Seriously, folks, TLC’s new cooking show, Inedible to Incredible, is like a recipe for couples counseling. • Take married dudes who don’t have the balls communication skills to tell their wives their cooking stinks and can’t (or won’t) cook a meal themselves and then get them to lie to their…
Just in time for National Hot Dog Month (Happy National Hot Dog Month, everybody!), America’s Drive-In, Sonic, introduced its new and improved Footlong Quarter Pound Coney, a 12-inch hot dog topped with chili and cheese. The revamped coney is a blend of beef and pork, boasts a quarter-pound weigh-in, and…
I should have devoured it. I should have snatched that burger from its plastic plate and consumed its meaty soul — and it should have been beautiful. It should have been the best thing I’d eaten in five days. Because I hadn’t eaten in five days. Fry Girl was hunkered…
Sunburned, hungover, and sporting a few scrapes on your backside? Busted, dude. You’ve been tubing down the Salt.A summertime staple, Salt River Tubing and Recreation offers two, three, and five-hour trips down the mountain-stream waters of the Lower Salt River rapids in Tonto National Forest. While those looking for a…
Sure, being a doctor has its perks. But flirting with King Juan Carlos of Spain and spending the night on the Queen of England’s yacht? Those perks only happen when your patients are presidents.Dr. Connie Mariano, the first military woman in American history to be appointed White House physician, tells…
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: – Predict What You’re Having for Dinner With the Kitchen…
Unlike reality show cooking competitions in which it’s all about the food and one bad dish can send a front-runner packing, The Next Food Network Star is more about on-air personality — and that ain’t anything that’s gettin’ fixed overnight. That said, this season looks pretty clear cut, so let’s…
Dear Giant Hamburgers, I know it was only our first date, but I don’t think we should see each other any more. Surprised? I was. Maybe my expectations were too high. I mean, with a name like “Giant Hamburgers,” what Fry Girl wouldn’t be turned on? Sadly, our affair was…
What’s covered in concrete, smells like burning rubber, and has 20,000 arms and legs?Like a surreal version of The Fast and the Furious, the Midnight Run, Arizona’s original motorsports party, is back for its seventh season of automotive entertainment in the evening hours – racing, burning out, and just plain…
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: – 3-Way Home Pregnancy Test – Mini Plastic Sword-Keeper -…
What sparkles? A moonlit ocean, crappy glitter crafts, and Beyonce Knowles’ 18 carat diamond engagement ring. What doesn’t? Limeade Sparklers, the newest drink offering from Taco Bell. Instead, they sugar, heavily. So why not call them “Sugarlers”? C’mon Taco Bell, truth in advertising. Available in two flavors, Classic Limeade and…
With no restaurant experience, a passion for cooking, and a dream of one day working as a professional chef, 50 just-like-us contestants will test their skills and palate in hopes of becoming the winner of MasterChef, the cooking competition show coming to Fox on July 29. Gordon Ramsay, the show’s…
For most, the Valley’s light-rail system stands for progress, but for Harold Sublett Sr., owner of Who’s Ya Daddy’s BBQ and a downtown Phoenix resident for all 62 years of his life, it’s been anything but. “When that light rail came in, I lost 60 percent of my business,” Sublett…
Hearts across America have barely started to beat regularly again after last week’s amazing finale of Top Chef Masters (congrats, Marcus Samuellson!) and now comes Season 7 of Top Chef. The time-tested Bravo standby will premiere this week, take place in our nation’s capital, and, once again, feature 17 chef-testants…
Yeah that’s right, this Fry Girl’s a Spicy V.I.P. Taking advantage of Chick-fil-A’s pre-launch promotion of reserving their new Spicy Chicken Sandwich for a limited number of customers to try before officially launching on Monday, this Fry Girl felt like a fast food celebrity. Friendly e-mails, a dedicated cash register,…
When I shake Daniel Trotter’s hand, it’s soaking wet. Down two kitchen staff, the owner of the Chick-fil-A on East Mayo Boulevard in Scottsdale has graciously washed up before rushing out to chat about the chain’s new Spicy Chicken Sandwich, introduced last week. It’s lunchtime, the joint’s packed, and Trotter’s…
Some paint, make jewelry, design clothing, quilt, or get crafty with scrapbooks and knick-knacks, but for all their many media, local women’s artist collective The Phoenix Fridas – whose exhibit is currently on display at the U.S. Post Office in Tempe – the focus is two-fold: Mexican folk-art and crazy-mad…
The bills are piling up, the truck’s on the fritz, and the damn traps are empty again. What’s America’s only female swordfish boat captain to do after 10 years as a lobsterwoman? Go forth and fish – again. Linda Greenlaw, author of three New York Times best-selling books about life…
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: – Table – Wood Table – Wood Table With Four…
Summer’s just started and already this Fry Girl feels more “fry” than “girl.”Big thanks to Sonic for bringing on some chill. The 3,500-unit drive-in chain is promoting its “Real Ice Cream” with “buy one, get one free” shakes and 99 cent one-topping sundaes. What’s Real Ice Cream? A richer, creamier…
Another Hell’s Kitchen, another ride on the Chef Ramsay roller coaster. In last week’s first episode, it didn’t take long for Gordo to send food flying all over the kitchen, repeatedly kick defenseless stainless steel appliances, and shout out such gems as, “You’re gonna blow someone’s mind off!” and his…
You can’t say we weren’t warned. On the heels of super-brain Stephen Hawking announcing to the world that aliens do exist and that we should stop trying to talk to them ’cause they’re gonna be more like “Ripley!” than “E.T. phone home,” along comes Experience: Contact. Brought to our planet…
