Chrysa Robertson has a well-earned reputation as a hard-charging business woman — and one of the best chefs in town — and she learned from the master: Carol Steele, who set the standard for culinary goodness in metro Phoenix with C. Steele and several other businesses in the Seventies and…
See also: A Field Guide to Pie Social 2011 See also: Pie Social 2011 Winners Announced Fall is in the air (hey, a girl can dream, right?) which means it’s time for PIE. Are you ready for the third annual Pie Social? Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row are looking for…
The drive to Aravaipa Canyon isn’t long, as far as road trips go. Ninety minutes, and you’re in another world. From Phoenix, head east on the 60. Take a right at the old ice cream stand in Superior onto Highway 177, pass the giant open pit of the Ray Mine,…
When an argument broke out on Twitter earlier today over whether it’s appropriate for a food critic to sell ads on his blog to restaurants he’s also reviewing, something sounded awfully familiar. So we reached into the Way Back Machine (a.k.a. Google) to pluck a gem from the July 8,…
Earlier this month, the director of the state’s public-healthcare system upheld a decison denying services to Rocky Cruz, a severely developmentally disabled child. Her parents say they’re pursuing legal options through the Arizona Center for Disability Law. Rocky, the 5-year-old daughter of Manny Cruz and Valerie Revering of Glendale, has…
Correction: In the following story, Manny Cruz serves as executive director for the Abandoned Mine Safety Organization (AMS) Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit. In the 20 years since she founded The Family School, Sue Johnson is hard-pressed to think of a kid with more cognitive challenges than Rocky Cruz. The popular…
Earlier this week, we announced the winners of Just Like Mom’s, Chow Bella’s first Mother’s Day essay contest. Today we present the winning essay by Kim Kunasek, about her mother, Emilie Charlotte Klaiber — and Klaiber’s recipe for “pancake soup.” My mother has always been a life force. As a…
From Jamaica to Panama, the entrants in Chow Bella’s first-ever Mother’s Day essay contest took us on a whirlwind tour of maternal culinary inspiration. And boy, are we hungry. Thanks to all who entered, and particularly to Gayle Shanks, co-owner of Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, who graciously judged all…
So, how’s your mom’s cooking? C’mon, be honest. This year, in honor of Mother’s Day, Chow Bella really wants to know about your mother’s skill with a skillet, whether she’s a regular Julia Child or dinner always seem to go up in flames. So we’re holding a good, old fashioned…
Gee, sounds like somebody needs a cheeseburger. From time to time here at Chow Bella, we write something we know might make people angry. But once in a while, a post we thought was totally innocuous sets someone off. This is one of those times. When we announced that Tediberto’s…
You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley’s emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2012 Finalists.Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement and celebration on April 7, Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduce the finalists.Up today: Aaron Kimberlin Aaron Kimberlin grew up in Chandler, graduated from Arizona…
You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley’s emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2012 Finalists.Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement and celebration on April 7, Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduce the finalists.Up today: Sweet Salvage In Phoenix, people are always talking about building community and…
You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley’s emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2012 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement and celebration on April 7, Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduce the finalists. Up today: John Cavanagh John Cavanagh is busy.The guy has a full-time…
You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley’s emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2012 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement and celebration on April 7, Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduce the finalists. Up today: Lindz Lew As…
Time to crown some achievements in the form of Phoenix New Times’ Big Brain Awards 2012. This morning, our sister blog Jackalope Ranch announced the finalists in visual art, performing art, design, and fashionWondering about culinary art? It wasn’t an easy choice — the food community here in Phoenix is busting with great…
Welcome to Phoenix, basketball fans. We hope you’re hungry. Whether your team wins or loses, you’ll want to break some bread. So we’re here with suggestions of our favorite places to do it. For this list, we’ve narrowed things to central and downtown Phoenix — but you’ll still likely need…
Note: This post was edited from its original version to reflect the correct name of How Do You Roll? sushi.In places like Australia and England, folks use the term “tuck shop” to refer to a small shop selling sweets and crisps (that’s cookies and potato chips to us). Tuck means…
[jump] I’ve spent the last 30 years eating Mexican food around the Valley, and I’ve eaten at all of the old places, the standard places, the places that people have been shot in front of an hour after I left, and sure, the gringo places. Restaurant Mexico stands alone. There…
PI(E) from ABBY BURTON on Vimeo. Here at Chow Bella, we’re not so good at math — but we’re always up for pie. We watched a lot of stop motion videos about the making of pie (you’re welcome), and this was our favorite. Short, sweet, to the point. Happy Pi…
No doubt about it, food trucks are the big trend — in these parts, anyway. Seems like you can’t avoid ’em, and that makes a lot of people very happy. Perfecting the food truck festival has become a challenge, though, and this coming Saturday, March 17, the folks at…
We’re still wrapping up our coverage of Devoured — stay tuned — but a comment on yesterday’s post caught our eye and we figured we’d put it before the Peanut Gallery (that’s you, dear readers) now. What do you think of what “Jim” had to say? (Tell us, and you…
UPDATE: Boy, are we embarrassed! Turns out, couldntbeparve.com is a tongue in cheek name for a blog that offers only kosher recipes! The marshmallows used in this recipe are not made with gelatin — if you buy the garden variety at the grocery store, though, you’ll be in violation. We…
