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Martha Stewart

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Cheesecake Choco-Berries: Fair Food Showdown

    With the Arizona State Fair headed our way at week's end, we at Chow Bella decided on our latest  challenge: Create a "fair food" that kicks it up a notch. No one dared to cook with bugs, but we did have some creative entries. Check back later this week, when critic Laura Hahnefeld will choose ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Top 5 Favorite Cookbooks

    ​We wanted to remind you that we've started our Chow Bella Book Club in partnership with Changing Hands Bookstore. This month (October) we're reading the new book by Kathleen Flinn called Kitchen Counter Cooking School. If you still need a copy, you can get a discounted one from Changing Hands, ju ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Top 6 Celebrity Chef Parodies

    Paula Deen chewing "butter gum," Rachael Ray at 7-Eleven, and wait -- is that Gordon Ramsay yelling at a nun in a soup kitchen? Like many celebrities, TV chefs get jabbed by the spoof stick, too. We don't mind, as long as it's all in good fun. And now that it's summer, we thought we'd chill inside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Homemade Corn Tortillas: Los Reyes de la Torta

    Erica O'Neil A thick homemade corn tortilla, wrapped around some serious tinga from Los Reyes de la Torta.​Tacos may very well be the perfect food, but let's face it, the standard Meximerican fare can get a bit stale after a while. Taco the Town is here to highlight some of the more unusual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Suzanne Garcia: Chocolate Star Bakery

    Carol BlonderSuzanne Garcia​ Today we present Suzanne Garcia, president and chief cookie controller at Chocolate Star Bakery. Many people find Chocolate Star after receiving a tin of their cookies or while surfing the internet for a great cookie gift. Don't let the small store front location fool ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Laura Godfrey of Arcadia Farms

    Carol Blonder Laura Godfrey​We met up with Laura Godfrey, the pastry chef at Arcadia Farms in mid-afternoon, a relatively calm time in the bakeshop, after a bustling morning of production. Laura moved from Flagstaff to Phoenix to attend culinary school. Her perfectionist traits define the b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Bing and Joe Cahn Bring National Tailgating Competition to Glendale

    Photo courtesy of Ken BrownJoe Cahn at the third regional competition held at New Meadowlands Stadium on November 21, 2010.​Joe Cahn is the world's only "professional" tailgater. Since 1996 he has driven his RV, the "Joe Mobile," more than 800,000 miles and visited all 31 professional football s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Pie Toolbox: Must-Haves & Do-Withouts

    Is your kitchen equipped for pie-making season? With our Pie Social this weekend and the holidays right around the corner, you'll want to stock up on all the must-have accessories now. Here's our checklist for what to get and what to skip, and links to local stores where you can find everything!

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    The Worst of Monday Night Martha

    Here at Monday Night Martha, we have been preparing a Martha Stewart recipe each week and writing about the results for almost a year. This week we take a look back at some of the worst things we made. Dishes we will not make again, and one that may have permanently scarred us. Ladies and gentleman, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Tracy Dempsey: Tracy Dempsey Originals

    We recently caught up with Tracy Dempsey, pastry chef and business owner, scooping samples of Tracy Dempsey Originals ice cream at The Phoenix Urban Market and Wine Bar. We got the scoop from the scooper. Tracy Dempsey at Phoenix Urban Market and Wine Bar​Tracy Dempsey grew up traveling the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Sam the Cooking Guy: In Town Tonight with a New Cookbook and an Even Better Thing to do with Leftover Mashed Potatoes

    While we at Chow Bella strive to provide you with the the best coverage of fine dining, interviews with the most sophisticated chefs in the greater Phoenix area, and recipes that will amuse even the most sophisticated bouche, we also realize that every once in a while you need a tomato and potato ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Hell's Kitchen Season 7: Meet the Cast, and What Andrew Zimmern's Doing in Arizona

    Cast of Hell's Kitchen, Season 7 ​"Don't act like a cry baby!" "You (bleep) donkey!" "Get out!" Uplifting comments like these from Chef Gordon Ramsay are just a taste of what the 16 culinary contestants competing on Hell's Kitchen's seventh season, premiering Tuesday, June 1, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Finale: Fizz-Out, Fat Rascal Flatts, and Weird-ass Montage

    There, there, Jamie, at least you tried. You came up $20,000 short of your financial goal to keep fresh food on the plastic cafeteria trays of Huntington School's youth, some of the parents called bullshit on your healthy school lunches by sending more of their kids to school with bags of jelly be ... 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 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

    February 22, 2010

    Guy Fieri Is Too Crazy for All of Us, and This Week's Must-Watch Shows 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 most delectable and dreadful, and a week-long, must-see schedule so you won't miss a thing. Whoa. Is NBC sure it wants Guy Fieri to host ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Monday Night Martha: Big House Fantasy Soup

    ​Before starting this week's Monday Night Martha we were standing around asking each other the eternal question, "So, what do you want to eat?" and bouncing a few ideas back and forth.Then the discussion turned into a fantasy of what we thought Martha might have eaten the night before heading to t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    When Life Hands You Meyer Lemons, Make Pasta. Or Cake. Or Alcohol.

