I once had a friend who grilled every restaurant server on the ingredients in her meal to ensure there was no trace of wheat. At first, I just thought she had jumped on the Atkins bandwagon and was a little hardcore about it. Turns out she had Celiac Disease, an inherited condition that…
Spring Training season is one of the best reasons to live in Phoenix. Locals enjoy easy accessibility of games and players, cheaper ticket prices and more intimate stadiums, while the poor folks in states other than Arizona and Florida have to get on a plane and fly halfway across the country to get…
This Saturday and Sunday is Art Detour 22, the annual do-it-yourself gallery and studio tour of downtown Phoenix. Our “Arty Girl” Lilia Menconi has been diligently previewing some of the most interesting Art Detour shows this week — but what about the eats? Yesterday we brought you food on Grand…
This week Chow Bella takes a look at the culinary options available to Spring Training fans outside of the stadiums. Yesterday we took a look at the East Valley. Today we’ll feature dining and drinking options for all games held in the West Valley. Peoria Sports Complex San Diego Padres…
This Saturday and Sunday is Art Detour 22, the annual do-it-yourself gallery and studio tour of downtown Phoenix. Our “Arty Girl” Lilia Menconi has been diligently previewing some of the most interesting Art Detour shows this week — but what about the eats? Heaven (and your growling stomach) knows you can’t…
This week Chow Bella takes a look at the culinary options available to Spring Training fans outside of the stadiums. Today we’ll feature dining and drinking options for all games held in the East Valley. Phoenix Municipal Stadium 599 E. Van Buren Street, Phoenix Inside the Ballpark: Phoenix Municipal Stadium,…
With spring training around the corner, our thoughts have turned to stadium foods: hot dogs, Cracker Jacks, brats. Made from ground pork, beef or veal, the bratwurst somehow managed to cross worlds from German foodstuff to ballpark treat. Maybe it was the fact they’re traditionally soaked in beer. For this week’s…
While shopping for nerdy gifts at a local Game Daze shop, I stumbled on What’s Cookin’, a party game created specifically for foodies. Yes, you can now impress your chef friends or foodie Meetup groups with a board game that is based on your love of a good meal. Sigh. Unfortunately, it…
This past Saturday, Scottish transplants and local Haggis-lovers rejoiced as the popular dish made its way to the Glenmorangie 46th Annual Scottish Highland Games and Celtic Gathering at Phoenix’s Steele Indian School Park. The import of Scottish haggis has been banned in the U.S. since the mad cow scare in the late ’80s…
Conveniently, Phoenix Permaculture Guild is sponsoring a class on “Wine Making Using Any Fruit” from 6:30-8 p.m. on Thursday, March 18. The class is taught by Lisa Miller of Lady Bug Environmentally Responsible Pest Control, and will be held at their offices in Mesa…
What’s lucky to one person can seem ridiculous to everyone else. New York Jets’ quarterback Mark Sanchez thinks his beard is a good luck charm so he won’t shave. Actress Penelope Cruz eats pancakes during awards season to ensure a nomination. And that tacky little knickknack of a waving cat…
Remember when classic cartoons were considered good family entertainment? That was before uptight parents condemned politically incorrect Bugs Bunny episodes and Wile E. Coyote’s promotion of violence. Yeah, because a cartoon canine blasting an animated roadrunner with TNT will clearly damage your kid’s fragile psyche. But American Dad and Gossip…
Remember when classic cartoons were considered good family entertainment? That was before uptight parents condemned politically incorrect Bugs Bunny episodes and Wile E. Coyote’s promotion of violence. Yeah, because a cartoon canine blasting an animated roadrunner with TNT will clearly damage your kid’s fragile psyche. But American Dad and Gossip…
Next time some hater says that Phoenix’s art scene sucks, gently remind the bastard that the new Ansel Adams show is exclusively at Phoenix Art Museum and Roosevelt Row’s arts district was recently featured in the New York Times. Snap! See firsthand why Phoenix-based galleries and artists are finally getting…
We busted out laughing when we first heard that the highlight of the ninth annual m7 Street Fair is the hunt for the elusive red ass. Get your mind out of the gutter, folks. We’re talking about a crimson donkey from Holy Piñata, which will be hidden somewhere in the…
To a Southerner, chicken and waffles seems as natural a combo as peanut butter and jelly, rum and coke, Brad and Angelina. To the rest of us Yankees, it seems a little strange — fried chicken is clearly a lunch/dinner/picnic food, while waffles are for breakfast or dessert. Right? A couple of Southern transplant friends…
Winning a James Beard Award is the holy grail of culinary achievement. (Yes, despite what you might think, having your own Food Network show is not quite as important as the Beard Awards.) Last week, when the nominees for this year’s awards were announced, it got me thinking about how life…
Downtown Tempe’s couple of block radius now has not one, but four farmers’ markets. What sounds like a great idea in theory is actually a hot mess. Only the brick-and-mortar version has an identity of its own, and even that is shaky. The Tempe Farmers Market is located in the old Levi’s exchange…
Paradise Valley’s landmark El Chorro Lodge reopened yesterday to a sold-out dinner crowd anxious to see all of the changes and improvements that have taken place since Jacquie Dorrance acquired the property last June. Dinner reservations are nearly booked solid for the next two weeks. Luckily, we’ve got a little preview of what you…
Sometimes you’re in the mood to put on your best silk stockings, sequined minidress and Jimmy Choo heels and sip cosmos in a trendy bar with a few of your best gal pals. White Trash with Money, on the other hand, is a cocktail for the days you’d rather lounge at…
The Lodge originally opened in 1934 as the Judson School for Girls, and was converted into a restaurant and pub three years later. Former owner Joe Miller started bartending at El Chorro in the fifties, eventually buying the place in 1973. Local philanthropist Jacquie Dorrance picked up the property just one month after Miller…
Laura Rose, bartender at Tempe’s Yucca Tap Room and and Team Lead for the Phoenix New Times Street Team, is as far from the stereotype of a female bartender as you can get. The petite blonde 23-year-old oozes corn-fed Midwestern innocence out of every pore. Not to say she’s a goody two shoes… This bartending…
