We hope you were able to read along with us the first Chow Bella Book Club selection for the month of October – Kitchen Counter Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn. Today is the day for our first online book club “meeting” to discuss our thoughts and feelings on this book…
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 making a fresh pizza sauce with a tomato and topping it with dressed arugula…
Starting to freak a bit about what you’re going to cook for the holidays this year? Don’t fret, Whole Foods is attemtping to come to the rescue by putting their chefs to the test with the first ever “Ultimate Food Fight” competition. Whole Foods chefs from our general area of…
A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. In the same week, two popular Phoenix food blogs are headed in two different directions. Jess Harter of Mouth by Southwest announces that he’s going pro in his East Valley dedicated food blog by bringing on advertisers for the first time…
Chris Lee can be found working (and thinking/obsessing about his next meal) out of Gangplank in Chandler in the field of customer relationship management (CRM) at Customer Systems Inc. You might have seen his handle in the food world and other circles in Phoenix (@chrislee). He also organizes Twestival Phoenix and…
We stopped by Urban Cookies a few weeks ago for a treat and were excited to learn that they offer more things than just stellar cookies and creative cupcakes. Three treats, after the jump…
Jennifer Woods IQF chopped green bell peppers 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 doing a home IQF project using green…
You probably know by now all about the Chow Bella Book Club and our partnership with Changing Hands Bookstore. If you need to get caught up, I wrote all about it a few weeks ago. While you’re reading October’s selection, Kitchen Counter Cooking School, I thought you might enjoy getting…
When we started the Chow Bella Book Club earlier this month with Changing Hands Bookstore, the hope was that eventually CHB would be able to persuade some kick-ass food writers to come to town. Well, that was quick. We’d barely announced the club’s first meeting when the amazing folks at…
Michael Hodgins has been one lucky corporate chef with a “wild” side (riding his motorcycle on weekends like a Wild Hog) and a penchant for endurance sports (probably a good idea for a food professional)…
A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. Jess Harter of Mouth by Southwest had one of the 60 seats for Il Vinaio’s semi-annual Beer & Donuts tasting last Saturday afternoon. Gourmet beer and doughnut pairing — say no more. Check out his blog to find out which was…
at the boxes along the cereal aisle might never be the same after viewing the latest show at After Hours Gallery: “Cereal Killers,” featuring Porland-based artist Brian Kappel’s dark but still-sweet mixed media pieces featuring his take on popular breakfast treats…
Our former Fry Girl and now full-time food critic, Laura Hahnefeld, has some good news. She and another award-winning Village Voice Media writer, Jonathan Kauffman of SF Weekly, have had their work selected for this year’s annual anthology, 2011 Best Food Writing, published by Da Capo…
Sunday night’s Stephanie Izard (and Guests) Goat Tour dinner was a convergence of new and cool projects all gathered together under white lights strung above the grass carpeted courtyard of Joe Garcia’s soon-to-be-built-out The Accidental Yard in Old Town Scottsdale. The rock star culinary “set list” was written by Izard…
Yesterday we got you the lastest heathful food scoop from Dr. Andrew Weil and Chef Michael Stebner at the cooking demo/tasting/discussion about vegetarian/veganism (and such) at True Food Kitchen at Biltmore Fashion Park…
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 zucchini…
Did you know that there’s a whole community of individuals who source their meals at home from dumpsters? These are people who have homes, kids…cars. They just happen to find their steak and eggs from major food suppliers who can’t sell or keep the food in the stores for one…
If you’ve had quite enough, thank you, of hi-tech food manipulation techniques and long for simpler, perhaps more barbaric times when you might drown sparrows in brandy to prepare it for roasting or order a Mexican chicken tamale from a NYC street vendor made with ground veal, meet your newest…
A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. We’ve been waiting all week to share the brilliance of host-with-the-most Pavle Milic’s Xtranormal — videos he’s been posting on his blog. There are several, and all deserve a viewing but the latest is a creative look at FnB’s new fallish menu…
Hey Phoenix, are you excited that quasi-local majorly-talented national celeb chef Stephanie Izard is coming to town this weekend? We are. We bet her parents are, too — they live in Scottsdale. Izard’s been absolutely rockin’ the the foodosphere since her Top Chef Season 4 win. She is the chef/partner of…
Alexa Wilson, also known as “the plate lady” is part of the back of the house happenings that you don’t usually see as a regular diner. She is the one that executive chefs, banquet managers, food and beverage managers, pastry chefs and any other decision maker in a restaurant turn…
Jennifer Woods We wanted to remind you that we’ve started our Chow Bella Book Club in partnership with Changing Hands Bookstore. This month (October) we’re reading the new book by Kathleen Flinn called Kitchen Counter Cooking School. If you still need a copy, you can get a discounted one from…
