The New York Times Company

Jacques Qualin of J&G Steakhouse on Head Cheese, Being an Apprentice, and Daniel Boulud

Jacques Qualin J&G Steakhouse The Phoenician Resort 6000 East Camelback Road, Scottsdale 480-214-8000, jgsteakhousescottsdale.com See also: -- Matt Pool on Chris Bianco, Andreoli Italian Grocer, and Phoenix as a Food Town -- Chef Kevin Binkley a Finalist for James Beard Award This is part one of ... More >>

Guy Fieri Spends Time With Six Valley Restaurants for New Season of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives

Recently, Guy Fieri has been in the spotlight, thanks to Pete Wells utterly destroying his new Times Square restaurant, Guy's American Kitchen, in a New York Times review. But this week, the restaurateur and Food Network host has been quietly filming six Valley restaurants for the 14th season of hi ... More >>

The Death of Film (Again): A Short History of an Art Form's Long Passing

Shine: Last Page

Pineberries, Square Watermelons and Pink Lemons: The Wonderful, Wild World of Plants

Via Organic Green Roots on Facebook​It's always fun to remind ourselves of the wonders of nature. We saw these and thought it would be fun to get you in the mood for food.  Organic Green Roots posted on Facebook some cool photos of edible fruits that make you wonder if they are real or ... More >>

Redesigned Food Labels Make Current Food Label Look Like Ass Crap

Renee Walker​Current food label.​With all the hoopla finally dying down on MyPlate, the new icon of healthy eating from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that replaced the food pyramid, maybe it's time the nation focused on another food-related headache of sorts: the nutrition label. ... More >>

Page One: As the Journalism Industry Panics, the New York Times Gets Its Own Reality Show

Page One: Inside the New York Times Takes the Story to the Newsroom

Feds to School Districts: No, You Can't Deny Undocumented Kids an Education -- And Don't Bully Them, Either

SalonMemo to legislators: son niños. They're children.​The Department of Justice mailed out a gentle reminder to school districts across the country over the weekend advising that undocumented students are, in fact, entitled to attend primary and secondary schools in America without being hassled ... More >>

Gold Price Hits Record $1,500 an Ounce

  Image: Jamie Peachey Gold hit a record $1,500 an ounce today, giving us an excuse to publish this picture again.​While reporting our feature article on gold last year, we heard from experts who thought the price of gold would keep going up. Shoulda bought a truckload. Or&n ... More >>

Wyrm Food

Author revisits the French and Indian War, fantasy-style

Arizona Rethinking Open Range Laws? One Word for the New York Times: Bull

Image: Arizona LegislatureRep. Daniel Patterson, D-Tucson, wouldn't stand behind statements attributed to him in a Monday New York Times article concerning Arizona's free-range law​ Arizona's not really "Rethinking Open Range Laws," despite a New York Times article published on Monday with tha ... More >>

Morning Poll: Did Republicans Steve May and Jim Weiers Recruit Green Party Candidates Just to Mess With Dems?

Republican and former lawmaker Steve May wants you to run for office -- as a Green Party candidate​ Stephen Dubner, half of the writing team behind the upcoming movie (based on the book), Freakonomics, calls it an example of "unbranding" in a New York Times blog post today. Whatever the&n ... More >>

Green Party Sues to Boot 11 "Sham" Candidates From Ballot; GOP Recruited Them to Draw Off Dem Votes, Lawsuit Alleges

​The Arizona Green Party wants a federal judge to block the names of 11 candidates from appearing on the November 2 ballot, saying the candidates are "shams" who don't represent the party.The lawsuit and request for immediate hearing comes a few days after the state Democratic Party accused fo ... More >>

August 4 In Blogs: Salvador Reza, SMoCA, Adam Carolla, Tracy DeWitt, and John McCain

​​​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:

Strip-Ease

NYC gals show off their goods

What's New, Cupcake?

​ Karen Tack and Alan Richardson may be the only two people outside a candy factory that know how many green candies a box of Dots yields. Karen, cooking teacher/food stylist, and Alan, photographer/cookbook author, have applied their talents and their love of candy to the art and craft o ... More >>

Job For A Cowboy

Job for a Cowboy

The National Stream From New York Times

​The Old Gray Lady is getting a little bit hipstery today. The New York Times is streaming The National's newest record, High Violet, here.It's the first time the paper has streamed a record. The multimedia is paired with a feature from the Times' magazine which comes out Saturday.A few things tha ... More >>

Ahwatukee Farmers' Market Gets Our Goat

Every since Chef Payton Curry butchered a pig at the Devoured Culinary Classic, conversations have turned to what unusual meats one can expect to find at Caffe Boa and Boa Bistro (just wait until you peep tomorrow's posting on his kid-unfriendly Easter specials). Turns out B ... More >>

Amuse Bouche, Free Pancakes and Rum Swizzles in Today's Eater's Digest

An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. ​ The New York Times gives a nod to local restaurant Amuse Bouche. Located in a stripmall in Surprise, they are noted for their simplistic approach to keeping afloat in a troubled economy. Read the full story here. ... More >>

