Linda Hopkins has been a Phoenix culinary mainstay for more than 20 years. She’s best known for starting the Valley’s first and longest running children’s only cooking school called Les Petite Gourmettes. The name is a nod to her love of all things French. Each summer, Hopkins helps  kids from ages 8…

A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. You know you can’t resist the pumpkin cream cheese schmear at your favorite bagel shop this season. Handle the Heat shares how to do it at home. We wanted to give you this recipe since we know this will be handy…

Author and nutritionist Robin Miller is a Scottsdale resident with boundless energy and advice for miles on how to get a lip-smacking dinner ready in just a few. You probably have caught her Food Network show Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller and maybe her contributions to the Food Network blog…

Gina Buskirk started Gina’s Homemade in 2010 with her husband, Christopher Buskirk. You might have seen her delectable foods at the Old Town Farmer’s Market or Whole Foods. If you don’t know, Gina’s Homemade is where you can get creamy, oozy artisinal cheeses, loads of flavors of crunchy biscotti, tomato…

A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. Foodiebear’s blog makes you feel warm and fuzzy with the stellar snaps and well-written reviews of local restaurants. This week Foodiebear takes us to Tien Wong Hot Pot in Chandler. Head over for helpful hints on how to enjoy a hotpot…

This last weekend on The Splendid Table, American Public Media’s radio food show that airs here on Sundays at 2 p.m. KJZZ, the fabulous Lynne Rossetto Kasper interviewed Michael Hearst of the band One Ring Zero with a recipe project that marries food and music in an unusual way. Simply…

In case you missed last week’s announcement, the Chow Bella Book Club is reading A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg. I thought you might want to get to know the author better, so here’s a few things you might not know about food writer Molly Wizenberg:…

Cuoco Pazzo is Italian for “crazy cook” — and it’s the name of Chef Peter DeRuvo’s newest venture in Old Town Scottsdale. Crazy, sure —  crazy smart, crazy inventive and crazy fun. And we got to experience it last week at Cuoco Pazzo’s grand opening.DeRuvo — most recently of Prado…

A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. We met the friendly and well-educated-in-the-world-of coffee men from Mulch Coffee at the Stephanie Izard Goat Tour dinner and it appears that they are pouring a mean iced coffee at the south Scottsdale farmers’ market. Mulch Coffee currently features multiple roasters,…

Stacy Matson is a NY transplant who tweets her heart out about food (@luvchampagne). She’s “obsessed with finding recipes in old cookbooks and hunting down cookbooks at estate sales.” You might have seen her out and about, she loves going to happy hour and dining out “all the time.” She’s…

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 butternut squash and green beans…

Chow Bella and Changing Hands Bookstore are proud to present the next Chow Bella Book Club (an online book club for people who love food, books and books about food) selection. For the month of November, we’ll be reading A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by…

A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. We were alerted to this Scottsdale-based blog about customer service from an ex waiter who spent many years in kitchens and he’s ready to tell his stories and get yours on Amazing Service, Really. We thought that his post on Front…

Girl in the Kitchen: How a Top Chef Cooks, Thinks, Shops, Eats and Drinks by Stephanie Izard and her friend Heather Shouse, published by Chronicle Books, has the look and feel of many of the celebrity cookbooks you’ve seen before. Colorful and engaging graphic design, photo of the chef looking…