Julie Peterson

Katie Johnson's Chicken-Flavored Valentine

Chow Bella has a valentine for you. For the rest of February, we're handing out Candy Hearts -- stories of food and love from some of our favorite writers. Enjoy. "It smells good, right?" I ladled a small portion of the chicken fettuccine alfredo out of the pan and handed it to the boy I was datin ... More >>

Pitch Perfect

New Times' Summer Guide 2012

Amusement

Misfit Thanksgiving: Four New Times Writers Recall Their Most Memorable Turkey Days

Cherpumple (-mince): The Turducken of Desserts Gets Ready for Its Pie Social Debut

Julie Peterson To see and taste the beautiful finished Cherpumplemince, you have to come to Pie Social tomorrow in downtown Phoenix.​About a year ago, Charles Phoenix, awesome connoisseur of all things pop-culture and especially vintage, was inspired to invent the Cherpumple, a massive and ... More >>

Specialty Berry Madness Continues at Farmers' Markets, Courtesy of Pinnacle Farms

Julie PetersonEver been helped at a market stall by someone who isn't sweet and adorable? Me neither.​Now, as in tomorrow, is the time to snag a bunch of certified organic California raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries at two packs for $5 ($3 each, but who needs just one?) from Janna Anders ... More >>

Digital Summer, The Doors, Betty White, Long John Hunter, PHX Nightclub, and More

Digital Summer is scheduled to perform tonight at Marquee Theatre.Digital Summer has been on a major roll lately. Their latest album (Counting the Hours) is about to drop, the single "Run Away" is seemingly being played hourly on KUPD, and lead singer Kyle Winterstein claims the band is about sign a ... More >>

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Hanny's Anniversary, Black Fag, and More

Man-candy mixmaster Jared Alan will be holding court tonight at Sanctum.​Officially, the re-launch for Jared Alan's notorious fauxShow Night at its new home isn't taking place until next Friday. Unofficially, however, the hunky hipster DJ is kicking things off a whole week early with an under ... More >>

McClendon's Squash Blossoms at Farmers' Markets

Julie PetersonBefore the squash comes the blossom.Some flowers make a cute and colorful edible garnish. Some, like roses and hibiscus, impart magical flavor through their essences. But the large and meaty squash blossom is practically an entree on its own and has enriched its local cuisines for cent ... More >>

Early Peaches at Roadrunner Park Farmers' Market

Julie PetersonOne Windmill Farms' Queen Creek peaches are the belles of the ball.Each of the Valley's farmers' markets has its own distinctive atmosphere. That's fun to suss out, but we're all about the produce, too. The Roadrunner Park Farmers' Market, just off the 51 on Cactus Road, is Phoenix's o ... More >>

Heirloom Tomato Central: A Visit to Seacat Gardens; plus, Lewis CSA Opens

Julie PetersonIt's the attack of the wonderful healthy tomatoes at Seacat Gardens.A jungle, an ocean, a wild maze of huge, sprawling plants bearing thousands of colorful, fragrant fruit. That's how it feels just a few steps into the tomato beds in Seacat Gardens' leased acre on the edge of Blue Sky ... More >>

Still Lots o' Veggies -- and Crafts! -- at Friday's Mesa Farmers' Market and Others

Julie Peterson Bunneh sez "nom nom nom": Genuine baby carrots from Love Grows FarmsSpring weather hereabouts is famously capricious, and no one knows that better than produce growers and their fans. Right now, we're sitting smack in the season of dependable year-round crops like tomatoes, car ... More >>

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Radishes Aplenty, and a Heads-Up About Monthly Farmers' Markets

Julie Peterson The alluring and tasty Easter Egg radish assortment is sown, harvested, and enjoyed as a mixture of red, purple, pink, and white varieties, each with its own flavor (pictured, a bunch from Crooked Sky Farms). Unless you prepare a lot of fish tacos (or old-school relish trays li ... More >>

Romanesco: Exotic Veggie in Season at Farmers' Markets

Julie Peterson The wily romanesco, lurking in the McClendon's Select stall at Town and Country farmers' market.The curious little kid in us really comes out when we see a funky new fruit or vegetable. (It makes fixing dinner a bit more interesting, too.) One of the loveliest oddities availabl ... More >>

Curtains: A Christmas Carol at Arizona Broadway Theatre in Peoria

  We laughed, we cried, we fashion policed: Edward Prostak (Scrooge) and David Errigo Jr. (Christmas Past). Photo by Scott Samplin © 2008 I've brushed off my black trousers and Ugly Christmas Sweater one last time to review a production at a Broadway-style dinner theater (yes, that's an oxym ... More >>

Curtains: Nearly Naked's Times Square Angel at the Little Theatre at Phoenix Theatre

Damon Dering (standing, center) plays Irish O'Flanagan in Times Square Angel in its Arizona premiere, presented by Nearly Naked Theatre. Photo by Nancy Lynn Miller. This week, Curtains flees gratefully back into the arms of the counterculture, but not far enough to avoid seeing another Christ ... More >>

Curtains: Miracle on 34th Street at Theater Works

   Kelly Leeth and Fred Bornhoeft are adorable in Miracle on 34th Street. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and he was heard mildly cursing into his body mic during a quick backstage costume change last Saturday night in Peoria. But he shouldn't feel bad. Seriously, actor Fred B ... More >>

Trolley Jolly Christmas

Take a holiday from the usual holiday fare with New Carpa farce

Curtains: Southwest Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at Mesa Arts Center

By Julie Peterson Mary Riley and Richard Baird in The Winter's Tale. Photo by Laura Durant, graphic enhancements by Southwest Shakespeare Co. Watching a play by William Shakespeare can be like watching a biopic (or, for that matter, like trying to get on an O.J. Simpson jury) -- you alre ... More >>

Curtains: A New Brain at Soul Invictus

By Julie Peterson Let's lay some cards on the table, here: I'm not crazy about traditional, mid-century, Rodgers-and-Hammerstein-style musical theater. I'm also not crazy about more recent spectaculars like Andrew Lloyd Webber's. It's not that I think less of those genres; it's just that musical ... More >>

This Weekend: Vintage Video Games, Phoenix ConGames and Oh Yeah...Father's Day

Last Minute Monday: Human & Animal Grossology

American Dream

Play humanizes the plight of undocumented residents

Bible Humpers

Christian science moniker

Undieworld

Passionate fashion at PAM

See Fido Fetch

Big dog flight at Encanto

Toe Jam

Pounding the skins at Kokopelli

The Write Stuff

Everybody still loves Raymond

Function Over Form

J. DeSanti gets the LED out

Kota Many Colors

Way beyond Broadway

Hit Parade

How slow can they go?

Give Peace a Trance

Good vibrations in Tucson

Cutting-Edge Cup o' Joe

Tea and mocha at SMoCA, anyone?

Abject Art

Gidget Gein meets Mr. Spock

India Summer

Mamata does Mesa

Jeepers Creepers

Learning to crawl in Chandler

Bands of Brothers

The family that plays together . . .

Ma Bell

Bob Log III births bizarre blues

Sense of Rumor

IHYWYP makes history -- or not

Reigning Cats and Dawgs

A stylus assault at Old Brickhouse

Amor Latin Feel

See stars from south of the border

Dope Flows

MCs battle for the Benjamins

Raging Machine

Digital deconstructionists

Public Display

It was only a Kiss, how did it end up like this?

Night Moves

Run or walk for the sake of art

Deth Becomes Them

"HardKore Fest" kills 'em all at Chasers

Cover Story

Bisbee band (re)makes an album

Poll Position

It's the Trunk Space on Election Night