We’ve been hinting for months, but now it’s time to get out your calendars — and your cookbooks — and start planning for our Pie Social. In case you haven’t heard, Pie is the New Black — and of course the trendsetters over on Roosevelt Row are on top of…
OK, folks, things are really getting exciting. We have more tickets to give away to the October 9 Best of A’Fare at CityScape in downtown Phoenix. The evening will include free food and drink from more than two dozen Valley restaurants; tickets are valued at $35 each. (And BTW, this…
Last week we asked you to tell us your superpower, in exchange for a chance to win a pair of tickets to this Saturday’s Best of A’Fare at the new CityScape in downtown Phoenix. We got some great responses — though some had to be tossed, since we also asked…
At the end of May — with Best of Phoenix looming at the other end of the summer — we came up with a wacky idea: Let’s find 100 arty types from around town. We’ll ask them questions, have them share some work. We’ll call it The Creatives, in honor of…
It’s a bird, it’s a plane — it’s a glamorous evening featuring food and drink from more than two dozen Valley restaurants! Our Best of Phoenix issue comes out this week, and that means it’s time to celebrate. We want you to join us at our annual soiree –…
Temperature forecasts be damned, it’s fall. And fall means pumpkins. In fact, at yesterday’s weekly Chow Bella meeting, we couldn’t stop talking about all things pumpkin, so get ready for an onslaught — soon. In honor of fall, this morning we went looking for velvet pumpkins. No, this is not a…
It’s no secret — not really — that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s son is seriously mentally ill. During her years in the state Legislature and as a member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, she mentioned it often in passing, and earned a reputation as a big-hearted advocate for…
He denies having anything to do with the gigantic photos of two of his political clients — Joe Arpaio and Vernon Parker — hanging on the wall at The Grind, but local public relations trickster Jason Rose is happily taking full credit for Stingray Sushi campaign signs popping up around…
It’s Friday. We’re feeling generous. Pop onto Facebook and leave us a comment on the Chow Bella page, answering our question about your culinary plans for the weekend. And we’ll enter you in a drawing to win an apron with the Chow Bella logo. We’ll even toss in some of…
In a refreshing and unexpected turn, and after much reflection, we’ve come up with a list of ten reasons you should vote for Andrew Thomas for Arizona Attorney General in tomorrow’s GOP primary. Yes, you read that right. Sort of. 1. If elected, Thomas may finally be able to realize his dream of…
We admit that we don’t typically spend a lot of time perusing the recall press releases on the Food and Drug Administration website, but in a quest to find an update on that whole egg mess (update: millions more eggs have been toss into the suspicious pile; here’s the latest…
Just when you thought the bacon trend had peaked and sizzled/fizzled, this morsel comes along. And why not? After all, who doesn’t want a bacon-cooking robot? Or, for that matter, a blog (and a photo blog and even an Internet show) devoted to bacon and beer. Thanks to Jason Mosley, mrbaconpants.com himself,…
37: Jon Haddock Jon Haddock is an incredibly talented fine artist, illustrator and a heckuva guy, according to all who know him. He has this to say about himself: “If I had been better at math I would have liked to have been a mad scientist. Being an artist is…
Like your eggs runny? You might not, after reading this post. Dr. Joli Weiss, foodborne disease epidemiologist for the Arizona Department of Health Services, confirms that some of the 228 million tainted eggs involved in the national recall making news all over the place were, in fact, distributed in Arizona…
With pie on the brain these days (if your calendar’s not marked, write down November 13 for Chow Bella’s Pie Social and dust off your cookbooks), we couldn’t resist sharing a couple slices of sweet dishes that will hold up even in this heat — they’re felted. Buy a pattern…
Still miss Norman Fierros’ dessert chimichanga, the tiny Hershey bar fried to perfection, served at Norman’s Arizona, his last local gig in what is now the heart of the La Grande Orange empire? Then you are a true Phoenician. And you probably remember Fierros’ many financial, um, issues here. Squid Ink, LA Weekly’s food blog, has…
Edward Jensen is on a one-man quest to review every cafeteria in downtown Phoenix. Through his Downtown Phoenix Cafeterias Project — which you can follow on Facebook — he intends to eat off a tray til he can tell us for certain which cafeterias in town serve up the best…
49: Stefan ShepherdStefan Shepherd started out writing music reviews of family music in his spare time for his wife’s parenting group newsletter. (More about that here.) Now he writes music reviews of family music in his spare time for his website, Zooglobble, and NPR’s All Things Considered and has brought…
51: Chris Todd Chris Todd is a transplant from the Pacific Northwest and a self-described multi-disciplinary artist; he’s currently a professor of Media Arts at Mesa Community College. “Ranging from darkly humorous to contemplative, my art draws from personal experiences and an interest in how technology, consumerism, and media affect…
52: Mike MaasMike Maas is the byproduct of monster movies, punk rock, the Catholic Church, comic books, sugary cereal, toys and Saturday morning cartoons. Wearing these influences on his sleeve, the Tempe-based artist creates art that is dark and humorous, relying on his few surviving brain cells to remember the…
53: Tedd McDonah Tedd McDonah’s into metal. Heating, hammering, welding — these are words in his daily vocabulary as an ASU metals instructor and local metal artisan. Tedd was hesitant to take his first metals class, which a friend recommended, because he knew it meant jewelry. But in it, he…
As soon as we’re done dealing with all this pesky SB1070 nonsense, someone should really look into what’s going on with the restaurant inspections at Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox’s El Portal, a Mexican restaurant just south of downtown Phoenix. Talk about a Gross Out. And possibly an example…
