With lines out the door and a full parking lot, The Chicago Hamburger Company on east Indian School has to be doing something right. This joint, which bills itself as the “Home of the Windy City Slider,” serves up single cheese sliders at $1.07 a pop. Order four of these…

After a week of celebrating four family birthdays – culminating in a night of karaoke – salad is definitely on the menu. With too much cake and drinks, and not enough vegetables, all we want is salad. Perusing Martha’s options we found this tasty sounding one: Roasted Fingerling and Tomato…

​It’s time, ladies and gentlemen, for a Martha Stewart Living Cover Challenge.  It’s been a while since we’ve tried to tackle a recipe featured on the cover of Martha’s magazine. The last time we attempted it was when we took on Croquembouche, which you can read about here, here, and…

We wanted a lunch that would transport us a little. A mid-day leisurely escape and Postino Central did the trick. The Postino Central location at Central and Colter opened just over a year ago, in March 2009.  A favorite ten-dollar lunch option is the bruschetta. At $12.75, it’s perfect for two…

Welcome Spring. Pick a reason: the Arizona Diamondbacks’ home opener, consumption of too many chocolate eggs, a beautiful 78 degree day here in the Valley. Any reason will do to make Sangria. We’ve decided to try out this Martha Stewart sangria recipe. This wine punch, typical of Spain and enjoyed in…

The mission: try to have lunch – for two – on ten bucks.  I meet up with my thrifty lunch companion and say, “I don’t know if you’re up for an adventure, but I heard of this place that’s supposed to do a really cheap lunch, wanna try it?” “Sure”…

It’s officially less than a week until Easter — a time when hard-boiled eggs will be taking up space on refrigerator shelves. So, we’ve decided to have a deviled egg tasting, trying out two of Martha Stewart’s many recipes. In one corner, Deviled Eggs with Cucumber, Dill, and Capers and…

One of the realities of living in this urban sprawl is that friends and relations can be scattered across the Valley from East to West and places in-between. We needed to find a place to dine with our motley crew. Cousins were in town, a baby had been born and…

What’s a goy like Martha know about making matzo balls? Here at Monday Night Martha we’ve decided to find out. We’ve never made matzo ball soup before but we’d like to perfect our skills in time for Passover. For this cooking adventure, we’ve enlisted the help of a friend with…

Rosita’s Place isn’t a new spot, but it’s a good spot — especially if you like chips still hot when they get to the table (They cost a $1.00, but are worth it). The chips come with two small bowls of fresh house made salsa, one red and one green…

We took a three-hour drive up to Northern Arizona for a few days of R&R and cool weather, looking forward to visiting with the family and seeing some snow. On days like these, sometimes it’s nice to eat a big midday meal. Which is what we felt like doing today. …

There’s something daring, slightly rebellious about making a cake at night. For one, if you mess up there’s no running to the store to get more ingredients. Oh, I mean, you could, it’s possible, but who wants to — so there’s that.  Then, there’s the alchemy of baking itself. Of…

Lunch has been put on hold for too long and crankiness is setting in. Eating has got to be a priority and pronto. Thank god for Carolina’s. With multiple locations, no frills, and satisfying food at cheap prices, it’s just the thing. Carolina’s original location downtown at 12th Street and…

This week was, for whatever reason, a week of misconnections, a few failed experiments and crossed wires. One in which feelings were raw and the emotional landscape was brittle. So we decided to try this recipe for Battered Cod. The battered cod is part of a meal of homemade fish and chips, that…

Julie Powell rocketed to fame with Julie and Julia, her blog-then-book-then-blockbuster movie adaptation starring Amy Adams and Meryl Streep.  Cleaving: A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession is her second work of non-fiction and I think it’s safe to say that Amy Adams will not be starring in the movie…

​When Mark Twain said, “Golf is a good walk spoiled” we doubt he was thinking about the Waste Management Phoenix Open. How could he have imagined this? It’s like a city the size of Tempe emerged fully formed out of the desert for a week of golf and partying. This…

There is a new favorite here at Monday Night Martha — Sausage and Feta Hand Pies. The filling made of crumbled sweet Italian sausage, thinly sliced slightly licorice-y fennel, onion, crushed red pepper flake — along with 6 diced plum tomatoes, feta cheese and chopped fresh parsley – is delicious…