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The Cronut: An Easy At-Home Recipe, Impostors Around the World, and How Much They Cost on the Black Market

Once upon a time, there was a New York baker who decided he wanted to combine two humble baked goods: the doughnut and the croissant. French chef Dominique Ansel, operating out of a storefront in SoHo, spent two months finding the perfect fusion of the two breakfast bakery treats and introduced the ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on the Great American Continent and Tamarindo

The Bourne Legacy: So, Who's the New Guy?

Jay "Akshen" Valdez Talks Para One, Jam Master Jay, Fools Gold, and More

If you pay a visit to AZ/88 tonight, its urbane décor and trendy drinks won't be the coolest thing going on inside the haute Scottsdale hangout. DJ Akshen will be working hard on the wheels of steel providing a fitting tribute to the late Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys during his weekly gig Fluid F ... More >>

Chef Mensur Duzic's Paella

This week in Chef Talk we've been talking with Chef Mensur Duzic of Phoenix Children's Hospital. A tenured veteran of fine dining spots from across the Valley to across the pond, Duzic has enjoyed his position at the hospital for nearly ten years. But does he miss his more high-class culinary roots? ... More >>

Muhammad Ali's 70th Birthday Yesterday Spurs Sweet Memories About "The Greatest"s About `The Greatest'

Sadly, many of us who followed Muhammad Ali's (aka Cassius Clay) boxing career and life for about a half-century suspected that he wouldn't see a 70th birthday.​Surely, we told ourselves privately, he never would outlast his nemesis, Smokin' Joe Frazier, the Philadelphia fury who died late last ye ... More >>

Smokin' Joe Frazier's Death Evokes Memories of Big Apple Showdown With Ali

It was late Janary 1974, and I took a train from Connecticut to New York City for the rematch between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali. I had no idea how or if I was going to get into Madison Square Garden for the fight--but I was determined to give it my best shot. One of sport's greatest rival ... More >>

Chop PHX: Bicol Express

Ando Muneno​ ​​Tired of the same old tired orange chicken and California rolls? Want to venture beyond the standard suburban-stale take-out? Here comes Chop PHX, with the Valley's rarer Asian offerings. This Week: Bicol Express from Gingerroot (1076 W. Chandler Blvd. Chandler). The ... More >>

John Sayles Brings the Philippine-American War Into the 21st Century

Jon Justice, Wingnut Lip-Flapper, CHALLENGED To Debate by David Abie Morales

David Abie Morales, the bad-ass, lefty blogger of Three Sonorans fame, is calling out Tucson wingnut lip-flapper Jon Justice of 104.1 FM "The Truth," and challenging the rightist moonhowler to a debate.But, um, on neutral ground, of course. Heck, I'll even drive down to Tucson to moderate, if they w ... More >>

Tuck Shop Rolls Out New Fall Menu

​Fall is ushering all kinds of cozy new food at Tuck Shop, the Coronado District restaurant that's transformed the corner of 12th Street and Oak into a popular CenPho dinner destination.

Rev. Al Sharpton and Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Meet Behind Closed Doors for Battle Royale

photo by David ShankboneMy advice to Al: Wear a wire, Rev. It's like going to visit a mafia don.It promises to be more scintillating than the Thrilla in Manila, though, sadly, this verbal donnybrook will mostly behind closed doors, according to the Rev. Al Sharpton's camp.I'm talking about the news ... More >>

Lisa James on Randy Pullen, Sheriff Joe, and the Battle for the AZ Republican Party

  We're not going so far as to predict another Thrilla in Manila, but we will say this: the fight for the chairmanship of the state Republican party is getting good -- in a juicy, knockdown, drag-out kind of way. Just how we like it! Here's the background for all you non-politi ... More >>

Cannes takes a decidedly serious tone with films featuring sites of social conflict

Where's the Beefcake?

Adonis is M.I.A.

Speaking Volumes

VNSA chairperson does it by the book

An I for an I

Jon Gentry convincingly channels Spalding Gray -- but why?

Best Latin Bistro

Havana Cafe

Forn Affairs

Don't let the name game confuse you.

Out, Out, Damn Sport!

Voters seem certain to do what the Arizona Legislature has repeatedly refused to do--ban cockfighting, and hasten the death of a way of life

Cuba's Blue Period

Ice Age

The Icehouse converts cold-storage facility into underground recording mecca

Bedtime for Gonzo

The last Ted Nugent interview you'll ever have to read

WHOSE SOY NOW?

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