Subject: The James Beard Foundation

• Congrats to Sea Saw's Chef Nobuo Fukuda!

  May 8, 2007

• Think Bink: Chef Kevin Binkley opens his long awaited bistro

  February 20, 2008

• EPICured

  Has Todd Hall, the chef boy wonder, grown up?

  July 4, 1996

• Second Helpings

  October 2, 1997

• Second Helpings

  April 23, 1998

• Tuna Turner

  April 23, 1998

• Second Helpings

  August 12, 1999

• Flashes 05-25-2000

  May 25, 2000

• Unfed, and Fed Up

  Reservation mixup in Manhattan

  October 19, 2000

• Best Upscale Bar Food

  Roaring Fork

  September 20, 2001

• The Radicchio's Red Glare

  Valley eateries raise funds for the survivors of slain NY restaurant workers

  September 27, 2001

• Hooter Nanny

  It seems gourmets go for sports-bar grub, too

  October 11, 2001

• Eight AZ Names Among James Beard Nominees

  Creme brulee at Vincent's In a press release this morning, the James Beard Foundation announced its preliminary lists of nominees for various categories in the prestigious James Beard Awards. There are 20 nominees in each category, and eight Arizona individuals and restaurants are among the elite group. Finalists will be announced on March 23, and the awards gala will be held in New York City on May 4. In the running for Best Chef - Southwest, there's Kevin Binkley (Binkley's), Mark

  February 13, 2009

• Sea Saw's Nobuo Fukuda Teams Up With NOCA

  Sea Saw chef Nobuo Fukuda's cutting-edge sashimi creations and luxurious omakase dinners have earned him not only legions of devotees, but a prestigious James Beard "Best Chef: Southwest" award. And since the opening of NOCA last August, chef Chris Curtiss has gained a cult following for his stunning crudo dishes and innovative seafood presentations -- along with a "Best New Restaurant" semi-finalist nod from the James Beard Foundation. Put the two of them in the same kitchen, and you

  May 29, 2009

• Phoenix Phoodies: Cafe Zuzu

  Sloane BurwellChef Wiley relaxes in the Cafe Zuzu dining room. Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale is a fabulous merging of original, sophisticated mid-century design, punched up with modern, eye popping, colorific flair. That's a perfect match for the food served at the hotel restaurant, Café Zuzu (6850 E. Main Street Scottsdale,480.248.2000) - as interpreted by Executive Chef Charles Wiley. This James Beard Award nominee is a regular fixture on local news and lifestyle shows. But wait - there's mo

  June 5, 2009

• No Beard Love For AZ

  Wah wah wah... Today's an anticlimactic day for some of the most talented people in the Arizona restaurant biz, as the James Beard Foundation announced its finalists for the 2009 awards. Nobody from this state was on the list. But the eight semifinalists who'd been in the running for various categories since the announcement in February are still part of an incredibly elite group. So congratulations again to Kevin Binkley (Binkley's), Beau MacMillan (elements), Mark Ehrler (V

  March 23, 2009

• Over Easy isn't a revolutionary breakfast spot, but it'll treat your hangover

  March 27, 2008

• It's a Wrap

  June 7, 2007

• How to Eat a Cholla

  There's more that one kind of righteous bud

  January 18, 2007

• Pie vs. Pie

  Digging out of the Valley's pizza rut

  April 10, 2003

• High Tee

  Golfers go gourmet at Scottsdale invitational

  May 16, 2002

• Pantry Raid

  April 6, 2000

• My Left Fete

  March 16, 2000

• It's Official: Sea Saw is Closing

  James Beard Award-winning chef Nobuo Fukuda is closing Sea Saw, his seven-year-old Stetson Drive eatery, to focus on a new project. Sunday, June 7, will be the last night of service. It's truly the end of an era in the Valley culinary scene, but also the beginning of a new one -- which Fukuda sounds excited about. "It's not the economy -- I could just keep Sea Saw open," Fukuda tells me. "It's because of the new venture." He's considering Phoenix for the new restaurant, whose name is still

  May 29, 2009

• Chef Fokuda at the Welcome Diner Saturday Night

  If you're jonesing for the yummy eats of the amazing (and James Beard Award winning) chef Nobuo Fokuda, head down to The Welcome Diner this Saturday. Chef Fokuda will be cooking up Japanese street food from 8 p.m. to midnight. Chef Fokuda operated Sea Saw, which closed in June. He's working on a new restaurant planned for Phoenix so Saturday's event could help to tide you over during the wait. The Welcome Diner doesn't have a full liquor license but restaurant spokeswoman Sloane McFarland says

  July 17, 2009

• Chef Nobuo Fukuda Brings Japanese Treats to Welcome Diner

  ​This really puts the "welcome" in Welcome Diner. James Beard Award-winning chef Nobuo Fukuda is testing out dishes for his in-the-works restaurant this coming Saturday (August 8) at Welcome Diner (924 E. Roosevelt). It's the second such night he's hosted since closing Sea Saw in early June. Although Fukuda's new izakaya concept is still under wraps (I'm sworn to secrecy on the possible location, but Central Phoenix is a strong contender), fans can get a taste preview with his late

  August 2, 2009

• Chef Talk: Matt Taylor, Metro Brasserie

  Lauren Gilger Executive Chef Matt Taylor in Metro Brasserie in Old Town Scottsdale.​A traditionalist and an up-and-comer at once, 25-year-old Matt Taylor is probably the youngest executive chef around, and he's one of the most well known. Taylor is a curious combination of discipline and ease, both a risk-taker and a culinary purist. Maybe that's how he got to be the head honcho at one of Scottsdale's most promising young restaurants, Old Town's Metro Brasserie & Bar, after less th

  August 4, 2009

• Foie Gras Protest Tomorrow at Christopher's Restaurant and Crush Lounge

  Foie gras is on menus at some of the best restaurants in the Valley. But tomorrow, a group of protesters will do their best to shed a different light on the culinary delicacy -- and they'll do it in front of a well-respected Phoenix restaurant, James Beard Award-winning chef Christopher Gross' Christopher's Restaurant and Crush Lounge. From 6 to 7 p.m. on Saturday night, a group of people led by activist Dani Thumma will hold up signs and pass out literature in protest of the restaurant's use

  August 14, 2009