    A lemon is a lemon, right? That's what we thought when our high school chorus instructor told us to suck on cut lemons before a performance. Or when granny used to prescribe lemon wedges for cold and sore throat relief. If only we'd been older and wiser and known about Meyer Lemo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Monday Night Martha, Sticky and Sweet

    ​For this Monday Night Martha, we did something decidedly un-Martha. We baked Sticky Toffee Pudding while still wearing our pajamas. Yeah, that's right. We were in our pajamas past noon. It's hard for us to imagine the super-achieving, real Martha cooking in her pajamas. And even if she did, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Geek Beat: Munny Grubbers Toy Show and Q&A with The Munny Maker

    ​You know how little boys make fun of girls for having dolls, and then go and play with "action figures" themselves? A similar thing happened with the now famous KidRobot Munny figure, a cute, bulbous little vinyl doll that comes totally naked. (Remove head from gutter. It's blank so artists ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    July 29 In Blogs: Barack Obama, Pat Benatar, Gazpacho, and Mayor Gordon

    ​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: Feathered Bastard: Barack Obama's Birth Certificate, and Why J.D. Hayworth Should Read National Review Joe Arpa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    Curtains: Bye Bye Birdie at Arizona Broadway Theatre in Peoria

    courtesy of Arizona Broadway TheatreJustin Jutras is the swoon-worthy Conrad Birdie in ABT's Bye Bye Birdie.Martha J. Clarke and the costume shop of Arizona Broadway Theatre have done it again. From the cowboy-print pajamas on little brother Randolph to the huge, crinolined confections on the wives ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    More Bianco Love From Gourmet and Food Wine

    In case you had any doubt that people are actually making pilgrimages to Phoenix for some Pizzeria Bianco action, get a load of the double-whammy of national media props for the restaurant -- which comes on the heels of Martha Stewart's six-page feature on Chris Bianco. This month, Gourmet features ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Monday Night Martha: Potato Skins

    We're cross-pollinating Martha Stewart with Rachael Ray tonight. The dish is called "Stuffed Potatoes with Ham, Thyme and Gruyere" AKA "I bought a flippin' huge bag of potatoes and now I don't know what to do with them." We uncovered the recipe in Ray's book 30 Minute Meals, a classic for a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Danny Seo Columns Offer Tips for Living an Annoyingly Green Lifestyle

      The Arizona Republic, desperate for something to squeeze between the ads as more reporters get laid off, started running a new, syndicated column today by greener-than-thou marketer Danny Seo. Seo's like a cross between Heloise, Martha Stewart and Al Gore -- he wants to save Earth by sma ... More >>

  • Music

    December 4, 2008

    Unaired Wu-Tang TV Shows

      The Arizona Republic, desperate for something to squeeze between the ads as more reporters get laid off, started running a new, syndicated column today by greener-than-thou marketer Danny Seo. Seo's like a cross between Heloise, Martha Stewart and Al Gore -- he wants to save Earth by sma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2008

    Brew Review: Surviving Malt Liquor

      The Arizona Republic, desperate for something to squeeze between the ads as more reporters get laid off, started running a new, syndicated column today by greener-than-thou marketer Danny Seo. Seo's like a cross between Heloise, Martha Stewart and Al Gore -- he wants to save Earth by sma ... More >>

  • News

    April 6, 2006

    Single-File, Please!

    No more Mr. Nice Gardeners: The feathered fiend on Mayor Phil's idiot stammerings after the big undocumented-workers' march

  • Home Entertainment

    January 26, 2006

    Now Dirtier Than Ever

    No more Mr. Nice Gardeners: The feathered fiend on Mayor Phil's idiot stammerings after the big undocumented-workers' march

  • Home Entertainment

    December 22, 2005

    New Times' top DVD picks for the week of December 20

    No more Mr. Nice Gardeners: The feathered fiend on Mayor Phil's idiot stammerings after the big undocumented-workers' march

  • News

    November 17, 2005

    Quiet Riot

    Rockin' the house but shying from the spotlight, DJ Element is the Valley's no-flash grandmaster

  • Dining

    October 28, 2004

    Fat-tushy Fetish

    Fattoush serves up stellar lamb in record time

  • News

    July 8, 2004

    Lounge Addicts

    Wanna see members of the Rat Pack buy drinks for wannabe supermodels? Check out The Merc.

  • Calendar

    May 27, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Wanna see members of the Rat Pack buy drinks for wannabe supermodels? Check out The Merc.

  • Dining

    October 23, 2003

    A Plateful of Prada

    Dining has become so darn pretentious, like a version of "ChefsGone Wild"

  • Calendar

    June 5, 2003

    On the Move

    Photos capture the art of dance

  • Dining

    February 13, 2003

    Holiday on Spice

    Resort restaurant setup is less than Sage

  • Dining

    September 12, 2002

    Worshiping the Devil

    Resort restaurant setup is less than Sage

  • Dining

    August 30, 2001

    Betty Crocker Confidential

    The making -- and remaking -- of America's sweet tart

  • Dining

    January 4, 2001

    Say You Want a Revolution?

    Visiting revolving restaurants is playwright's hobby

  • Film

    April 27, 2000

    Life Swapping

    Bubbly Me Myself I charts toils and troubles of self-identity crisis

  • Culture

    March 2, 2000

    Forest Gumption

    Better lathe than never for a furniture exhibition by Arizona's finest woodworkers

  • Dining

    December 23, 1999

    Dulce Treat

    Better lathe than never for a furniture exhibition by Arizona's finest woodworkers

  • Film

    October 21, 1999

    The Beat Generation

    Fight Club pummels promising premise in ground

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    Softly Into That Good Nitrous

    Why sales of pressurized laughing gas are sky high in Arizona

  • News

    September 9, 1999

    Netward Ho

    Cole Taylor is quitting the escort business to become an Internet star-- but not before conducting a behind-the-bedroom-door tour of the lucrative Scottsdale call-girl scene

  • Dining

    July 8, 1999

    Organ Recital

    Vincent Guerithault / Harris' Restaurant / Veneto Trattoria Italiana

  • Dining

    August 27, 1998

    Main Dish Antenna

    Vincent Guerithault / Harris' Restaurant / Veneto Trattoria Italiana

  • Dining

    January 1, 1998

    Soy, Happy New Year Tofu

    Vincent Guerithault / Harris' Restaurant / Veneto Trattoria Italiana

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