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Jeff Smedstad

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    April 2, 2012

    Azucena Tovar of Los Sombreros, Part One

    Call her a chef if you want. Heck, she probably wouldn't flinch if you called her whatever you like. But if you ask Los Sombreros owner Azucena Tovar what she'd call herself, she would likely say one of three things: a business woman, a restaurateur, or "a sommelier of food." Tovar opened Los S ... More >>

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    July 14, 2011

    The Elote Cafe Cookbook

    ​ Although he describes himself as an introvert, Jeff Smedstad has always been at ease when sharing his garnered wisdom of Mexican cuisine. At the original strip mall location of Los Sombreros in Scottsdale, a diner's question about ingredients could easily coax him out of the kitchen, and if a cu ... More >>

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    February 18, 2010

    Table for Six: Cupid's Dinner Update and Jeff Smedstad's Elote Recipe

    Kathy Meetup's fourth course: Quail in rose petal sauce with a side of wild rice. ​Checking back in with Kathy "Meetup" after her  Cupid's Cocina event this past weekend. Evidently, things at Table for Six got hot and tasty ... we're just glad she took pictures.Kathy used recipes from L ... More >>

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    February 13, 2010

    Table for Six: Meetup's Culinary Cupid

    Claire Lawton​Kathy "Meetup" collects things in sixes: Chinese serving spoons, typewriter-key wine charms, aqua dessert bowls. As a natural hostess, she gathers these often-unrelated, yet always-entertaining details with a certain sort of dinner party in mind. She created Table for Six a year ago ... More >>

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    April 20, 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 che ... More >>

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    April 14, 2009

    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.

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