jamie Oliver Have A Secret Pizza Partner in Phoenix? Yes, He Does -- Never Mind.

    ​Chris Bianco​Well, that was short lived. The rumor I posted at 10:58 today, that celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is pairing up with a "well-known Valley pizza master," a.k.a. Chris Bianco, has been proven to be true (thanks "Guesty McGuest!") Ah well, at least I got to use the photo of Lau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    August 12 In Blogs: Russell Pearce, Venue 104, Kings of Leon, Jamie Oliver, and Honeywell

    ​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:

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Pulled For Sweeps, Replaced With Celebrity Feet

    ​Bad news for those of us following the showdown between celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and L.A. Unified School District: ABC has pulled Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution from its schedule during the May sweeps. Uh, oh. No sweeps month. Guess that season one Emmy doesn't mean squat. Guess that mea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    May 6 In Blogs: Phoenix Art Museum, Metallica, Jamie Oliver, and JetMan

    ​​​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:

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    AZ Love from Jamie Oliver and Epicurious

    Via JamieOliver.com​What a week. The Epi-Log on Epicurious.com gave props to FnB's gilfeather rutabaga dish the other day, and then explored whether Pizzeria Bianco is worth the wait. Meanwhile, celeb chef Jamie Oliver's website picked up the story about FnB's visit to a local schoo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Feb. 25 In Blogs: Jill Detter, Phoenix Symphony, Kirsten Eccles, and Craigslist

    ​​​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:

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Chris D'Angeli of Slice Cake Studio

    courtesy of Chris D'AngeliPastry Chef Chris D'Angeli​ In her 15- year career, pastry chef Chris D'Angeli has created an impressive resume. Since graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, Chris has traversed the U.S., working in five star hotel properties like The Ritz Carlton, as well a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Artist Clare Patey Discusses Food Celebrations and Education at ASU Art Museum

    Courtesy of the ASU Art Museum Clare Patey​Perhaps on Tuesday, Clare Patey will explain just what the Sacred Mayonnaise Ritual is -- it takes place during her annual "Feast on the Bridge," which re-purposes a public bridge in London to create a serious (and outrageous) food party. Patey's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Chrysa Robertson of Rancho Pinot, Part Two

    Chef Chrysa Robertson of Rancho Pinot is a true Italian chef; why, you ask? "I always make way too much food!" Robertson laughs. Today she tells us about her first nerve-racking Italian feast, sweetbreads and all; her embarrassing fryer oil incident three days into a job, and the one addictive snack ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Cold Oats Never Tasted So Good

    Illustration by Cyndi Coon​ This recipe is a throw-it-all-in-there breakfast inspired by Jamie Oliver's Pukkolla. It isn't even a recipe, really, but more of a handful of this and a handful of that sort of thing that will make your tummy happy. What do you do when you take a peek in your cu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Food Network's Private Chefs of Beverly Hills Is Further Proof of Programming Coma, in This Week's "TV Dinner"

    Like any ginormous corporation, you can't blame Food Network's faults on the folks in the trenches doing the real work. You have to look up, way up. To the millionaires calling the shots, keeping the company profitable at any expense, and wringing their hands in anticipation of their next bonus chec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    "Sophisticated" Reality TV Returns with Top Chef Masters, and Tucson Makes Food Wars Watchable, in This Week's "TV Dinner"

    Wading through the grease pit of bland food, cooking, and eating shows focusing on cheap shopping, bogus belly busters, and chefs more familiar with cursing than conjuring up a decent dish, we've paid our dues to the TV gods (Kraken release avoided!) -- at least for the time being. In return, we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Newsflash: You Have to Be Bitchy to Make it in Beverly Hills, in this week's "TV Dinner"

    If TV has taught us anything about Beverly Hills, it's that it's full of super-rich, catty a-holes who are beautiful, own Chihuahuas, and are anti-Clampett. For once, can't somebody tell these folks where they can stick their Chanel? Hey, maybe someone on Food Network's new scripted reality show, P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Huntington, West Virginia, Needs More Than Jamie Oliver, in This Week's "TV Dinner"

    Ding! Ding! Ding! America, thanks to Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (the best reality show on TV right now) we now have a winner for the Glad-I-Don't-Live-in-This Hellhole award: Huntington, West Virginia! Great job, Huntington! What's your secret? Children who don't know how to cut food with a knif ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Bobby Flay's New Foray in This Week's "TV Dinner"

    Photo by Jason Kempin, Getty ImagesBobby Flay and Stephanie March​Wow, being asked to join a major network like NBC must be quite an honor. Imagine being in the same category with respected show hosts like Jay Leno and Regis and Kelly. Looks like the Food Network's own cutting-board jumping/Mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2010

    What's Cookin'? Apparently, a Board Game for Foodies

    While shopping for nerdy gifts at a local Game Daze shop, I stumbled on What's Cookin', a party game created specifically for foodies. Yes, you can now impress your chef friends or foodie Meetup groups with a board game that is based on your love of a good meal. Sigh. Unfortunately, it doe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Guess That Gadget

    How well do you know your favorite cookhouse contraptions? Can you tell a melon baller from a cookie scoop? See if you can guess today's gadget and check back next week for the answer. ​Here are a few of our guesses, add yours to the comment box below: - Nemo meets a young boy who bends a sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    Jell-O Showdown: And the Winner Is . . .

    Today I'm counting my Christmas blessings, and they're named Jonathan, Wynter, Cheri, and Laura. These overachieving Chow Bella contributors went above and beyond for our Jell-O Showdown, where each of them brought a tasty, Jell-O-centric dessert to the office one day, all in the hopes of getting so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Food Guru Lucinda Scala Quinn To Sign Books in Tempe

    ​Lucinda Scala Quinn, the host of Everyday Food on PBS and Martha Stewart's food biz guru, is touring the country to promote her new book, "Mad Hungry", a cook book that teaches how to cook for a family full of hungry men. Quinn will be heading to Changing Hands Bookstore on December 1 for a c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2009

    Cooking School Secrets: Dealing with Denial

    Is it possible to be a chef and care about animals? My questions started to surface the day I turned around in the walk-in and looked directly into the blank stare of the pig chilling until roasting the following day. It took all my self-control to not take off my chef coat and use it as a blanket. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2008

    What the Fork?: Get Sauced

    Is it possible to be a chef and care about animals? My questions started to surface the day I turned around in the walk-in and looked directly into the blank stare of the pig chilling until roasting the following day. It took all my self-control to not take off my chef coat and use it as a blanket. ... More >>

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