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Two Scottsdale Restaurants Make OpenTable's List of Top 100 Hot Spots

When you're hot you're hot. And when you're the hottest restaurant in town, people take notice. See also: - Chou's Kitchen Makes Travel Leisure's List of Best Chinese Restaurants in the U.S. - Chef Kevin Binkley a Finalist for James Beard Award At least, that's what OpenTable did. The online res ... More >>

Bourbon Steak's Veronica Arroyo: 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. Veronica Arroyo is no stranger to the sugary showdown that is Caram ... More >>

Sativa Peterson and The Great Kitchen

Chow Bella has a valentine for you. For the rest of February, we're handing out Candy Hearts -- stories of food and love from some of our favorite writers. Enjoy. What a great kitchen. I'm browsing one of those design websites, where you can see photos taken inside a couple's home. Slightly voyeur ... More >>

Just Announced: Taj Mahal, Converge, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and More

Self-taught singer/songwriter Taj Mahal has grooved with everyone from The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton to blues progenitors like Buddy Guy, Howlin' Wolf, and Muddy Waters. Like his friend Ry Cooder, he navigated the twisting waters of the late '60s and '70s session scene of Santa Monica, before ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Working in Mexico and Superstitions

Summerland Tour at Comerica Theatre, 7/3/12

Summerland Tour Featuring Everclear, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms, Marcy Playground, and Lit Tuesday, July 3, 2012 Comerica Theatre See also: Our full Summerland slideshow, featuring Gin Blossoms, Everclear, Lit, Marcy Playground, and Sugar Ray. See also: Should We Feel Bad About '90s Nostalgia? See als ... 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 >>

Coachella: What The Hell Is That Giant Flower?

See also: Best of Coachella: Sunday, April 15 See also: Top 10 Awkward Dance Moves at Coachella (GIFs) By Gabrielle Canon Coachella-goers arrived to the festival Sunday to find a giant 100 foot tall lotus flower on the grounds near the Gobi tent. Trippy! The crazy thing was that the flower swoo ... More >>

Throwback Thursday: Everclear

I couldn't have asked for a better time to hear about the Summerland Tour. While waiting for a coffee in Venice Beach, California, I was browsing Up On The Sun on my phone and saw that Everclear was coming. I knew what I had to listen to, because I rolled down the windows and rocked out to "Santa Mo ... More >>

Eight Songs for Hanukkah (Not Including That Adam Sandler Song Because We're Still Mad Jack and Jill Exists)

​As you've no doubt noticed, we've dived headfirst into the holiday spirit around here. We've got song to string your Christmas lights to, our favorite WTF Christmas albums, and even a weekly series, "Christmas Music That Doesn't Suck" (look for installment number two tomorrow). But we're w ... More >>

Follow Friday: Breakfast On the Brain

Royal Coffee ​It's that time again. We've compiled a small but meaningful list of great Twitter accounts for any Phoenix foodie to follow. If you're like us, you love breakfast at all times of the day. If you're looking for the latest scoop from some of the best breakfast spots in the Valley ... More >>

Veronica Arroyo's Santa Monica Strawberries

Maya Dukmasova Santa Monica Strawberries dessert at Bourbon Steak​This week we shared our talk with pastry chef Veronica Arroyo of Bourbon Steak. Today she gives us a taste of this season's special recipe from the restaurant. "Something we have on the menu right now, it's called Santa Moni ... More >>

Veronica Arroyo of Bourbon Steak, Part 2

Maya Dukmasova Veronica Arroyo prepares a dessert at Bourbon Steak​Yesterday we chatted with Chef Veronica Arroyo of Bourbon Steak about her passion for pastry. Today she shares more of her story. You worked with culinary stars throughout the years, but tell us more about your experience w ... More >>

Raw Food with Christopher Slawson

Carol Blonder Christopher Slawson​ The raw food enthusiasts that have crossed my path in the past were just too evangelical for me to take in. I had respect for the food they prepared, it was interesting and tasty, but not compelling enough for me to aspire to in my own kitchen. I was willi ... More >>

Five Songs That Chronicle the Salt River Tubing Experience

No matter how many times you've stated the contrary, you will more than likely find yourself on a black buoyant tube floating along Salt River's murky waters this summer. You will drink copious amounts of alcohol, forget to apply sun block on at least 13 percent of your body, and you will lose at le ... More >>

