We’re peeking behind the scenes and getting our hands dirty in the kitchens of some of our favorite chefs, foodies and Phoenix tastemakers. In the kitchen with: Joshua Hebert of Posh Making: Sweetbreads with artichoke, white asparagus, fresno chiles in a mustard caper sauce. AKA: Josh’s Riff on Sweetbreads…
We saw on Carl Seacat’s Twitter feed (@SeacatGardens) that he was foraging for highly-prized, bright orange lobster mushrooms in Northern Arizona. We were so curious about his experience that we had to find out more. Seacat doesn’t give away all his secrets, but here’s more about his first fungi hunting expedition…
To promote Emeril Lagasse’s new cookbook, Sizzling Skillets and other One Other One-Pot Wonders, the folks at William Morrow Cookbooks have decided to have a blogger “party” with the online food community – and in this town, they’ve chosen Peoria resident and creator of the Food Hunter’s Guide To Cuisine…
We’ve known and loved Chef Christopher Gross’ French-inspired cuisine for so many years — we guess you could say we have a “crush” on him – sorry, couldn’t resist. For a little fun, Chef Gross likes to fly across the pond and jump on his bike to give it a…
Whether you’re a CSA devotee, a farmers’ market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we’ll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce.This week’s harvest: Bell Peppers Botanically speaking, bell peppers are lovely low-sugar fruits. However, in the culinary world, we consider them vegetables and the only plant in…
A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. Chris Tingom from ArizonaCoffee.com picked some of his favorite examples of latte art from the 2011 SWLAC this past weekend. He wanted you to know what good latte art looks like. Check out the rest of the pours over on his…
Pig Butt Cupcakes and brine will be on the menu Saturday September 10th 10a.m. at Changing Hands to celebrate the first book release since 1981 from auther Maurice Sandak (Where the Wild Things Are). Bumble-Ardy is “the story of a little pig who decides to throw himself a birthday party,…
So my baseball card enthusiast husband tosses me an Iron Chef “Marc Forgione” baseball card the other night. “Hey, you should write about this for Chow Bella, I wonder if anyone knows that they’re putting chefs on baseball cards.” And so here we are. If you notice on the card, it says…
Christopher Wharton, who teaches nutrition, spends his days well-dressed and instructing students at the ASU Downtown Phoenix campus — but on the weekends he’s sweating it out at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market since he’s also the co-founder of Chow Locally — the newest way to get your local food fix. It’s…
Whether you’re a CSA devotee, a farmers’ market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we’ll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce. This week’s harvest: Eggs Ok, so eggs are “in season” most all of the time — though production varies throught the year. We might…
You know that jerk as in soda jerk refers to the young soda fountain operators of yesteryear. We’re not being negative, we think Soda Craft is really onto something special. This San Francisco-based company creates some special so-dey pops using local sustainable ingredients. Trendy food words aside, this sounds like…
Slow Food USA is encouraging you to eat fruit, not Froot Loops in a $5 challenge taking place all over the country on Saturday, September 17th. The premise is that it shouldn’t cost more to eat slow than it does to eat fast food. So, Slow Food is challenging you to…
If you’ve been on Facebook lately you might have noticed a few of your friends have “liked” a page called “Crock Pot Girls.” I clicked “like” for kicks to see what kind of recipes soccer moms are into these days. Apparently, I’m not the only one. By a longshot…
Alanna Watson over at Desert Living Today has spent some time doing “internet research” for the newest trends and she was pretty stoked to share her banana finds. She found some pretty extravagant art using bananas as a carving medium. One in particular took advantage of the banana peel’s discoloration…
If you’ve been to Paletas Betty — the gourmet Mexican popsicle shop in Chandler and now Tempe — you know that your ice pop comes with a sticker. Next time you’re there enjoying a frozen delight on a stick, don’t just take your sticker, walk over and slap it on the wall…
Whether you’re a CSA devotee, a farmers’ market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we’ll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce.This week’s harvest: Anaheim Chile Peppers I think the most intoxicating scent from a farmers’ market is not from the bunches of lemon basil or…
No-strings-attached micro-grants to help launch your awesome ideas. Wouldn’t that be fantastic? Wait, it’s already happening. It’s The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences. They even have a chapter dedicated solely to food appropriately called, Awesome Food. Awesome Food awards $1000 every month to folks they deem the most,…
In this special In Season post we’ll get to meet another one of the Valley’s farmers, Rebecca Kidwell from My Farmyard. Located in Arcadia, this backyard farm can help you handle your very own personal quest in creating an urban farming oasis. They’ll consult in helping you design and implement…
We don’t know anyone who hasn’t at least thought about starting their own garden (frontyard, backyard, containers) and as much as it sounds romantic and natural, it’s actually tricky scientific business. If you’re still needing a little assistance, look no further than your computer. Take a little gander at a…
A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. Linda Hopkins from Les Petite Gourmettes shared a fantastic blog post about harvesting prickly pear and how best to wrangle those sticky suckers. She continues to make Rick Bayless’ Crimson Prickly Pear Sauce…
In the kitchen with: Caroline Van Slyke Making: Home-canned applesauce Caroline Van Slyke greeted us from her Phoenix ranch-style home on a humid Saturday morning with bright red lips and the kind of ruffled polka-dotted apron that makes you think of what your grandmother might have looked like had you…
Travis Ladue is a senior graphic design student at Arizona State University and a graphic designer at TunnelBravo (where The Arrogant Butcher went to have their identity created). You might have seen his “Tour de Taste” summer promo logo for Fox Restaurants. This Eagle Scout will safely guide us through…
