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  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Check, Please! Arizona Now Accepting Statewide Restaurant Picks and Hosting a Tasting Tour (Dare to Dream, Yuma!)

    In an announcement that must have caused a collective gasp from restaurants in Arizona cities like Yuma, Show Low, and Flagstaff, Check, Please! Arizona, PBS's popular restaurant review series where Arizonans share dining-out experiences roundtable-style with James Beard Award-winning chef and host ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Noca's New Chef Is 27 Years Old, Has Worked with Four James Beard Award Winners, and "Killed" the Tasting, Says Owner Eliot Wexler

    Jackie Mercandetti ​Usually, phone calls at 2 a.m. in the morning bring no good, but for Noca owner Eliot Wexler, this one was a welcome wake-up. Chef Matt Taylor​The call came from 27-year-old chef Matt Taylor. Taylor, currently working at the Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Christopher Nicosia of Sassi, Part Two

    Keyon Fareghi​We covered background, heritage and his son's exotic eating habits yesterday. Today we cotinue our chat with Christopher Nicosia of Sassi. Nicosia's "garlic and Gaelic" heritage, as he put it, has contributed to why he became a chef. He took an interest in cooking at a young a ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 23, 2010

    Payton Curry Plays Reindeer Games

    Keyon Fareghi​We covered background, heritage and his son's exotic eating habits yesterday. Today we cotinue our chat with Christopher Nicosia of Sassi. Nicosia's "garlic and Gaelic" heritage, as he put it, has contributed to why he became a chef. He took an interest in cooking at a young a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Patrick Boll Named Exec Chef at New Spotted Donkey Cantina II

    Chef Patrick Boll has taken the executive chef job at Spotted Donkey Cantina II. Patrick Boll's plans weren't under wraps for long. After finishing his six-month-long stint as chef de cuisine at El Chorro Lodge just a few days ago, he couldn't immediately go on the record about his new job. B ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 8, 2010

    Hillside Spot Keeps Ahwatukee Locals Well Fed

    Chef Patrick Boll has taken the executive chef job at Spotted Donkey Cantina II. Patrick Boll's plans weren't under wraps for long. After finishing his six-month-long stint as chef de cuisine at El Chorro Lodge just a few days ago, he couldn't immediately go on the record about his new job. B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    Coming Soon: Gallo Blanco Cafe at the Clarendon Hotel

    CenPho is on a roll, yo. After a revolving door of restaurant concepts that have come and gone at the Clarendon Hotel since the departure of Camus almost two years ago, there's news that chef Doug Robson will be the owner/operator of a new in-house eatery called Gallo Blanco Cafe, set to open b ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2005

    En Moog

    Film sets synth record straight

  • Dining

    February 26, 2004

    Hype-Happy

    Finally, a restaurant that actually cooks up to its reputation

  • Dining

    April 10, 2003

    Pie vs. Pie

    Digging out of the Valley's pizza rut

  • Dining

    October 5, 2000

    Whining and Dining

    Food fight at the Phoenician

  • Dining

    May 18, 2000

    Date Shake

    Food fight at the Phoenician

  • Dining

    June 17, 1999

    Tarbell for Two

    Food fight at the Phoenician

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