Martha Stewart

11 Great Cooking Supply Stores in Metro Phoenix

Prevailing wisdom says great dishes begin with great ingredients. And while that's certainly true, kick-ass cooks and the rare birds who have the Martha Stewart gene for entertaining couldn't do what they do half as well -- or at least not half as easily -- without the proper tools and equipment. Co ... More >>

Five Tips for Making DIY Fortune Cookies

Ever since I saw these on Pinterest several months ago, I knew they would be perfect for Valentine's Day. I'm not much of a celebrator, I don't expect (nor would I want) diamonds, or anything of the sort, but I do like the idea of giving friends, family, and all those special people in our lives (n ... More >>

Three Must-Make Recipes to Use Up Your Fall Vegetable Harvest

A winter garden is just one of the joys of living in Phoenix. We suffer through 110 degree summers in order to brag about our mild winters, if you can even call them winters. This also means we have a long season for things like carrots, lettuces and squash. But after a while there's only so many th ... More >>

The Anatomy of a Macaron with Duc Liao of Scratch Pastries

See also: Tastemakers 2012: Duc Liao See also: Heavenly: Salted Caramel Macarons at Scratch Pastries When you're cooking, it's all about a dash of this and a splash of that. But baking is another matter, an exact science. In this series, we're going behind the bakery case and into the kitchens of s ... More >>

Anatomy of a Polvorone with Minerva Orduño Rincón of Muñeca Mexicana Handcrafted Food

See also: FnB Line Cook Minerva Orduño Launches Muñeca Mexicana Product Line When you're cooking, it's all about a dash of this and a splash of that. But baking is another matter, an exact science. In this series, we're going behind the bakery case and into the kitchens of some of Phoenix's fines ... More >>

Vintage My Florist Sign Saved -- For Now

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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!

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

"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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Monday Night Martha: The Croquembouche Chronicles, Pt. 2

​ Last week, we began reporting on an epic project, the creation of Martha Stewart's croquembouche. Kids, you might want to read our series before you try this at home. Here's Part One. This week, we bring you Part Two. With the sobering news that our dessert was going to take, at best, five ... More >>

Food Guru Lucinda Scala Quinn To Sign Books in Tempe

​Lucinda Scala Quinn, the host of Everyday Food on PBS and Martha Stewart's food biz guru, is touring the country to promote her new book, "Mad Hungry", a cook book that teaches how to cook for a family full of hungry men. Quinn will be heading to Changing Hands Bookstore on December 1 for a c ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Beach Bites: The King of Vodka

Nothing says summer like vodka. OK, that's not true. Nothing says depressing, oppressive Russian winters like vodka. But, in any case, nothing says summer like a soap opera-like novel focused on an alcoholic drink. That's just what you'll find in Phoenix-born-and-raised author Linda Himelste ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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Now Dirtier Than Ever

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

Fat-tushy Fetish

Fattoush serves up stellar lamb in record time

Lounge Addicts

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

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

A Plateful of Prada

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

Holiday on Spice

Resort restaurant setup is less than Sage

Martha Does Mexico

Domestic dynamo discovers barrio's beauty

Worshiping the Devil

Bet on Black

If there's a sure crowd-pleaser this summer, it's the fast-paced spectacle that is MIIB

Betty Crocker Confidential

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

Life Swapping

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

Forest Gumption

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

Softly Into That Good Nitrous

Why sales of pressurized laughing gas are sky high in Arizona

Organ Recital

Vincent Guerithault / Harris' Restaurant / Veneto Trattoria Italiana

Main Dish Antenna

Soy, Happy New Year Tofu