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What Is the Role of the Food Critic?

Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you'd like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com.Writer, analyst, restaurant rater? To the reader, the job of a food critic ... More >>

Is it Proper Etiquette to Call a Chef "Chef"?

Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you'd like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com.Many of us enjoy the fruits of a chef's labor, but when it comes to telling ... More >>

Best Kitchen Pranks from Valley Chefs

Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you'd like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com.With today being April Fools' Day, there's a good chance many of us will ei ... More >>

Should Restaurants Include Gratuity as Part of the Bill?

Spotting the words "service included," "servizio incluso," and "service compris" on restaurant checks in most European countries means tipping isn't necessary (instead, a V.A.T. tax of 20 percent is added). But more and more restaurants in America are adopting this policy, causing the often distress ... More >>

What's the Most Traumatizing Experience You've Had With Food?

Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you'd like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com.It's happened to all of us at one time or another: an incident with food th ... More >>

Is it Rude to Take Photos of Your Food in a Restaurant?

Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you'd like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com.Thanks to social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, it' ... More >>

What's Your Least Favorite Holiday to Work?

Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you'd like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com.When you're in the food business, holidays can mean big money. What's the w ... More >>

Where Do You Side on the Tasting Menu Debate?

Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you'd like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com.Vanity Fair food writer Corby Kummer likened them to a form of culinary dic ... More >>

Steeped in Tradition

The Ritz-Carlton Names Stephen Toevs as New Executive Chef

Linda M. HeroldNew Executive Chef Stephen Toevs will bring his memory-making meals to The Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix.​One of chef Stephen Toevs fondest memories of food is shelling fish with his father and grandfather off the coast of Rhode Island for his mother's capellini pasta with white clam sa ... More >>

"Dancing Queen Tea Party" at the Ritz-Carlton This Thursday: Mamma Mia!

​Tea master Jeffrey Hattrick is once again bringing his mix of tea, treats, and fun to the Ritz-Carlton this Thursday at noon with a "Dancing Queen Tea Party" celebrating Mamma Mia!, the feel-good musical featuring ABBA's greatest hits and currently playing at the Gammage Auditorium. Fans of ... More >>

Five Kid-Friendly Metro Phoenix Restaurants

  ​ Sunday is Mother's Day, and if you're like us, you're still scrambling to find just the place to take mom for that special (and somehow especially stressful) day. But chances are, you take the kids out to eat year-round, and you encounter the pitfalls of fine dining with the under-12 ... More >>

Chad Burnett of Parc Central, Part Two

Keyon Fareghi​Yesterday we talked to Chad Burnett of Parc Central about breakfast at grandma's and a love of cereal. Today our conversation resumes. Not being a part of a corporation definitely has its perks. Burnett has license to be pretty much as creative as he wants to be with Parc Cent ... More >>

New in CenPho: Slice Cake Designs

​Award-winning pastry chef Christine D'Angeli has worked for The Ritz-Carlton, as well as for acclaimed chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten (at Hotel Icon in Houston, Texas), and she's even starred in two episodes of Food Network Challenge. Now, she's set up her pastry-making HQ -- Sli ... More >>

Chris D'Angeli of Slice Cake Studio

courtesy of Chris D'AngeliPastry Chef Chris D'Angeli​ In her 15- year career, pastry chef Chris D'Angeli has created an impressive resume. Since graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, Chris has traversed the U.S., working in five star hotel properties like The Ritz Carlton, as well a ... More >>

Kai Wins AAA's Top Restaurant Honor in the State

​A combination of impeccable service and executive chef Michael O'Dowd's sophisticated, Native American-inspired cuisine have helped Kai win AAA's top restaurant rating, the Five Diamond Award, for the fifth time. This puts the fine dining spot, located at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort ... More >>

Lenard Rubin of The Vig and The Vig Uptown

Lenard Rubin has a confidence about him that comes from being a two-time James Beard House invitee with 25 years experience as a chef -- most notably with the Ritz-Carlton hotel chain. The guy's background includes an extensive stints in St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia, Boston, New ... More >>

Now Open: CORE Kitchen & Wine Bar at Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain

​Upscale American cuisine with a Southwestern spin is the house specialty at CORE Kitchen & Wine Bar, which opens today at Tucson's new Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain. Chef Joel Harrington, formerly of Fearing's Restaurant in Dallas, incorporates plenty of regional ingredients in his dishes, ... More >>

December 18 In Blogs: Department of Justice, Desert Botanical Gardens, Joe Strummer, and Salted Caramel

​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: Feathered Bastard: DOJ Committed to Investigation of Joe Arpaio, According to Spokesman Joe Arpaio Henchman ... More >>

Closed for Business: Luis Mata's Plaza Grill

That old mantra about real estate -- location, location, location! -- is not lost on Luis Mata. The chef-owner of Plaza Grill, the fantastic Mexican restaurant in North Phoenix that I reviewed a few months back, blames an out-of-the-way location for the mid-December demise of his year-old eatery. ... More >>

"Day Without a Gay" Had Little Impact in Phoenix or Anywhere Else

The Wednesday work stoppage planned by gay rights advocates to protest the ban on same-sex marriage in California (and Arizona, we presume) went unnoticed by some of the Valley's largest employers. Nationally -- even in San Francisco's famously gay Castro District -- few called in sick to wor ... More >>

Bartenders & Baristas: Carson Quinn at Roka Akor

Gridiron Grudge

Caliente seeks redemption against Aftershock

Reel Time

Oscar fans go for Ritz and class

Robbing the Dreidel

How the Goblins stole Hanukkah

BEST CIGAR LOUNGE

Goodfella's Cigar Lounge & Deli

Mid East, Midnight

Ritz Cracker

Finer French fare, bottled barbecue and brunch

Best Cigar Bar

The Club at the Ritz-Carlton
2401 East Camelback
602-468-0700

Pardon Their French

Bistro 24 is simply boring

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Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This

Out, Out, Damn Sport!

Voters seem certain to do what the Arizona Legislature has repeatedly refused to do--ban cockfighting, and hasten the death of a way of life

Mother Load

Eating Inn

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Mr. Tea

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Blues Bodhisattva

Valley jazz singer and devout Buddhist Sherry Roberson answers the question "What's the sound of one woman scatting?"

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FEAST AND FAMINE

FLASHES

SECOND HELPINGS

LIVIN' LODGE

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THE FULLER BRUNCH MAN

A DRINK WITH JAM AND BREAD