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Bahar Anooshahr

Bahar Anooshahr is a freelance writer and editor, and a recovering oral maxillofacial surgeon. She is always ready to try new foods, leads an active lifestyle, and loves a good concert. She can’t survive without good books and good chocolate.

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Mahfam Moeeni-Alacron, Chef and Co-owner of Mingle + Graze, Is Now a Dame d’Escoffier

By Bahar AnooshahrMay 24, 2021

Mahfam Moeeni-Alacron went from working at a café to joining Les Dames d’Escoffier.

Persian Garden Café Is Back (But A Few Things Have Changed)

By Bahar AnooshahrMay 18, 2021

Order, and you get a complimentary dessert and work of local art.

For Tempe Baker Ryann Hulme, Cakes Can Be About Community and Causes

By Bahar AnooshahrApril 21, 2021

Self-taught baker Ryann Hulme wants her baking to be about community and causes.

The Chic Chef Is Opening a Spice Shop and Restaurant in Midtown Phoenix

By Bahar AnooshahrApril 20, 2021

Nik Fields, a personal chef to celebrities, is opening a spice shop next month.

The Impressive and Edible School Garden at Scottsdale’s Echo Canyon School

By Bahar AnooshahrApril 12, 2021

Ann Colleary Rodarte’s Echo Canyon School gardens are a true sensory immersion program.

A Persian Event Planner Brings Her Knowledge of Symbolic Iranian Food to Phoenix

By Bahar AnooshahrMarch 18, 2021

Tania Rooholamini focuses on symbolic Iranian food for weddings, showers, parties, and funerals.

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Some of Phoenix’s Finest Female Chefs Are Gathering to Discuss Desert Food Dynamics

By Bahar AnooshahrMarch 10, 2021

Talks With Desert Dames rally some of Phoenix’s best chefs to talk about food strategies in the desert.

With White Orchid, Artist Monir Hosseini Is Channeling Her Creativity Into Persian Sweets

By Bahar AnooshahrMarch 5, 2021

At White Orchid, artist and calligrapher Monir Hosseini is channeling her creativity into baking some popular Persian sweets.

Xanadu Coffee Co. Is a Solid Addition to Phoenix’s Coffee Shop Scene

By Bahar AnooshahrJanuary 21, 2021

After years in the wholesale and coffee roasting game, Xanadu has its own coffee shop.

Some of the World’s Best Chocolate Is Made in Scottsdale

By Bahar AnooshahrDecember 23, 2020

How Stone Grindz’s owners built on an unhappy customer’s complaint and became a world’s gold medal winner.

Hidden Gem: SugarJam BakeShop & Bistro, Where Dana Dumas Strives to Know Your Order

By Bahar AnooshahrNovember 30, 2020

People go to SugarJam not just for the cookies, pies, and barbecue, but also for the relationships.

In Scottsdale, a New, Ultra-Fine-Dining Experience from the Owners of Café Monarch

By Bahar AnooshahrNovember 18, 2020

Reservations required, jacket preferred.

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Imperfect Foods, a Grocer That Aims to Reduce Food Waste, Finally Comes to Arizona

By Bahar AnooshahrOctober 29, 2020

The company sends customers surplus products and blemished produce at a discount via a grocery delivery service.

A Day in the Life of Urban Beekeeper and Honey Producer Joc Rawls of Bridle Path Beeyard

By Bahar AnooshahrOctober 9, 2020

Here’s a day in the life of urban beekeeper Joc Rawls of Bridle Path Beeyard.

Chef and Tell: Nashira Cedeno of Sunny Batters on Baking Gluten- and Dairy-Free Goods

By Bahar AnooshahrOctober 6, 2020

A Puerto Rican native and baker, Nashira Cedeno started her gluten- and dairy-free bakery because of her sons.

Chef and Tell: Jozhua Watson of Indulge Irresponsibly Vegan Bakery

By Bahar AnooshahrSeptember 15, 2020

Jozhua Watson is both an ASU associate professor and vegan baker.

Nom Nom Events Will Show You How to Make Asian Sweets at Home

By Bahar AnooshahrAugust 20, 2020

Attention ube nubes: Here’s how to make this Filipino dessert at home. Order by August 31

First Taste: Healthy Fare With a Mediterranean Flair at Stratta Kitchen

By Bahar AnooshahrAugust 18, 2020

Grain and vegetable-forward shareables and bowls abound at Stratta Kitchen.

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A Scottsdale Chef Who’ll Bring a Gourmet Dining Experience to Your House

By Bahar AnooshahrAugust 17, 2020

Simmer Down offers take-home or home-cooked meals from Atlas Bistro Chef Cory Oppold.

Your Favorite New Hidden French Cafe in Uptown Phoenix

By Bahar AnooshahrAugust 13, 2020

Much like her Scottsdale bakery, Jenna Leurquin’s new Phoenix cafe delights.

Pastry Chef Tracy Dempsey Now Offers Virtual Baking Classes

By Bahar AnooshahrAugust 11, 2020

Better hurry: Registration for the upcoming galette class ends on August 14.

Looking for Arizona Honey? Here Are 13 Places Where You’ll Find it

By Bahar AnooshahrAugust 8, 2020

A list of Arizona honey sellers and where to find them in the Valley.

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