Paul Schwennesen

Blogs
January 24, 2013
"Celebrate Green" March 16 with Dinner at Double Check Ranch -- Buy Discounted Tickets Now
This St. Patrick's Day (yes, we're already talking about St. Patrick's Day -- rather, the day before), Double Check Ranch is going green, with a one-night-only event they're calling "Celebrating Green: A Beyond Organic Pasture Dinner." See Also: Chris Bianco's Italian Restaurant Gets a Facelift (A ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2012
Ignite Food: From Homemade Bacon to Home-Brewed Beer, and Justin Beckett's Eat-A-Thon
Editor's Note: By all the accounts we've heard, the inaugural Ignite Food was smooth as butter -- except, ironically, for the food. While it was available before the event began, apparently word didn't spread to the crowd. And so by intermission there was apparently a giant line for what we hear ... More >>
Blogs
March 20, 2012
Ignite Food Lights Up Valley Food Scene
"One of the great things that we heard," says Chris Lee, customer relationship management (CRM) consultant, foodie, and a principal organizer of the first Ignite Food event, "is that a past participant that has been to every Ignite said he thought it was the most raw passion he's seen on an Ignite s ... More >>
Blogs
February 20, 2012
Chefs Charleen Badman, Justin Beckett, and More to Present at Ignite Food
After over a month's worth of submissions, Ignite Food, founder Jeff Moriarty's spinoff idea of Ignite Phoenix, has announced its lineup of presenters -- each of whom will have five minutes to speak on a food- or drink-related topic. Headed up by customer relationship management consultant and food ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2011
Double Check Ranch's Grassfed Beef Crisps
Hannah HayesPaul Schwennesen wants you to forget what you know about beef jerky. The set-up at the Phoenix Public MarketEvery week, Schwennesen and his team from Double Check Ranch in Winkelman bring pure grassfed beef to the folks of Arizona, setting up shop at the Phoenix Publ ... More >>
Blogs
March 24, 2011
Paul Schwennesen's Perfect Food Day
Paul SchwennesenPaul Schwennesen from Double Check Ranch raises grassfed beef in the San Pedro Valley east of Phoenix. He has a master's degree in government from Harvard and we wonder if he raises smart cows, too. We asked Paul to describe his perfect food day.