Houston's Closes, Hillstone Opens

​Houston's at the Esplanade closed its doors last night, reports the Phoenix Business Journal, after many years as a favorite haunt for the Camelback Corridor business crowd.Just up the street, though, its sister eatery, Hillstone, has finally opened its doors in a brand-new building situated ... More >>

26 Miles for This?! Marathon Runners Suffer Through Horrible Headliners at P.F. Chang's "Rock 'N' Roll" Marathon

​You could argue that the Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon is as big an annual event as the East Valley has.Especially for the formerly important town of Tempe, which saw Glendale steal away the city's BCS bowl game in 2007. Since then, the East Valley really hasn't had any other high-profile sporti ... More >>

Joe's Farm Grill Gets "America's Best Restroom" Nod

​I don't care whether you actually need to go or not -- just pop your head in the restroom the next time you're at Joe's Farm Grill in Gilbert. Yes, more people checking out the loo at this idyllic Agritopia retro burger spot will make the line longer for the folks who really do need to use the fa ... More >>

Whites Racially Profiled, Asked for Their "Papers" To Be on Native American Land

In a hilarious spoof of Cops sure to redden the face of every cracker nativist in Sand Land and beyond, L.A.'s "Josh on the street" skewers Arizona's "papers please" law by flippin' the script on white folks and asking them for their documentation to be on what was originally Native American land.Jo ... More >>

The Hump Restaurant Closes, Limited Edition Wine and The Big Raffle in Today's Eater's Digest

An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. ​ This is the last week to get to Joe's Farm Grill to take advantage of great food specials and to be entered in The Big Raffle. Watch "Real Deal Fast Food" on the Food Network (the episode featuring the Gilbert rest ... More >>

A.V. Club's "Least Essential Albums of 2009" Right on the Money

Yes, that is Billy Bob Thornton's band. No, we didn't need to hear their latest album.​Sometimes an actor feels necessary to spread out their talent to other venues outside of cinema. They remember playing guitar in high school and deem themselves worthy musicians, unleashing album after album of ... More >>

Concert Review: Everclear at The Big Pour

Jonathan McNamaraEverclear at The Big Pour.​It's a well-established fact that the mark of a truly brilliant pop song is its ability to stand the test of time, captivating new generations or, at the very least, remaining meaningful to it's intended audience over a lifetime. As an admitted Gen X/Y c ... More >>

Avalon Tantalizes Heat-Stricken Foodies with Coastal Cuisine

Follow Michael Jackson Memorial Online

KCRW, the Santa Monica, California-based public broadcast channel most famous for "Morning Becomes Eclectic" will be broadcasting from Michael Jackson's memorial service at the Staples Center today beginning at 10 a.m. Listen here.Also check out the music blog at our sister paper, LA Weekly, where a ... More >>

Z-Trip Appearing on Tomorrow's Edition of Morning Becomes Eclectic

Wake up with Z-Trip tomorrow morning. Zach Sciacca (a.k.a. DJ Z-Trip) is the biggest DJ success story ever to emergefrom the Valley. Not only is the mixmaster BFFs for life with Shepard Fairey, he's toured the world, collaborated with Chuck D., done way cooler shit than we could ever hope to a ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, November 27, 2008

David Bowie

Live in Santa Monica '72
(Virgin)

Opposites attract in Chris & Don: A Love Story

Etgar Keret on his low-budget movie Fatso and high-budget life

Drillbit Taylor needed Ferrell, Sandler, even Lawrence — not Wilson

Organ-icky

Tea for none

Wet Kisses

Surf yarn shows social changes

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Battle Act

A new DVD series goes the extra mile -- lots of them, actually -- in featuring battle rap

Letters

Letters from the week of August 7, 2003

Copper Squares

A downtown power lunch - without all that much power.

Skate or Die

In the 1970s, the Z-Boys were hell on wheels. Today, they're shredding the big screen.

Got Milk?

Order a grande latte in Italy and that's what you'll get

Fruit Bats

Echolocation (Perishable)

Label Makers

Reuben's Accomplice gets Better Looking; the Pistoleros flirt with Elektra

Captured by Rapture

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

Readers Digest

Dance Menu

Second Helpings

Night & Day

September 10 - 16, 1998

Second Helpings

Second Helpings

Flashes

Second Helpings

Life and the Maiden