Are you like us and could eat breakfast for every single meal of the day? Now presenting all the egg-based dishes, pancakes and fruit and yogurt combos imaginable to make you weak in the knees and urge you to go to bed early — just so the sunrise can more quickly…
A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs.’Tis the season for giving and sharing and we found two blog posts highlighting giving and sharing. Rodney Hartwig of Adventures in Cuisine blogged about being one of the contestants for an on-air spicy burger challenge earlier this week. Bueno Burger’s “Turn…
We can’t think of a better place to “window shop” for online foodstuffs than Gilt Taste. Ruth Reichl is the editorial advisor for this new-ish member of the Gilt Groupe family. She’s also the author of this month’s Chow Bella Book Club Selection. We wanted to explore more about Gilt…
Lately, in this In Season series, we’re taking a look at what I take home from Crooked Sky Farms each week to see what I’ve done with my CSA share, or part share. This week I’m using spinach…
We’re still not allowed to eat raw cookie dough, but not for the reasons you might suspect. Read on to discover the guilty ingredient…
A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. We’re so excited when we stumble upon a really great local food blog. We need more of them, people. And if you have one you’ve been keeping secret, please let us know. This one we found is smart, funny, healthy, delicious…
It just doesn’t taste like Christmas to me without a few of my Aunt Bonnie’s Sour Cream Cookies. I mentioned them last year in the Chow Bella “Jennifer Woods, What Are You Baking?” post. These cookies are really all about the frosting but the soft cookie makes that whole eating…
Sasha Raj is owner of 24 Carrots Juice in Chandler — and she simply sparkles. We suppose it might be from all those fresh fruits and vegetables she prepares so creatively at her vegetarian/vegan cafe she started in 2008. She’s an ASU grad who studied biochemistry and nutrition and is…
Lately, in this In Season series, we’re taking a look at what I take home from Crooked Sky Farms each week and see what I’ve done with my CSA share, or part share. This week I’m using turnips…
Taking your date out to dinner is pretty common territory for the singles scene. Lantmannen, a farmer’s co-op in Sweden, has cleverly come up with an idea to match up available individuals based upon their kitchen leftovers. Doesn’t sound quite as romantic as you might want it to be, right?…
Are you like us and find that all your iPhone pics aren’t of people and places but of food? Well, now those tasty pics will look über cool with Hipstamatic’s new Foodie SnapPak that makes your food look like one of those found gorgeous English cookbooks. What it does and…
Chow Bella Book Clubbers, are you ready for the holidays? We’re already deep in run-around-and-be-festive mode, why not a book that might be familiar to some of you that’s already been a New York Times bestseller – so we already know it’s good one. It’s also full of recipes, stories…
A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. Taryn Jeffries of PhoenixBItes.com posted loads of mouthwatering food pics from her (and Editor Amy Martin’s) recent visit to the new NoRTH at 40th St. and Camelback. The bread and cheese plate with tomato jam were hits with both ladies. Read the…
The number of home gardeners/homesteaders is growing by the second and you might even count yourself among them. Here are some pretty and pretty useful food-focused gifts for the gardener or those who aspire to be one…
We had such a good time talking with Robin Miller about her new book and her recipe inspirations a couple weeks back that we wanted to know more about her perfect Sundays she spends with her boys. It sounded like one of our perfect food days and we asked her…
Jennifer Woods Welcome to the second meeting of the Chow Bella Book Club! How nice to have you here. I told you I was going to make orangettes for our visit tonight. I made good on my promise. I have them right here (I would have posted a pic…
Lately, in this In Season series, we’re taking a look at what I take home from Crooked Sky Farms each week and see what I’ve done with my CSA share, or part share. This week I’m using pumpkin…
You’d think that honey would be the last food item to be tampered with in this era of food supply manipulation and control. It seems so pure, it never spoils (there’s even safe-to-eat black honey found in Egyptian tombs), it’s sweet and it’s what Winnie the Pooh lives for –…
A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. Susie Timm got giddy over pink towels by the pool, pickled vegetables and duck fat fries which she thinks should be inducted into a food hall of fame at Old Town Whiskey located within The Saguaro Hotel. Check out her snaps…
We perked up when we spotted a TEDx event Urban Placemaking: Design of Third Places is scheduled for Wednesday, December 7, featuring some of the local heavies in the Phoenix restaurant scene. Snag details about this independently organized get-together, time and location after the jump…
The third annual Tour de Coops, presented by the Valley Permaculture Alliance, is planned for 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, December 3, at coops all over metro Phoenix. We got a sneak peek at some backyard chickens, ducks, and quail. Check out our preview of Boho Farm and Home’s…
Hello there, Chow Bella Book Clubbers. One more week until we gather for our “meeting” to gab about A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg. Are you having as much fun reading through the essays/recipes as I am? I’m so glad we picked this book for this month because it’s full…