Worm Diets, Ra Sushi in Mesa Turns Two and Donut as Aphrodisiac in Today's Eater's Digest

An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. ​ A parasite diet? You must be joking. Unfortunately, no. There is an actual diet where you ingest real intestinal worms to lose weight. Hong Kong is now warning people of the risks involved with this extraordinaril ... More >>

Miss Gay Arizona, The New York Times, and Haiti Over the Weekend

​2010 Miss Gay Arizona USofA and Reina Del Sol USofA Classic at the Wyndham You can keep your preacher's daughter conservative country sweetheart Miss America pageant; we'll take Miss Gay USofA any day. The lovely ladies in this competition may be male underneath the sequins, rhinestones and m ... More >>

February 1 In Blogs: You Hang Up, Miss Gay Arizona, and John McCain

​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: Hung Up On You Hang Up: Former Malcolm in the Middle Star Plays A Free Show This Saturday Mi ... More >>

Queen G

Self-deprecating comic takes the stage at Dodge

Video: How to Make Whoopie (Pies, that is)

Whoopie pies are back! This classic dessert has resurfaced in grocery stores and restaurants across the nation, even being named a dessert trend to watch by the NY Times earlier this year.  So what the heck is a whoopie pie? It's basically creamy white frosting sandwiched between ... More >>

Borderline Brilliant

Flick takes the sting out of the U.S.-Mexico culture clash

Monday Night Martha: Leeks with Eggs and Cheese

Strictly speaking, this is not a "Monday Night" dish but a "Sunday Morning" one. We made it for breakfast over the weekend but it was so good, we say you could easily talk yourself into having it as part of an easy-breezy weeknight dinner. This dish is adapted from a Mark Bittman recipe. Over at the ... More >>

Jennifer Steinhauer

Phoenix Foreclosures are Big News in Big Apple; New York Times Reports on Scorched Real Estate Landscape

  "Blood" in the streets. Scorched landscapes of foreclosed homes. Snarky bidding wars among investors. This the Phoenix metro area readers of the New York Times knew over the weekend. In case you missed it, "Amid Rubble of Housing Bust, One City Bigins a New Frenzy," is a b ... More >>

Monday Night Martha: Mexican Chocolate Tofu Pudding

First off, the name "Mexican Chocolate Tofu Pudding" has too many adjectives to sound as though it would taste any good. It's like it was invented during a bad game of culinary Mad Libs. Second, who the heck puts tofu in pudding? Nonetheless, we spotted this recipe in last week's New York Times and ... More >>

Eliana’s, Guanaquito, and Restaurante Salvadoreño Fill You Up with Pupusas

Twilight With 'Tude

No sugar-coated vampires lurk among these pages

Black Lips

"The Ballad of Joe Arpaio" Hits the Blogosphere

A buddy just sent us a link to this cool little story in the New York Times.  Seems that a factory worker from Long Island named Saul Linares recently penned a little corrido -- those wonderful Latino folk ditties about love, murder, and about everything between. Th ... More >>

No Depression is Back! ...Sorta

When No Depression, The New York Times of roots music, stopped publishing last May, then stopped updating the site frequently shortly thereafter it left a huge hole in the alt-country scene. Now it's back. Sorta. The magazine, named for a Carter Family/Uncle Tupelo song, launched in 1995 is now a ... More >>

Vote for Maya Dailey for White House Farmer

A few months back, the New York Times magazine published a special Food Issue, with an intriguing essay by Michael Pollan, an "open letter to the Farmer in Chief," explaining why the President-elect should consider national food policy a matter of national security. It inspired the Brockmans, a ... More >>

Jan. 14 In Blogs: RZA, MCSO and Hot Wings

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Photo Enforcement Ban Proposed by State Lawmakers Arizona Republic and ... More >>

Monday Night Martha: Digestif's "They Make Pie"

Even Martha deserves a night off, so this week we're offering you the option to ditch the kitchen for the bar. It's hard to find a decent restaurant open Mondays in this metropolis (particularly in Phoenix, but other 'hoods, as well), which is why we're delighted to remind you that Digest ... More >>

Hot Links: Charles Barkley Gets DUI; Lobbyist Sues NY Times Over McCain Story; AAA Questions DPS Speed Camera Safety Study

Do we still have to call him "Sir?" Charles Barkley, former Suns player and legendary local resident, gets busted for DUI. What's a misleading story in the New York Times worth? About $27 million, if you're Washington D.C. Vicki Iseman, and you've been accused of a possible affair with Arizona Sena ... More >>

Dec. 8 In Blogs: Fate, Napolitano, Phooson and the Largest Uterus Ever Removed

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Local Docs Enter Record Books With Largest Uterus Ever Removed Light-R ... More >>

Peanuts, shmeanuts: Fantasy foods at Chase Field

Obama, No Osama: New York Times readers not interested in terrorism...

Snap To It

Comeback kids, rhymin' Limeys and songs about partying defined Hip-Hop Nation in 2006

High on Fire

Yes, metal can burn

MC Paul Barman

Letters

From the week of March 22, 2001

Second Helpings