With another Cupcake Love-In recently in the books, I was recently reminded of something very nifty to do when eating a cupcake. Cupcakes are always enjoyable, but they’re… how to put it nicely… off-kilter. Eating one can be a mess. You can eat the frosting first, but then you lose…
The Guilty Pleasure: Smoked Sweet Potato Where To Get It: Joe’s Real BBQ Price: $5.49 ($8.49 with meat on top) What It Really Costs: It’s practically health food, until the magic words: Cinnamon butter. Food-loving folk everywhere adore the change to cold weather for one big reason: Seasonal food. As…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. This time of year is a good reminder that…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. I’m getting a little stir crazy waiting for cold…
The Guilty Pleasure: Sour Cream Enchiladas Where To Get It: Los Olivos, two Scottsdale locations (but you want the original one in Old Town) Price: $7.95-$13.95, depending on your combination plate of choice. What It Really Costs: A whole day’s worth of calories on one convenient plate. I have come…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. In case you haven’t noticed, the Presidential election is…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. The folks involved with Chow Bella are getting more…
In the last Guilty Pleasures column, I was talking about going back to the Arizona State Fair to find a couple of tantalizing oddball items. I couldn’t stop thinking about the sweet potato corn dog. And then there’s that Cap’n Crunch Burger I saw on the map’s food list. Just…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. The other day, someone emailed me an excellent question…
It’s time once again for the Arizona State Fair. Everyone has their favorite part. Lots of people (including yours truly) enjoy corn dogs as big as your forearm. The pig races are irresistible. And there’s the temptation of trying to win an enormous stuffed animal that you have no room…
It’s time again for the high holy days of Guilty Pleasures: the Arizona State Fair. Everywhere you look, there’s some random foodstuff getting dipped in batter and deep-fried. This year, it seems like the food vendors held back a little bit. Gone were the chocolate-dipped scorpions and mealworm sandwiches that…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. By now, you might have heard about the new…
The Guilty Pleasure: Ice Cream Soda Where To Get It: MacAlpine’s Soda Fountain, 7th Street and Oak How Much It Costs: $3.75 What It Really Costs: Possibly hundreds or thousands more. Depends on how much you like vintage furniture. I am a shameless fan of all things retro. My closet…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. If you’ve been into a cocktail-oriented bar in the…
The Guilty Pleasure: Ginger Broccoli Steak Where to Get It: Pei Wei Asian Diner, locations Valleywide Price: $8.75 What It Really Costs: Admitting you ate at a national chain and liked it. Oh yeah, that plate you polished off? It’s supposed to serve two. I love lots of authentic Chinese…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. After working for five years at the now-shuttered Trader…
The Guilty Pleasure: Pumpkin Greek Yogurt Where To Get It: Trader Joe’s, several locations Valleywide Price: $1.29 for an 8 ounce tub. What It Really Costs: As much sugar as an 8 ounce serving of soda. It’s closing in on the end of September, which means the season of pumpkin-flavored…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. It’s happened to you. At least, I secretly hope…
The Guilty Pleasure: Oaxaca Special Burro, enchilada style. Where to Get It: Carolina’s Mexican Food Price: About five bucks. What It Really Costs: No more damage than your average Mexican meal in this town. Which is to say, your cardiologist will make his boat payment this month. See also: 10…
One of my favorite parts of writing Last Call is getting to answer people’s burning questions about booze. I’m not kidding in the intro tag up there, I truly love getting to pull the curtain back on the alchemy of bartending. This week, I opened up the mailbag and read:…
See also: Larry White Jr. (Lo-Lo) Dishes about Family Recipes & Secretly Loving KFC See also: Nine Favorite Spots for Fried Chicken in Metro Phoenix The Guilty Pleasure: You’re soaking in it. Where To Get It: Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles, 1220 S Central Ave (and a second location in Scottsdale)…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. I pity the poor Cosmopolitan. At the turn of…
