In 1979, when Ronald was romping in McDonaldland and the King was putting paper crowns on kiddies’ heads, Wendy’s had something they didn’t — a salad bar. Now, Wendy’s is tossing a new line of greens into its salad saga. The chain hopes its $6 Garden Sensations Salads will compete…
“I want to control Phoenix, because if I can control Phoenix, I can control the world,” says Dr. Zombie, a.k.a. Tommy Cannon. “I will rule you with terror.” This charming man is the horrifying host of Dr. Zombie! Movie Lab of Terror, an evening of fun and a frighteningly bad…
Who’s not happy that SuzAnne Christ, owner, president, and CFO of the Hobby Depot in Tempe and her husband are miniature model maniacs? Try the relatives. “We had a 1,250 square-foot space at our house that was supposed to be for visitors, but we turned it into a hobby work…
See if you can guess today’s gadget and check back next week for the answer, and to see if you’ve won a most-awesome prize. Here are a few shots at this week’s trickster, add yours to the comment box below: – Bread Slice Cozies – Recipe Card Totes – Rubber…
Last week, Denver-based Smashburger announced it would now offer its Sweet Potato Smashfries and Fried Pickles at all of their 71 locations due to popular demand. Both sounded tasty ’til I saw my order — then it was a slippery, oily side slide. Hey, Smashburger, the camera don’t lie…
This Tuesday on Fox, Mr. needs-a-nap chef Gordon Ramsay brings the world’s biggest cooking competition to America with MasterChef. Featuring home cooks competing for $250,000 and the chance to publish their own cookbook, this American Idol of cooking shows doses out more drama than the wildly popular Australian version (tears,…
Is it me or does there seem to be a resurgence of Dunkin’ and Krispy Kreme doughnut huts popping up on every corner? Sure, they make it easy to grab a quick glazed and coffee, but where’s the love? Enter BoSa Donuts. With their original location in Chandler, a months-old…
Doughnuts. At their best, they’re ring-shaped cakes of sugary, fried goodness. At their worst, they’re sad lumps of dry, tacky dough doing time as a mindless grab-‘n’-go breakfast, peeking out from a half-open box in the break room, picked through, broken into pieces, and stale as shit. Fry Girl don’t…
Screenwriter, director, and comedian Kevin Smith launched his first “Smodcast” in 2007 with friend and producer Scott Mosier. “We sit around and add to the detritus of a wasteland of podcasts,” Smith explains. As far as the funky name is concerned, Mosier had this to say: “It’s really clever. Your…
So you missed June’s daylong Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago’s Toyota Park, which sold out in minutes and featured legendary guitarist Eric Clapton along with a star-studded mob of musical greats.This time, you’re ready. And this time, you’ve got popcorn.For one night only, Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 will…
On Tuesday, July 20, KFC will offer free Doublicious sandwiches to the first 10 uniform-clad associates of a competitive fast food restaurant who visit participating KFC’s — up to 50,000 free sandwiches for folks the Colonel calls “two-timing employees.” KFC will also offer “Sandwich Amnesty” (a.k.a. a job application) if…
Iron Chef Michael Symon breaks out of Kitchen Stadium this Thursday with his new show on The Cooking Channel, Cook Like an Iron Chef. Symon, who owns Lola, Lolita, Bar Symon, and the B Spot restaurants in Northeast Ohio, as well as Roast in Detroit, says the show is for…
On the day I visited George’s Famous Gyros in Scottsdale, George and company were celebrating their four-year anniversary with free gyros for the taking. This Fry Girl bit, then asked owner George Salvaridis how he was planning to celebrate. “I’m taking the team to the F1 Race Factory, then we’re…
George Salvaridis has a Plan B and it’s tasty as hell. Salvaridis, 28, bargained on becoming an airline pilot, but he grounded himself in 2006 to open George’s Famous Gyros in Scottsdale. He became a restaurateur at 24, barely older than his family’s 20-year old tzatziki recipe, and altogether too…
With the competition for August playoff positions as vicious as a bad case of fishnet burn, games nine and ten of the Arizona Derby Dames 2010 banked-track roller derby season are set to take place during the Saturday doubleheader with the roster-rebuilding Runaway Brides taking on the formidable Bombshells, and…
Before Vinnie Babarino donned a white polyester suit and came down with a serious case of Saturday Night Fever, bad girls and jive talkers were putting on their boogie skates, further funk-i-fying the discothéque with a four-wheeled fad called the roller disco. Keeping the craze alive, Great Skate’s roller-disco night…
Each year, Taco Bell brings back its Bacon Club Chalupa. Then, after altering our lives forever, quietly discontinues it. Some might say it’s TB’s way of creating excitement (a la the McRib) to Bell-bitin’ fans eagerly anticipating the next wave of bacon-style chalupa-mania. But methinks the Bell’s painted themselves into a…
This Wednesday, former All My Children actor and current host of Man v. Food, Adam Richman, travels to Phoenix to stop at Los Reyes de la Torta and Alice Cooperstown, before taking on the Ultimate Slider Challenge at Chompie’s. The challenge, which will air Wednesday night at 9 p.m. on…
>Suffering from burger boredom? The fast-food joints are. Since last year, they’ve been banishing their buns in lieu of toast, delivering melted fare to the masses, waving the “Hey, look at me! I’m different!” flag. Enter the melt. The patty melt, the grilled melt, the meat and cheese melt. Whatever…
If you can’t change the burger, change the bun. That’s seemingly been the mantra of the many fast-food chains that have, since last year, banished their buns in lieu of toast, delivering a menu of melted fare to those suffering from burger boredom. Is the melt mode here to stay?…
Being a goth artist seems pretty clear cut, but for Jenny Fontana, adding a seven-year-old daughter to the mix changes things considerably. “She’s totally to blame,” Fontana laughs when explaining the change in her color palette from drab grays to bright reds, purples, and pinks, “but I find that some…
See if you can guess today’s gadget and check back next week for the answer, and to see if you’ve won a most-awesome prize. Here are a few shots at this week’s trickster, add yours to the comment box below: – Penguin Armor – Silver Frosting Cake Icer – Silly…
