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14 More Valley Places to Wine and Dine Your Honey Bun on Valentine's

Remember last year when you swore you'd make Valentine's Day plans way ahead of schedule so as not to repeat the twelve-hour scramble of years past? It might be too late to get a reservation at the top spots in town, but you haven't missed the window entirely -- not yet. But put off calling around ( ... More >>

Soda Drinker Pro Is... A Soda Drinking Simulation

Humanity has accomplished a great deal in its relatively brief time on this planet. So it's refreshing to see we've even managed to wield technology so advanced that we can properly simulate the act of walking around and drinking a soda. See Also: -Colbert Struggles With NYC Soda Ban, Conan Offers ... More >>

Josh Riesner of Scottsdale's Pig & Pickle Dishes on Bartending Bullshit and What He Ate That You Probably Never Will

Josh Riesner Pig & Pickle 2922 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale 480-990-1407 pigandpickle.com See also: -Pig & Pickle Pretty Perfect -Cowboy Ciao's Lester Gonzalez Dishes On Food Truck Fantasies and His Love/Hate Relationship With the Bacon Obsession -M.J. Coe Dishes on the Weirdest Thing He Couldn't Ea ... More >>

Tammie Coe Makes Eyeball Cupcakes

Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the third annual Pie Social Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. We've got an all-star line up of bakers making pies for you to taste, and from now til Pie Social, we'll introduce them to you, one by on ... More >>

Pete DeRuvo Dishes On the Phenomenal Chef Phoenix Lost to NYC and an Embarrassing Moment with James Beard Award-winner Johanne Killeen

See also: Chef Pete DeRuvo To Head Kitchen at New Davanti Enoteca See also: Tastemaker #21: Pete DeRuvo Pete DeRuvo Davanti Enoteca 6316 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale 480-659-1800 www.davantiscottsdale.com This is part one of my interview with Pete DeRuvo, executive chef at Davanti Enoteca. Come ... More >>

Beau Mac Dishes on His Favorite Herb and What It's Like Being Famous

Beau MacMillan elements Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort & Spa 5700 E. McDonald Drive 480-948-2100 www.sanctuaryoncamelback.com This is part one of my interview with Beau MacMillan, executive chef of elements at Sanctuary Resort and Spa. Come back on Tuesday for part two. If Phoenix has a bon ... More >>

Deer Tick's John McCauley on Hanging Out With Brian Williams While Hungover

Alt-country stumblers Deer Tick know how to keep up the pace. Songwriter John McCauley started the band back in 2004, and since then it's morphed from a solo project into a full-fledges rock 'n' roll machine, spitting cheap domestic beer and rangy Americana fury. Back in October they released Divi ... More >>

Treasure MammaL's "Real Talk Diaries" Chapter Five

Friday, March 16, 9:00 a.m. I wake up to the above photo. This tour feels more than three days old. Outside, the morning is overcast but refreshing. While my bandmates sleep, I do push-ups and yoga in the backyard; Treasure MammaL teaches you not to give a fuck in public. I reflect on the poor ... More >>

AraabMuzik @ Bar Smith

Bistro 24's Stephen Toevs, Part 2

Maya DukmasovaExecutive Chef Stephen Toevs in the kitchen at Bistro 24​Yesterday we chatted with Stephen Toevs, the new Executive Chef at Bistro 24, about what he will be changing on the menu and how he emulated Julia Child as a kid. Today, he shares more of his story. After your rugby injury, w ... More >>

Meet Bistro 24's New Executive Chef - Stephen Toevs

Maya DukmasovaExecutive Chef Stephen Toevs in the kitchen at Bistro 24​Stephen Toevs (pronounced tay-vz) is the new Executive Chef at Bistro 24 at the Ritz-Carlton. Originally from Bristol, Rhode Island, from an ethnically Portuguese family, Toevs cycled through a variety of jobs and career pro ... More >>

The Ritz-Carlton Names Stephen Toevs as New Executive Chef

Linda M. HeroldNew Executive Chef Stephen Toevs will bring his memory-making meals to The Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix.​One of chef Stephen Toevs fondest memories of food is shelling fish with his father and grandfather off the coast of Rhode Island for his mother's capellini pasta with white clam sa ... More >>

Liz Isenberg at The Trunk Space, 6/8/11

Anthony SandovalCourier New gets crazy with a variable speed changer.​ Liz IsenbergTrunk SpaceWednesday, June 8, 2011 One of the absolute treats of a stripped down, do-it-yourself show is that a musician cannot hide behind bright lights, over-processed distortion, or the skills of other musi ... More >>

Taking a Bite Outta Guy Fieri's Hot Wieners

The Virgin gets hands on with her wiener.​In honor of Guy Fieri's visit this Tuesday, June 7, with his Guy Fieri Road Show, I dug through the Food Network Top 100 Guy Fieri recipes and found a gem from Guy's Big Bite: Hot Wieners Rhode Island Style. Now, to us non-Rhode Islanders (or would ... More >>

Avery Brewing Co. Pulls Out of Arizona, 7 Other States

whatweredrinking.blogspot.com ​Get your Maharaja, The Czar, and White Rascal while you can. Colorado-based Avery Brewing Co. announced Thursday it plans to withdraw from eight states and seven other partial-state markets beginning in April.

