Every zombie walk and kitschy zombie indie comedy is milking the zombiemania cash cow. However, the films that paved the way still get little recognition, which is a darn shame.These films explore just what a human can do under apocalyptic circumstances and how far people will go to survive. Also,…
Guten tag, German food fanatics! If you haven’t been getting your fix of schnitzel, sauerkraut, and strudel, head on over to Tonto Bar & Grill in Cave Creek for their Oktoberfest celebration.German chef Ernst Andreas was brought in from Tonto’s sister restaurant, Stables Ranch Grille, to prepare authentic Deutschland cuisine…
Cupcakes are so last season. Their day in the baking limelight is over. They’re cute, they’re sweet, they’re fun to make, but we’re getting kind of bored with the cake and frosting combo. What could replace the simplicity and grabability of the cupcake?We here at Chow Bella headquarters pored over…
RSVP Public Relations Chompie’s just announced that they are selling pink bagels from now until October 30, donating some of the proceeds to the Susan G. Komen fund. Besides Chompie’s, we have noticed a lot of other products turning pink for the month of October, so we decided to see…
Three Valley-area barbecue teams have been selected to compete in the “prestigious” 21st Annual Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue.Barbecue pros from Blake’s BBQ in Gilbert, Otis and the Bird in Mesa and Rhythm ‘n QUE in Phoenix will duke it out against sixty other teams from all over the…
How can the purchase of one clay bowl nutritiously feed 75 hungry people? Waste Not’s 19th Annual Empty Bowl Event aims to do just that. The handcrafted bowls for sale at the event are made and donated to Waste Not from the Arizona Clay Association. The empty bowls have a…
Chef Felicia Ruiz loves using fresh, often locally grown ingredients to create her dishes at Lola Tapas. One ingredient that remains a constant on the Lola menu is honey. Ruiz explains that she loves honey so much because each area has its own flavor.”People don’t realize that local honey actually…
Can’t get enough pasta? Bol Italia and Loughlin’s Bistro just opened their doors, and the Italian staple looms large on both restaurants’ menus. Bol Italia, located in Chandler at Alma School and Queen Creek, offers pasta, salad, and rice bowls quickly and inexpensively. Chef Philip Occhipinti combined his love of…
Chef Felicia Ruiz is totally adorable. Okay, we don’t mean to gush, but she’s that special kind of person that makes you feel automatically welcome and at ease, especially in what she calls her second home, Lola Tapas.We guess her relaxed attitude might stem from her culinary education. Ruiz never…
Forget the wine, we want to cook with beer. Not just any beer, mind you, but beer of the tasty locally microbrewed Four Peaks variety. Lucky for us and other amateur foodies, Chef Marc Hennessy from BLT Steak is offering to show everyone how on Saturday.That’s right. From noon to…
Why would anyone pay the better part of a ten spot to view the steaming heap of cinema known as The Room, the nauseating story of a love triangle turned tragic that’s filled with nonsensical plot development and grade-school acting talents? Maybe because Tommy Wiseau – the movie’s writer, director,…
Phoenix java hot spot, Royal Coffee Bar, opened a new location at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market’s Urban Grocery, giving Royal lovers a second spot to enjoy their drinks.The new grocery store near Pierce and First Street hasn’t opened quite yet (it’s due later this month), but Royal at the…
Joshua Riesner and fellow Atlas Bistro chef Keenan Bosworth like to switch up their menu day by day, while goofing around in the kitchen together and bugging their intern. Riesner is an avid foodie and says he could cook with bacon, fennel, and tarragon everyday. His creative culinary tower, Smoked…
Cooking is all about the rock ‘n roll lifestyle for chef Joshua Riesner. He stays up late, wakes up at noon and sometimes gets to enjoy a drink before Atlas Bistro opens. His menu is based on whatever he has in stock for the day, and he enjoys the freedom to…
PETA caused some hullabaloo (shocker) a couple months back with a billboard posted in Jacksonville, Fla. that said “Save the Whales, Lose the Blubber: Go Vegetarian.” The billboard had a picture of a heavy-set lady on the beach in a not-so-itsy-bitsy teenie-weenie pink polka-dot bikini. Understandably, issues were raised questioning…
To celebrate the mid-October opening of the Downtown Phoenix Public Market’s Urban Grocery and Wine Bar, market organizers put together a raffle to tantalize taste buds. Two lucky winners will get the opportunity to dine at some popular Phoenix hot spots. We were pretty jazzed because the website says “Enter to…
Imagine a world where you can drink cocktail after cocktail and never feel it in the morning. Jeff Freiberger said that’s just what he was doing with a drinking buddy when he came up with the idea for Rhythm Liquor. After talking to doctors and scientists, Freiberger found the cure…
Michael Leung of Asian Cafe Express says each of his dishes have a specific taste, smell, temperature, and color that set them apart from other restaurants. As far as we can tell, the specification for most of those qualifications is delicious.Leung’s finger-lickin’-good chicken wraps are one of the most popular…
62-year-old Michael Leung has been working in the restaurant industry for almost 50 years. Yes, your math is correct; Leung got his first job as a line cook at a restaurant in Hong Kong when he was 12. This is probably why he already owns his second restaurant in the…
Edip San has been cooking meat with a thirty-year-old secret family recipe. The recipe has wowed everyone from ASU frat boys to the Moroccan prince and princess. And San gave it to us… well, almost.San wouldn’t tell us exactly what goes into the marinade. He admits he’s left out one ingredient…
If you attended the Downtown Phoenix Market on Wednesday, and you got a parking ticket, you may not have to worry about it.According to market organizers, folks that parked in the lot on the southwest corner of McKinley and First Street may have been ticketed by mistake. Community Food Connect…
Med Fresh Grill has been a Mill Avenue constant for four years, surviving the wave of desolation the downtown Tempe stretch has faced in recent times. Like many restaurants on Mill, Med Fresh serves quickly and on disposable plates, but one taste of the food shows what sets this spot…
