Martha Stewart

Last Minute Chocolate Valentine You Can Make Yourself

AndyTalk: Salt - It's So Much More Than Sodium Chloride It's Valentine's Day and that means stress, especially if you're a bit of a procrastinator and/or you think that the card you bought just isn't enough. If you've got some chocolate on hand, even in bar form, you can make the best hand-made va ... More >>

Five Christmas Pinterest Trends to Avoid at All Costs

Let's be honest right off the bat. Only a small fraction of the shit you "pin" actually makes an appearance in your real life. Those runway dresses, that Martha Stewart craft room with the organized detail only a serial killer could recreate -- and let's not forget the food porn. All of our recipes ... More >>

Five Terrifyingly Delicious Halloween Cocktail Recipes, Including Black Vodka (Yes, Really)

See also: DIY Pumpkin Latte See also: Jack-O-Lantern Sweet Potato Fries -- Thanks, Pinterest

Three Egg-cellent Kitchen Science Experiments

See also: Gummy Fruit Snacks Made At Home, Thanks to Pinterest See also: The Famous Pinterest Rainbow Cake: Did We Succeed? At this point, I'm rarely shocked or surprised by the things I see on Pinterest. But this weekend I came across a few photos that made me remember why I fell in love wi ... More >>

26: Korina Adkins

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

Fix Your Grapefruit Woes with this Pinterest-Inspired Grapefruit Recipe Roundup

It's grapefruit season in Arizona! Only I've never liked grapefruit. I've tried to like them, I want to like them. I recently decided to give this local citrus another chance when I happened across this photo on Pinterest. I'm a smoothie junkie and have been stuck in a serious smoothie rut for ... More >>

Pop Your Cocktail Party Cherry with Advice from Chow Bella's Resident Bartender

Since I sling drinks for a living, I get to hear quite a bit about people planning soirées at their houses. These descriptions of upcoming cocktail parties always come with an implication that they are looking for feedback on how to better throw their party. So, since many of you likely have the sa ... More >>

Shannon's Who-Cares-About-Chocolate Lemon Crunch Sugar Cookies

Tedd Roundy Shannon's lemon cookies.​Our latest Chow Bella showdown: a traditional holiday cookie exchange. From now through Christmas, we present Chow Bella's 12 Days of Christmas Cookies. Today: 11. Shannon Armour's Who-Cares-About-Chocolate Lemon Crunch Sugar Cookies. I don't make coo ... More >>

Wounded Warrior's Wine Dinner and Chocolate Pear Tarts in Today's Eater's Digest

julesfood.blogspot.com​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives? Wounded Warrior's Fundraising Dinner  Need a few extra karma points? Your answer should be yes, which means you'll want to consider joining Rancho Pinot in Scottsdale fo ... More >>

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 >>

"Screw the Skinny Bitches....I Want to Eat" Cures the Break-Up Blues With Booze, Food and a Fun Read

"Screw the Skinny Bitches...I Want to Eat!"​If Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda bumped into Martha Stewart, hit it off, became gal pals and then one of them got dumped -- this book would be the result.   "Screw the Skinny Bitches...I Want to Eat" is a sassy hybrid of break-up bi ... More >>

House Party

Pantry Raid: The Virgin Takes a No-Recipe Challenge

​"So, you've made a few recipes without burning anything. Big deal! Bet you can't make something without a recipe, using just the ingredients in your pantry!" I have a lot of friends who cook well. One stay-at-home mom is always whipping up soft, chewy chocolate cookies from scratch every time ... More >>

She's Crafty

Martha Stewart Radio Welcomes Chow Bella's Carol Blonder

Chow Bella's resident chef, Carol Blonder, caught the attention of producers at Martha Stewart Radio with her recent "Ask the Chef" post on keeping herbs and spices fresh. Now, Blonder's about to spice up the airwaves. Although Blonder herself isn't keen on tooting her own horn, I'm more than happy ... More >>

