Subject: Silvana Salcido Esparza

• West of Western Feeds Downtown

  March 23, 2007

• Get ready for West of Western

  February 29, 2008

• Simple Pleasures

  Valley vendors take Mexican tradition to the streets

  August 1, 2002

• Tempe Treasure

  A hidden home of southern Mexican fare reveals how to eat dried worms

  August 8, 2002

• Republic Rants

  Letters from the week of August 22, 2002

  August 22, 2002

• This Dog Won't Bite

  Oscar Mayer's got nothin' on the weiner Mexicano

  August 22, 2002

• Black Market Bonanza

  Getting fresh at the mercado

  August 29, 2002

• Western Flair

  Venture west to the New Asadero Hermosillo for great Mexican food

  September 5, 2002

• September Salute

  Mexican Independence Day celebrates freedom and flavor

  September 12, 2002

• The Long and Short of SUV Drivers

  Letters from the week of September 19, 2002

  September 19, 2002

• Success Story

  Brothers dish up Baja-style seafood

  September 19, 2002

• Mercado Magic

  In Valley, Mexican markets take Food City form

  September 26, 2002

• Discovering Honduras

  Honduran eatery may look Third World, but the food is first-rate.

  October 3, 2002

• Worlds Apart

  A tale of two cuisines

  October 10, 2002

• Martha Does Mexico

  Domestic dynamo discovers barrio's beauty

  October 17, 2002

• Oaxacan Wonders

  Mini Mercado is big on flavor

  October 24, 2002

• Soul Celebration

  Celebrants get into spirit of Day of the Dead

  October 31, 2002

• Cheese Wiz

  Mexican delicacies discovered in Valley

  November 7, 2002

• Pocho Villa

  Mexican grub, American-style

  November 14, 2002

• Peter Piper Picks a Pepper

  Is ancho chile pizza hot -- or not?

  November 21, 2002

• Día de las Gracias

  Traditional tastes merge on Thanksgiving

  November 28, 2002

• Door-to-Door

  Tamale vendors take it to the streets

  December 5, 2002

• Rancho Cooks Among Us

  Phoenix Ranch goes to market

  December 12, 2002

• T-t-t-t-tamales!

  Visions of cornhusks dance in their heads...

  December 19, 2002

• Search Party

  Searching the West Valley's sweet streets

  January 9, 2003

• Hombres in Tights

  Lucha libre lives on

  March 27, 2003

• Organ Players

  Letters from the week of April 3, 2003

  April 3, 2003

• Corn Stalking

  Mexican kernals equal culinary art

  April 10, 2003

• Letters

  Letters from the week of June 5, 2003

  June 5, 2003

• BEST MODERN MEXICANA RESTAURANT

  Barrio Cafe

  September 30, 2004

• Coming Soon: Barrio Cantina & Grill

  No wonder there were rumors. A couple months ago, I'd heard that the acclaimed Barrio Cafe was moving to Paradise Valley, and I just wasn't buying it. Come on -- can you see chef-owner Silvana Salcido Esparza, a pierced and tattooed CenPho gal, leaving her 16th Street digs? Nuh uh. She tells me that the restaurant's been getting tons of calls from excited fans, but that she can't imagine opening in a place that's not really, um, the barrio. But as it turns out, there is a new place open

  March 5, 2009

• En Moog

  Film sets synth record straight

  March 17, 2005

• The Cool Index

  December 4, 2003

• Downtown Brown

  Barrio businesses are flourishing, but not in downtown Phoenix

  November 20, 2003

• Bones to Pick

  Day of the dead is part of Mexican history

  May 8, 2003

• Mayo My!

  March and May, months to drink by

  May 1, 2003

• Fruit Fetish

  Mango madness on the run

  April 24, 2003

• Letters

  Letters from the week of May 15, 2003

  May 15, 2003

• Something to Chew On

  Letters from the week of February 6, 2003

  February 6, 2003

• Armpit Fare

  Go south, young man

  January 30, 2003

• Nappy Roots

  Silvana dispels the "lazy Mexican" stereotype

  January 16, 2003

• Chile Reception

  Carey Sweet tries her best to find something wrong with Barrio Café.

  January 16, 2003

• Van Dulce

  Chevy rules Mexico's roads

  January 2, 2003

• Devour Phoenix Takes Over CenPho Culinary Festival

  West of Western is no more at the Phoenix Art Museum, but the show must go on. The fifth annual installment of the popular culinary festival took place at the museum this past March. In March 2010, look for an all-new culinary fest at the museum called "Devoured," sponsored by a just-launched non-profit organization called Devour Phoenix. Devour Phoenix is a group of independently owned local restaurants who've joined forces to promote Phoenix as a dining destination -- along the lines

  July 1, 2009

• Chef Talk: Silvana Salcido Esparza, Barrio Cafe

  Lauren Gilger Silvana Salcido Esparza behind the bar at Barrio Cafe. When she was 19, Silvana Salcido Esparza left her family's Mexican bakery in Merced, California, and moved to downtown Miami to work in international banking. "Columbians would come into my office with paper bags full of $100,000 in each bag," she says. It was a far cry from the life she left back home in California, and just as far from the life she leads now. As it turns out, the food business runs in her veins. Espa

  July 7, 2009

• July 7 In Blogs: 103.9 The Edge, Barrio Cafe, Citizenship, and Golden Rule Tattoo

  In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Up on the Sun: Update on The Edge 103.9's "Format Modification:" Less New Music, More 90s Hits New Release Tuesday: UUVVWWZ Chow Bella: Chef Talk: Silvana Salcido Esparza, Barrio Cafe Your Meal Ticket to the Culinary Revolution Valley Fever: How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Budget? The Vast Major

  July 7, 2009

• Recipe: Enchiladas del Mar from Barrio Cafe

  Lauren GilgerEnchiladas del mar from Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza at Barrio Cafe.Don't go serving Silvana Salcido Esparza some over-worked, over-wrought, over-thought dish that sits in a nice little design in the very center of the plate. "I don't like my food to be puréed, recongealed, molded and then sliced, and they only give me this much," she says, holding her thumb and pointer finger up, with about an inch of space left in between. For Esparza, stick to the basics. "I think food should

  July 8, 2009

• 8 Places for President Obama to Try on His Next Phoenix Visit

  Call me a shameless arugula eater, but I still can't get over the Obama family's choice of dinner destination when they were in Phoenix this past Saturday night: Macayo's Mexican Kitchen on Central Avenue, the flagship among the Southwestern chain's 18 locations. Seriously? Sure, Macayo's has been around long enough to be an "institution" -- a few years back, I learned that there's been a longtime rivalry between Macayo's and El Charro in Tucson over who invented the chimichanga.  But

  August 17, 2009