Cherryblossom Noodle Café: Lunch $10 & Under
When we heard about the lunch specials at Cherry Blossom Noodle Café, we had to check it out. Nearly 20 options for less than $10 each on weekdays? Yes please.
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Aaron May of Vitamin T
Vitamin T. Aaron May’s eighth restaurant concept’s name has both a ring of familiarity and a healthy dose of cheese. What’s the daily recommended value of this new nutrient, you ask? According to May, it’s as much as you need to stay alert.
Budget Wine for the Holidays at Fresh & Easy
We scoped out your best budget wine bets for the holidays at a Fresh & Easy tasting last night: No three-buck-chuck was on hand (Chao, Saludas! Hang Ten, Big Kahuna! Take a hike, Flat Rock! Bon Voyage, Cape Peak!), but every wine we tried was less than $10 a bottle.
Where Am I Eating?
We’re constantly on the hunt for the best falafel in Phoenix. Something about those crispy, spicy chickpeas wrapped up in a warm, fresh-made pita with lettuce, tomato, and tzatziki – plus whatever else you can think up to complement the mix (Chilis? Pickles? Cukes?) – makes us salivate. We’re grabbed this guy to go, along with some baklava. Have we given it up? Does this look familiar? Is it from your favorite falafel joint? Take a guess… Where Am I Eating?
Dustin Christofolo’s Grilled Romaine Salad
Dustin Christofolo opened his own restaurant, The House at Secret Garden, with the help of his mom, Pat, just years out of culinary school. Today, he shows off his talent in true Italian simplicity: Grilled Romaine Salad with a Lemon-Herb Dressing.
The Southwest Cucumber at Roxy’s Great Escape
Roxy’s Great Escape is our new (not-so-)secret hideaway. Tucked away in a strip mall off Indian School between 40th and 44th streets, it’s buzzing with the liveliness of an awesome neighborhood bar: A game of Yahtzee is being played at one end and another crowd of regulars is at the other. One guy mistakes us for someone and gives us a big side hug. We already like it here. Behind the bar, Holly whips up a spicy shooter she calls a Southwest Cucumber.
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The Fashion Show Ultimate Collection Episode 2 Recap: When Dresses (& Designers) Attack
Welcome to Whining 101: State the Obvious on The Fashion Show Ultimate Collection. The House of Emerald Syx is too quick to tear each other down rather than build each other up, according to Tamara. And Mike’s complaining because Cesar won even though everyone knows “there’s no snow leopards in Africa.”
What’s the Proper Etiquette When Serving Wine?
UNCORK THE ISSUE: How should I serve wine? What’s the proper pouring etiquette?
SPILL THE JUICE: The Sassy Sommelier Lizbeth Congiusti gives us her step-by-step table tips on serving wine: Cut the foil, smell the glass, serve the ladies first, and never EVER pour too much. Just call her Emily Post, with a sassy twist.
Dustin & Pat Christofolo of The House at Secret Garden, Part Two
Mother-and-son restaurateur team Pat and Dustin Christofolo are proof that cooking ability is genetic (and don’t believe the hype about it skipping a generation, either). The Christofolos opened their family’s first third-generation restaurant this October: The House at Secret Garden.
Tammie Coe Cakes: Lunch $10 & Under
With so much pie excitement on Roosevelt Row this weekend, we had to check out the nearby options for more substantial sustenance. We landed at Tammie Coe Cakes for lunch, where every entrée is $6.75, leaving enough change leftover to snag a cupcake without breaking $10.
Dustin & Pat Christofolo of The House at Secret Garden
Chef Dustin Christofolo is a natural-born restaurateur, even if he didn’t fully embrace it until his early 20s. His mom, Pat Christofolo, is the owner of Santa Barbara Catering and The Farm Kitchen at The Farm at South Mountain, as well as the entrepreneurial spirit behind the Farm’s Morning Glory Café and Quiessence (the latter two she’s since entrusted to Chef Greg LaPrad).Now the mother-and-son pair are taking their relationship with food and each other to a whole new level: They’re business partners running The House at Secret Garden, another South Phoenix restaurant aiming to inject some life and culture into the area.