The Best of Monday Night Martha

After a year of making Monday Night Martha, we're looking back. Last week we brought you the flops, this week, as promised, here are our favorites.  What did we learn from preparing a Martha Stewart recipe each week? Well, for one, that even when the recipes turned out less-than-perfect we he ... More >>

PJ's and Eggs, Cheuvront Wine Dinner and Caramel Apples in Today's Eater's Digest

lepetitpierogi.blogspot.com​Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?PJs & EggsTomorrow is World Egg Day and we can't think of a better way to spend it then eating breakfast for dinner in our jammies. Friday October 8th, starting at 5 p.m., join Hi ... More >>

Spinach, Egg, and Bacon Salad

​There's something fun about a late night dinner that you throw together with whatever you happen to have on hand. That's what we did this week when we got home on the later side after seeing a movie. Of course, as is our habit here at Monday Night Martha, we turned to Martha Stewart for a little ... More >>

Chris Bianco's Lemon Focaccia

​Like just about everyone in Phoenix, we're fans of Chris Bianco and the amazing things he does with bread. Making trips to his sandwich shop, Pane' Bianco, at 4404 N. Central Ave. is on heavy rotation in our travels. However, right now the whole team is off on their annual summer break, the sho ... More >>

Pot Roast and Summer Vacation

​We decide to make a pot roast mainly because our husband spent the vast majority of his childhood summer vacations sharing the backseat of a silver stationwagon with his two brothers, while the family made their way from Philadelphia to Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina. They were on the ... More >>

Gazpacho! For One and All

​Gazpacho? There's a scene in the Pedro Almodovar film, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, where gazpacho is offered to the police who come to the apartment of central character, Pepa Marcos. Candela get me a drink. What kind? There's gazpacho. Right! Gazpacho! Wh ... More >>

Salmon Cakes

​It's funny how certain meals you dreaded as a kid, somehow turn into the ones you kind of really miss. So it is with Salmon Cakes, or salmon patties as they were known around our house. I never much cared for them except that my mom always served them with homemade macaroni and cheese that was s ... More >>

Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern in Arizona Is Made Even More Bizarre, Thanks to Confusing and Creepy Play-Date With Chris Bianco

​So last week, Andrew Zimmern goes on a quest for real Sonoran cuisine in Arizona on Bizarre Foods and hooks up with Chris Bianco, the wait-in-line-for-two-hours pizza guy of Pizzeria Bianco. Huh? What? Why? Were all the Mexican foodies in the Valley busy? Did Silvana Salcido Esparza, owner of Bar ... More >>

Let's Have Our Own Top Chef Masters Office Pool!

Oh man, are there Top Chef Masters office pools out there? If not, there should be. Wait, what are we waiting for? We could totally make our own, kinda, through the world wide interweb -- whee! Sorry, still psyched up from last Wednesday's Top Chef Masters on Bravo. The classy reality show ... More >>

TLC Launches Best Food Ever (or Yabba-Dabba-Done-to-Death)

Napoleon Dynamite: This is pretty much the worst video ever made. Kip: Napoleon, like anyone can even know that. Let me go, I need to narrate. Wilma!​Kip's right. How can anyone know what's the worst (or the best) of anything? TLC's hoping we'll trust their judgment with its new show, Best Food ... More >>

Sangria: Monday Night Martha

​Welcome Spring. Pick a reason: the Arizona Diamondbacks' home opener, consumption of too many chocolate eggs, a beautiful 78 degree day here in the Valley. Any reason will do to make Sangria. We've decided to try out this Martha Stewart sangria recipe. This wine punch, typical of Spain an ... More >>

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 >>

Deviled Eggs : Monday Night Martha

​It's officially less than a week until Easter -- a time when hard-boiled eggs will be taking up space on refrigerator shelves. So, we've decided to have a deviled egg tasting, trying out two of Martha Stewart's many recipes. In one corner, Deviled Eggs with Cucumber, Dill, and Capers and in t ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's Spring Break Plans, Food Wars Flops, and This Week's Must-See Shows, in "TV Dinner"

