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Willy Wonka

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2012

    Stuffed! Saturday at Devoured Phoenix Culinary Classic 2012

    This is what spring in Arizona is all about, people. Fresh air, sun, smiling happy guests and some rockin' Arizona food at the Devoured Phx Culinary Classic. Here's how it went down on Saturday with our favorite booths and people.

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Dengue Fever: "It Doesn't Matter...They Don't Know What the Hell We're Saying Anyway"

    Imagine wild organ swirls, rolling surf licks and jazzy party horns coupled with angular and decidedly eastern melodies, plus a sultry singer who shifts between English and her native Cambodian dialect. That's just a fraction of what shapes Dengue Fever's original sound. The band discovered its ca ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 15, 2011

    Epic Meal Time

    Imagine wild organ swirls, rolling surf licks and jazzy party horns coupled with angular and decidedly eastern melodies, plus a sultry singer who shifts between English and her native Cambodian dialect. That's just a fraction of what shapes Dengue Fever's original sound. The band discovered its ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Refresh Glass Updates Ronco's Bottle and Jar Cutter in Style

    Courtesy of Refresh Glass​There's no longer a need to haunt Ebay for Ron Popeil's Ronco Bottle and Jar Cutter kit from the 70's--Ray Delmuro's got it figured out. Three years ago, the owner and creator of Refresh Glass perfected a way to produce sturdy, dishwasher-safe drinking glasses ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Gingerbread Village at Desert Ridge and Sparkling Cranberries in Today's Eater's Digest

    www.minimalista.org​ Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Gingerbread VillageThe largest gingerbread village in the Valley is all set up and ready to be gawked at! "Candy Wonderland" at the JW Marriott Resort is sure to inspire you to attempt to cr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    A Thanksgiving Dinner Fowl: Cornish Pasty Company vs. All Wrapped Up

    Remember that scene in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory where disgusting gum-chewing champion Violet Beauregarde gets her choppers on a piece of gum that tastes like a roast beef dinner, complete with tomato soup and blueberry pie? According to the Institute of Food Research,&nbs ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 8, 2009

    Analog Roll

    Local mystery mixer Djentrification stays out of cyberspace

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2009

    Shopping for Kitchen Supplies: Costco Business Center

    Sloane BurwellThe mandoline - a serious savings on a powerful tool.​ Ask any chef or great cook and they'll tell you - it's all in the tools. Home cooks could spend the rest of their lives amassing their collection, and truth be told - they often do. But what if you're just starting out, on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Smeeks Candy Shop Opens Downtown

    Lauren GilgerA taste of the goodies at Smeeks in downtown Phoenix.It's nice to see a price tag on anything that reads 5 cents. It calls to mind a time way back (a time few among us can remember, but perhaps have read of in books) when gas cost 20 cents a gallon and kids said, "Shucks!" But that's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Sweets & Beats Coming to Grand Avenue

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbhill/When it rains, it pours . . . candy. Last week I got the lowdown on Smeeks, a new candy shop coming to Central and Camelback. And now there's already word of another place in the works for Grand Avenue -- right between vintage tiki bar Bikini ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    Christopher Gross Brings Flavor Tripping Trend to AZ

    Listening to chef Christopher Gross explain the mind- and palate-expanding sensation of eating "miracle fruit," I can't help but think of Willy Wonka waxing poetic about Everlasting Gobstoppers. "You can eat a lemon wedge, and it tastes just like a piece of candy!" he tells me. It's called fla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    Brew Review: Hitachino Nest's Sweet Stout

    Listening to chef Christopher Gross explain the mind- and palate-expanding sensation of eating "miracle fruit," I can't help but think of Willy Wonka waxing poetic about Everlasting Gobstoppers. "You can eat a lemon wedge, and it tastes just like a piece of candy!" he tells me. It's called fla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    Nathan Sproul's anti-Pearce MVD flier; and LD18's Ron Middlebrook and Cecil Ash take money from neo-Nazi J.T. Ready.

    Listening to chef Christopher Gross explain the mind- and palate-expanding sensation of eating "miracle fruit," I can't help but think of Willy Wonka waxing poetic about Everlasting Gobstoppers. "You can eat a lemon wedge, and it tastes just like a piece of candy!" he tells me. It's called fla ... More >>

  • Film

    July 10, 2008

    Center of the Earth plays like a promo for 3D filmmaking

    Listening to chef Christopher Gross explain the mind- and palate-expanding sensation of eating "miracle fruit," I can't help but think of Willy Wonka waxing poetic about Everlasting Gobstoppers. "You can eat a lemon wedge, and it tastes just like a piece of candy!" he tells me. It's called fla ... More >>

  • Film

    August 30, 2007

    Zombie Vision

    The rocker turned Halloween director on demonic gargoyles, the drive-in, and growing up without YouTube

  • Music

    August 23, 2007

    Analog Roll

    Local mystery mixer Djentrification stays out of cyberspace

  • Music

    June 7, 2007

    The Back of Love

    Lindsey Buckingham has big, big love for his work

  • Home Entertainment

    February 8, 2007

    Mustache Ride

    In the latest WarioWare, you can pick your friend's nose

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2006

    Freak Show Maestro

    In the latest WarioWare, you can pick your friend's nose

  • Film

    March 2, 2006

    Get Down With Dave

    Chappelle returns with a raucous Party

  • Music

    February 2, 2006

    Of Montreal

    Psychedelicatessen

  • Home Entertainment

    November 10, 2005

    Blessed Are the Buttmunches

    Psychedelicatessen

  • Dining

    September 8, 2005

    The View From Vu

    Great American nouvelle

  • Film

    August 25, 2005

    Working Blue. And Brown

    There is a pony in there somewhere

  • Film

    July 21, 2005

    Bad News

    One more awful remake strikes out

  • Culture

    July 21, 2005

    Bar None

    Candy man Colin Redding chocs it up to experience

  • Film

    July 14, 2005

    Chocolate Kisses

    Wonka just got weirder

  • Culture

    June 2, 2005

    Excess Hollywood

    In the season of sequels and Happy Meal toys, '05 may be a pleasant surprise

  • Dining

    May 26, 2005

    Pie-Faced

    Pizza guy gets lucky

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Pizza guy gets lucky

  • Dining

    June 28, 2001

    Scoop du Jour

    Oh to be a professional ice cream taster

  • Film

    February 22, 2001

    Ape Escape

    Monkeybone, like a dream, is best when half-remembered

  • Film

    January 18, 2001

    Hacked Off

    The flimsy techno thriller Antitrust does nothing to boost Ryan Phillippe to stardom

  • Film

    December 21, 2000

    Sweet Dreams Are Made of This

    Lasse Hallström greets the season with a huge dose of Chocolat

  • Music

    September 7, 2000

    Master of Puppets

    Curt Kirkwood is the heart, soul and everything else of the Meat Puppets, no matter who's in the band

  • News

    September 16, 1999

    Black Rock or Combust

    Afterthoughts on the 1999 Burning Man Festival, from a four-year veteran

  • Film

    August 29, 1996

    Candied Camera

    Willy Wonka's dark chocolate still tasty at 25

  • Calendar

    November 16, 1995

    Kid Pics for the week

    Willy Wonka's dark chocolate still tasty at 25

  • Calendar

    November 9, 1995

    Kid Pics for the week

    Willy Wonka's dark chocolate still tasty at 25

  • Calendar

    November 2, 1995

    Kid Pics for the week

    Willy Wonka's dark chocolate still tasty at 25

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