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Amy's Baking Company Owner Samy Bouzaglo Being Represented in Immigration Court Proceedings

Given that tonight is the start of her now-infamous restaurant's "Grand Re-Opening," not to mention the seemingly endless parade of what-the-fucks that have unfolded in the past few weeks (See: Kitchen Nightmares season finale and most epic online breakdown in history), it would appear Amy Bouzaglo ... More >>

11 Favorite Salads in Metro Phoenix

Summer is just weeks away, which means it's panic time for those of us who packed on the lbs. over the winter. Yes, of course, we should've seen this coming, and what the hell happened to that exercise regimen we felt so enthusiastic about back in January? Now there's no place to run and certainly n ... More >>

Denise Is Cooking's Denise Clayton: Caramelpalooza Candymakers 2013

As the chefs competing in Smeeks and Chow Bella's fourth annual Caramelpalooza -- coming 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, at UNION -- get out the candy thermometers, we've got our pens ready to introduce you to the faces behind the caramel. If you've ever taken a cooking class with Denise Clayton, chances a ... More >>

David Horowitz Has Made Taunting College Students a Spectator Sport

Chicken With Plums' Marjane Satrapi on East, West, and How All Stories Are Autobiography

Chow Bella's Top Phoenix Food Stories of the Week

Every week, there's a cornucopia of Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you're like most people, you probably just don't have the time to get to all of it. It's kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won't all fit in your mouth ... or in this ca ... More >>

FBI's Ben Arredondo Bust Apparently Cracked Open a Bit by Talking Points Memo

Talking Points Memo has discovered some names behind the FBI's investigation into state Representative/former Tempe Councilman Ben Arredondo and others, which has so far led to Arredondo's indictment on charges of bribery, fraud, attempted extortion and making false statements.How did Arredondo end ... More >>

Ben Arredondo Isn't the Only One the Feds Are Looking at

If you're doing shady stuff at the City of Tempe or the Arizona Legislature, go buy a shredder, or book a ticket to Morocco or something.A filing submitted in federal court yesterday in the bribery, fraud, attempted extortion and false statements case of state Representative Ben Arredondo explains t ... More >>

Bitters, Beef Cutters, and Cheesemongers: A Taste of the 2012 James Beard Foundation Book Award Finalists

The 2012 James Beard Foundation Book Award finalists include several of our favorites. Any of yours? Chow Bella Book Club read one of the finalist's books: Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton. We'll be reading another nominee, Extra Virginity ... More >>

AndyTalk: An Uprising in Your Pantry with Sumac, Za'atar, Harissa

Spices and spice blends are the accessories of the food world.

St. Francis: Happy Hour Report Card

Nicole Smith Cool as a Cucumber Cooler​The Spot: St. Francis, 111 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix, (602) 200-8111www.stfrancisaz.comThe Hours: 3- 6 p.m., daily.The Details: When it comes to Phoenix dining destinations, St. Francis has always been a top contender, specializing in urban/ rustic sty ... More >>

Swiss Daredevil to Fly Over Grand Canyon With Jet Pack. What Could Go Wrong?

Yves Rossy plans to fly over the Grand Canyon using a jet pack.​If you like jet-packs, the outdoors, or the possibility of some guy plummeting thousands of feet to his death, you may want to head to the Grand Canyon Friday, where a Swiss daredevil plans to fly over the canyon with a jet-pack.Yves ... More >>

Jerry Alday of Nello's Pizza

Chef Jerry Alday of Nello's Pizza sees himself not as just a chef but an artist who's latest medium is food. "I actually wanted to be a rock star," Alday says, "A guitar player. Of course, everyone wanted to be Eddie Van Halen or Jimmy Gage from Zeppelin! But that didn't happen."

Happy Hours: Your Guide to Valley Spots Worthy of Your Drink Money

The Illusion of Seclusion in the Valley's Mountainside Homes

Summer Guide: Trek to Tucson

Al Di Meola

Scottsdale’s Café Monarch Serves Tasty Cuisine From a Whimsical Chef

Nine hours shorter, Brideshead Revisited gets back to the source

Sundance 2008 leaves just a handful of buzz-worthy movies in its wake

Ordinary Rendition

Not torture, but as conventional as they come. We're (water) bored. (Sorry.)

The Yoda of 9/11

Pat Curley slices through the loony conspiracy theories at his influential "Screw Loose Change" Web site

Feminine Mystique

Overwritten and understated

The Algiers Connection

Sofaine Laimeche's long friendship with a 9/11 suspect has put his future in America in doubt

Ivy League

A multi-tasking marvel

Communication Breakdown

Storytelling gimmicks can't save vapid, globally conscious puzzle-film

Top Brass

The Big Easy lives on in the music of the transplanted Treme Brass Band

Long, Strange Trips

Dispatches from the world of travel writing

War: What Is It Good For?

Answer: one really stunning siege

Red Door Salon

Artist makes Phoenix vie a little more bohème

Club Directory

Club Directory

Thrilling Me

Not-so-softly with their songs

Club Directory

Speed Queens

Peoria teen sisters are racing toward success on the track and off

Club Directory

Lens Crafter

Bill Jay photographs photographers - and gets a word in edgewise

Mad Max

Metal dad Max Cavalera rocks the thrash scene – and his Phoenix neighborhood

Going Global

Valley glimpses wide world of film

Too Sexy for My Soufflé

Local Chefs hate Zinc Bistro, so you know it's gonna be good.

Mary Jane Girl

The life and high times of Phoenix cannabis crusader Christie Bohling

Captured by Rapture

Spend the most riveting 13 minutes of your summer with Iranian-born Shirin Neshat's video installation

Diff'rent Toques

Foreign Correspondence

More letters from the battlefield: A Phoenix soldier witnesses the destruction of Europe in 1945

Letter in a Battle

Rediscovered cache of castoff communiqués captures World War II and 1940s Phoenix

Night & Day

August 6 - 12, 1998

Outer Bass

Bill Laswell is a deep-groove guerrilla who's not afraid to lay down the bottom line

Recordings

Pic Hits for the week

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