True Food Kitchen Opens in Scottsdale Quarter
True Food Kitchen brings health-conscious food approved by integrative wellness guru Dr. Andrew Weil to Scottsdale Quarter. We grabbed a seat on the heated wrap-around patio and checked out the lunch menu at the second Arizona installment of this Fox Restaurant Concepts’ joint this weekend. The ambiance and the menu fit the good-and-good-for-you bill, but the entrées especially didn’t wow us.
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Where Am I Eating?
Sometimes, you just need a big heap of freshly fried potato chips slathered in hot sauce and bleu cheese. And of course, we had to grab a nice cold beer to cool our mouth down, because really, flaming hot fried food just begs for a good beer. Any idea where we chucked our diet out the window for this hot and spicy indiscretion? Where Am I Eating?
Charleen Badman’s “Green” Salad with Caper Vinaigrette
Yesterday Chef Charleen Badman at FnB told us about her “research and development” trips, i.e. travel eating marathons. Today she shares her recipe for the New York eatery-inspired “Green” Salad.
The Casa Noble Añejo Margarita at Steve’s GreenHouse Grill
We walk in to Steve’s Green House Grill and pull up a retro red pleather stool at the steel-top bar and are staring blankly at the book of cocktails when we turn to the bartender for his suggestion: A top-shelf Casa Noble Añejo Margarita or more simply Kelly’s Special.
The Fashion Show Ultimate Collection‘s First Episode: Evacuate this Fashion Emergency
Bravo’s sad third attempt to compensate for losing Project Runway to Lifetime premiered tonight and made us want to puncture our eyes out with heels shortly thereafter. Iman and Isaac Mizrahi host The Fashion Show Ultimate Collection. Note to Bravo: A foreign supermodel married to famous musician and (former) Liz Claiborne creative director does not equal a runaway success. Iman ≠ Heidi Klum and Isaac Mizrahi ≠ Tim Gunn.
What’s the Best Wine to Serve with Thanksgiving Dinner?
UNCORK THE ISSUE: What’s the best wine to serve with Thanksgiving dinner?
SPILL THE JUICE: “In the wine world, there is no best,” says Master Sommelier Greg Tresner of Il Terrazzo at The Phoenician. “But there are many wines that are extremely suitable.”
Charleen Badman of FnB, Part Two
Chef Charleen Badman has made a name fore herself cooking vegetables at FnB, a trend she attributes to her vegetarian yoga instructor/friend. More specifically, she’s embraced the vegetables no one else wants to cook and made them her signature: Converting boring, bland leeks into a cult classic that’s generating national buzz. Food & Wine has even come knocking… (more after the jump.)
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Charleen Badman of FnB
Chef Charleen Badman’s interest in food stems from two unlikely sources: Her mom’s less-than-stellar cooking and the teenage dream of owning a car. What started as a means to dream fulfillment – both edibility and mobility – grew into a passion for food that has Badman traversing continents and staking out farms.
The Paisley Violin: Lunch $10 & Under
Ever had one of those days that starts at the crack of dawn and doesn’t stop, and then you look up at the clock and it’s 2:30 p.m. and you have yet to take your lunch break? It happens to the best of us. We stopped by The Paisley Violin for one such late-afternoon lunch, because the kitchen never closes, the menu doesn’t change and everything, minus the party platter, is less than $10.
Pie Toolbox: Must-Haves & Do-Withouts
Is your kitchen equipped for pie-making season? With our Pie Social this weekend and the holidays right around the corner, you’ll want to stock up on all the must-have accessories now. Here’s our checklist for what to get and what to skip, and links to local stores where you can find everything!
Where Am I Eating?
Nothing can quite replace biscotti with coffee. Call them bland, call them crunchy, call them what you want, but we’re sticking to our guns. We sneak away to this quiet hotspot to re-caffeinate and get some work done. What about you? Where do you hide out? Is it here too? Go ahead and take a guess… Where am I eating?