International Think Tank Ranks "Most Peaceful" U.S. States. Arizona Didn't Do So Hot

The Grand Canyon State tends to keep things pretty gangsta.​Good news: according to rankings from an international think tank, Arizona is not the most violent state in America, which may come as a shock considering we're one of only two states in the entire country to consider having its own ... More >>

Honoring the People Who Died Listening to Great White and the People Who Didn't

Pinal County Perv Tells Cops He Can't Stop Molesting Little Girls

PCSOSalvador Valentin can't stop molesting little girls.​A Pinal County pervert admitted to police that he can't stop molesting little girls and he needs to go to jail -- that was only after police suspected him of molesting a 9-year-old family friend.The Pinal County Sheriff's Office got informat ... More >>

Deer Tick Hits up Sail Inn Before Auctioning Off Tour Bus

Deer Tick with The Flagship, the tour bus the band is auctioning for charity.​Benefit shows can be a dime a dozen. And, due to their ubiquity, that can be about as much as they raise sometimes. Rhode Island band Deer Tick's taking another route, auctioning off a tour bus to raise funds for OxFam I ... More >>

Three Generations of One Family Convicted of Trafficking Nearly 7,000 Pounds of Weed

​ Peddlin' weed is a family affair for the Bowens, a Chandler family that's tri-generational weed-trafficking biz has come to an end with the convictions of three of its members.Federal authorities announced today that Kingsley Lloyd Bowen, 66, of Brooklyn, New York, is the latest member of t ... More >>

Lenard Rubin of The Vig and The Vig Uptown

Lenard Rubin has a confidence about him that comes from being a two-time James Beard House invitee with 25 years experience as a chef -- most notably with the Ritz-Carlton hotel chain. The guy's background includes an extensive stints in St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia, Boston, New ... More >>

Calexico, Sharon Jones, Andrew Bird, to Play Newport Folk Festival

Arizona's Calexico.​The Newport Folk Festival is historically significant, not just because of its ever-exciting, often bleeding edge lineup, but because in 1965 Bob Dylan decided to plug in and play electric, much to the dismay of a large portion of the crowd. That set forever changed people's id ... More >>

Fake Kissing: A Tribute to the Long History of Kiss Tribute Bands

Chef Talk: Greg LaPrad, Quiessence

It's hard to believe Greg LaPrad, executive chef and owner of Phoenix's farm-to-table sensation, Quiessence Restaurant & Wine Bar, almost didn't make it as a chef. Nicki Escudero Greg LaPrad at Quiessence​The 28-year-old, originally from Connecticut, got his start cooking wee ... More >>

Joe Arpaio & Lt. Joe Sousa: We Don't Need No Stinking Badges!

from Channel 5's raw footageLt. Joe Sousa, helping MCSO maintain its knuckledragging imageIn a mentally-challenged media stunt, made more so by the ravings of Rhode Island redneck Lt. Joe Sousa, Sheriff Joe's self-described unit commander for human smuggling, MCSO's 287(g) task force members placed ... More >>

Conor Oberst Keeps it Mystical at Marquee

Luke HolwerdaConor Oberst on stage at the Marquee in Tempe on April 14, 2009. Comparing Conor Oberst to Bob Dylan is somewhat old hat. It's easy enough to make a case for grouping the two Midwestern singer-songwriters known for folky instrumentation and unique styles of story-telling, and people hav ... More >>

The Bird Wants to Take a Blowtorch to 287(g) and Looks Forward to Saturday’s Anti-Arpaio March

Tuck Shop Invites You to Come for the Skirt Steak and Stay for the Best Gin and Tonic in Town

Badfish/Scotty Don't

Larkin Grimm

Parplar
(Young God Records)

"Felon-Hunting" Web Site Actually a Grand Goof

Daughters, and Russian Circles

Summer Guide: The Geography of Bliss is the one book about happiness you should read this summer

Blah-Blah Sisterhood

Chick-flick genre should disown this one

Long Live Mock 'n' Roll

Homage sweet homage

Monstrous

Mother Nature's Slaves
(Howler)

All Yours

Lowering the bar for miserable remakes

Letters

Letters from the issue of Thursday, May 12, 2005

Streaker

The rise and fall -- and rise and fall -- of Phoenix Coyotes record-breaking goalie

Dim and Kimber

Discomfort in stupidity

Scenes From Nowhere

A Coachella diary from that other desert to the left

Arts and Crafts

Mesa Contemporary Arts presents its annual crafts show, and it's not as boring as it sounds. Honest.

Junkyard God

Professional pack rat Gus Brethauer turns trash into treasure at the state's strangest museum

Bitter Pill

Glendale's Juarez debuts with a brilliant platter of pharmaceutical country-pop

Bawdy Double

Jim Carrey gives 200 percent in Farrelly Brothers' raunchy Me, Myself & Irene

Hard Times

Rude comic aggression mingles with sweet innocence once again in Outside Providence, the Farrelly brothers' paean to vanished youth

Flashes

Of Mole Rats and Men

Errol Morris does a job on American work-force eccentrics

Pit of Despair

HEY, DUKE, WILL UBIQUITOUS?GUITARIST ROBILLARD HAS MANY IRONS IN THE FIRE