OMG! Spring breaaaaaaaaak! Quick, pull out anything Abercrombie, Hollister, or Forever 21 and get your ass down to Dos Gringos Tempe Trailer Park for Jägerbombs, now. And don't worry about Anthony Bourdain. He'll just be in China for the fourth time, eating, suffering through cold temperatures, eat ... More >>

Women Call Bullshit on Dodge's "Man's Last Stand" Commercial, and Falling in Love with Marcela Valladolid, in "TV Dinner"

Looking for the latest in tasty television? Need to know the need-to-watch episodes of your favorite foodie shows? Chow Bella is here to help with reviews of the delectable and dreadful along with a handy, must-see schedule so you won't miss a thing. Wow, men sure have it tough with us masculinity- ... More >>

Make Your Own Fortune Cookies with Monday Night Martha

​To welcome the Year of the Tiger, how about making your own fortune cookies? It's easier than it looks, and you might just find it fun.Mainly because -- think about it -- you get to write your own fortunes! Oh, the possibilities -- will you be charming or practical or passionate or vindictive in ... More >>

How to Eat a Carrot, and our Favorite Food Shows This Week on TV Dinner

Looking for the latest in tasty television? Need to know the need-to-watch episodes of your favorite foodie shows? Chow Bella is here to help. We're reviewing the most delectable and dreadful with a handy, must-see schedule so you won't miss a thing. If there's one thing we need to get our hearts ... More >>

Monday Night Martha: The Croquembouche Chronicles, Pt. 3

​Two weeks ago we began reporting on an epic project, the creation of Martha Stewart's holiday showstopper, the croquembouche.  Here's Part One and here's Part Two. This week we bring you the conclusion. We wake up grumpy and taciturn. While making coffee we start playing with the word cr ... More >>

Entertaining Book from Komali Nunna, the "Indian Martha Stewart"

We couldn't resist checking out a coffee-table cookbook called, Entertaining From an Ethnic Indian Kitchen because the author Komali Nunna bills herself as the "Indian Martha Stewart". (Nunna is a California-based cook born in Southern India). The book is full of pictures, recipes and tips f ... More >>

Skip the Hassle, Pre-Order Your Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a time for family, friends, giving thanks for all you have. And for slaving away at a hot stove for six hours -- basting and checking and basting and checking the turkey, peeling and mashing potatoes, cooking green beans, dicing onions and celery, stirring the gravy, e ... More >>

No-bake Spiderweb Cheesecake

​ Halloween is nigh and we are busy getting ready. For this week's Monday Night Martha we decided to spin a web of artery clogging goodness and make Martha Stewart's No-bake Spiderweb Cheesecake. This recipe is not for the faint of heart as it calls for 32 oz. of cream cheese and 1 1/2 cups ... More >>

Beach Bites: Martha Stewart's Cupcakes

Some like it hot. This time of year, though, there's a huge difference between a hot kitchen and a hot beach. Somehow the latter inevitably wins out. But that doesn't mean you can't plot your future kitchen adventures while soaking up some rays. In fact, the new Martha Stewart's Cupcakes ... More >>

Sweet Summer: Paletas

It's too hot to cook, so just skip to dessert. That's our philosophy, anyway. Besides, most summertime desserts have the added benefit of being cold, and anything that helps beat the heat is a winner. This week we offer you a daily guide to the sweet treats of summer, from lo-cal to oh wow, and be ... More >>

"Handmade Nation" at Modified Arts Crafty Antidote to "Prozac Nation"

While some of us race to the SSRIs for serenity, others of us have decided that taking up a craft for comfort and creative expression is the way to go. Actually, some of us, like me, for instance, do both for balance. Blame it on either early 60's back-to-nature hippie culture or maybe Martha Ste ... More >>

"Chado Ralph Rucci": an exhibition of haute fashion at Phoenix Art Museum

How to Eat a Cholla

There's more that one kind of righteous bud

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Depth takes a holiday in two out of three seasonal offerings

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