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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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How Purple Elephant Cakes Found Its Way from New York to the West Valley

By Bahar AnooshahrJuly 17, 2020

The story behind Jin Hee Sonu’s Litchfield Park bakery.

Hope’s Artisan Bread Is Moving to a West Valley Storefront

By Bahar AnooshahrJune 30, 2020

Australian bread baker Hope Mendrin has a new bakery, and a new business partner: her brother.

Jason Higgins’ Journey to Jupiter Rings Wings And More

By Bahar AnooshahrMay 20, 2020

Jupiter Rings creator Jason Higgins on the success of his vegan buffalo sauce — and his new restaurant.

In 2020, Morning Kick Has Gone From Food Truck to Storefront — and Now Back Again

By Bahar AnooshahrMay 6, 2020

Morning Kick’s husband-and-wife owners are trying to keep the restaurant afloat through their food truck.

Elevate Home Cooking With a Package From Scottsdale’s Spice & Tea Exchange

By Bahar AnooshahrApril 21, 2020

The Spice & Tea Exchange has plenty of herbs, spices, sugars, peppers, and other goods to improve your quarantine.

How a Brother-and-Sister Team Operate This New Gilbert Pizza Joint

How a Brother-and-Sister Team Operate This New Gilbert Pizza Joint

By Bahar AnooshahrMarch 31, 2020

A day in the life of brother-and-sister-operated Frankie’s Famous Pizza.

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Five Bean-to-Bar Chocolate-Makers in Greater Phoenix Who Deliver

By Bahar AnooshahrMarch 23, 2020

Who’s ready for a mood boost while social distancing?

Greater Phoenix Farmers Markets — What’s Open, What’s Closed?

By Bahar AnooshahrMarch 20, 2020

COVID-19 leads to a few farmers market closures.

No Idea About Nowruz? Prepping for This Week’s Persian New Year Feast

By Bahar AnooshahrMarch 16, 2020

Our own Bahar Anooshahr breaks down the traditions and foods of Iranian New Year.

First Taste: FLINT by Baltaire Will Beckon You Back to the Biltmore Area

By Bahar AnooshahrFebruary 25, 2020

Chefs Strickland and Mayo create delicious Mediterranean food with Middle Eastern accents.

Talking With the Sisters Behind Phoenix’s Queens of Cobbler

By Bahar AnooshahrFebruary 18, 2020

We talk cobbler, barbecue parties, Pattie LaBelle, and more with the Hill sisters.

Mora Chef Scott Conant Is Hosting a New Food Network Series

By Bahar AnooshahrFebruary 3, 2020

Chopped Sweets has four top pastry chefs competing to create top-notch desserts from bizarre ingredients. The Mora chef hosts.

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Essence Bakery Chef Starts First-Ever Apprenticeship Program With C-CAP

By Bahar AnooshahrJanuary 13, 2020

Chef Eugenia Theodosopoulos is running C-CAP Arizona’s first-ever apprenticeship program.

See Phoenix-Area Contestants on Food Network’s Worst Cooks in America

By Bahar AnooshahrJanuary 3, 2020

Season 18 of the Food Network show includes Shannon Akins, 25, of Tempe and Ryan Grovey, 30, of Scottsdale.

Spotlight: Joey Lucidi and Jeremy Belt From Peoria’s The Social on 83rd

By Bahar AnooshahrDecember 13, 2019

The team behind The Social on 83rd, a chef-driven restaurant in Peoria.

Jenna Leurquin’s Haute Couture French Pastry Shop in Scottsdale

By Bahar AnooshahrDecember 4, 2019

A young pastry chef offers beautiful French pastries, cookies, and quiches.

Baking for a Cause Around Metro Phoenix

By Bahar AnooshahrNovember 13, 2019

Four organizations provide opportunities for bakers to volunteer during the holidays.

How a Paradise Valley Fashion Designer Helps People Heal

How a Paradise Valley Fashion Designer Helps People Heal

By Bahar AnooshahrOctober 18, 2019

Nazila Sawhney left Afghanistan and found fashion

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How Isabelle Halle Uses French Baguettes to Build Teams

By Bahar AnooshahrOctober 16, 2019

More than just baking bread, this baguette class serves to bring people together.

A Second Serving From Angel López, Former Chef of Restaurant Mexico

A Second Serving From Angel López, Former Chef of Restaurant Mexico

By Bahar AnooshahrOctober 15, 2019

Fans are beyond thrilled to learn that Angel López of Restaurant Mexico has opened Mr. Pancho Mexican Food in Mesa.

Pastry Chef Dan Boman Opens Cooking School in Gilbert

By Bahar AnooshahrOctober 7, 2019

An interview with Chef Dan Boman, a 2017 Pastry Chef of the Year winner, about his new school L’Academie.

First Look: Earth Plant Based Cuisine, A New Vegan Mexican Restaurant

By Bahar AnooshahrSeptember 11, 2019

Check out Phoenix’s new vegan Mexican eatery on Grand Avenue.

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