We’re sitting at The Roastery of Cave Creek. Owner David Anderson came out to give us a tour of his facility, despite having had knee surgery just a few days ago. He wasn’t able to drive yet, so his spunky and incredibly sweet stepdaughter, Wade, gave him a lift. The…
Don’t be surprised if Romanesco starts popping up on metro Phoenix menus. This crazy-looking vegetable is quickly becoming a farmers market favorite, and plenty of local growers would love to put it on your table. Here’s a brief introduction to what it is and how to use it in your…
On Saturday, March 7th, Grow Phoenix hosted its first-ever Grow Your Own Food Summit. The symposium, which featured talks from local garden experts, was appealing to both seasoned gardeners and novices alike. The topics explored were as diverse as the audience, and included seed saving tips, gardening philosophy, and information…
Remember the opening scene in So I Married An Axe Murderer? The one where Mike Myers gets served a ginormous cappuccino topped with thick, dense foam? And it’s 1993, and Mike Myers is still cool, and everyone is all grunged out and Gen-X and happy drinking cappuccinos that look like…
Maya’s Farm doesn’t just sell fantastic organic produce; for a limited time, they’ll also be selling plant starters for a ton of different heirloom tomatoes…
Grind House, the Grand Avenue coffee shop housed within the ThirdSpace complex, is a strange little place. In an aging casita, with exactly one tiny indoor table (and ample patio space), the spot could be called “charming” or “kind of grimy” depending on your take on things. Grind House prides…
Uptown Farmers Market, the newest addition to the Phoenix’s Farmers Market scene, just might be our new favorite spot for local produce. The Uptown market strikes a perfect balance of fruits, veggies, and local food products, with way less of the fluffy stuff (read as: arts and crafts, random inedible…
The Henry is undeniably beautiful. The Sam Fox Concept is bright and sunny, has a gorgeously polished interior, sumptuous seating, and a patio that summer dreams are made of. The food is, in classic Sam Fox style, simple but well-executed, the cocktails are top-notch, and the whiskey list is long…
At an event held in the penthouse suite at 2828 North Central (home to Bar Napkin Productions and beautiful CenPho sunset views), Seed Spot introduced this spring’s newly inducted class of social entrepreneurs. And even Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton came to get down…
Perry Czopp is something of a coffee wunderkind. At just 25 years old, Perry will compete in this year’s United States Barista Championship and has ownership stakes in two separate local companies (The Coffee Chop and Silent Flight Coffee). He recently went to visit the Costa Rican farmers who produced…
This week ASU’s Performance in the Borderlands Project will host an event celebrating the release of Tucson poet Logan Phillips’ first full-length collection, Sonoran Strange. The evening will feature readings and performances by a variety of local writers and artists, including Arizona’s first Poet Laureate, Alberto Alvaro Rios…
Alexis Schulze knows a thing or two about how to trick people into eating their veggies. The Arizona native owns Nekter Juice, a California and metro Phoenix based chain that specializes in making healthy food taste like a treat. She’s also a mother of two boys and was a teacher…
East Valley residents: you’ve got a new option for specialty beans. Peixoto Coffee opened this week, serving offerings from the owners’ family farm in Brazil (and a few other places as well.) We headed out to Peixoto’s Chandler location to try it for ourselves…
Phoenix’s premier performance and installation art platform, [nueBOX], hosted its launch party on Thursday, February 5, at First Draft Book Bar.The event served as an introduction to the organization, and featured both live and recorded performance and installation art by current and future [nueBOX] artists-in-residence…
If you’re in the market for a restaurant that will appeal to carnivores and herbivores alike, look no further than Salty Sow in Phoenix. The self-described “American Gastropub” specializes in simple but well-executed comfort food, and their vegetable dishes are no exception. Whether you ascribe to a plant-based diet or…
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, so it’s probably about time you start figuring out the best way to please the coffee lover in your life. Rather than that same old boring bouquet of flowers, why not switch things up this year and give that sweet-but-maybe-a-little-bitter boo of yours…
Tilt Gallery recently settled in at a new Scottsdale gallery space at 7077 East Main Street. Jackalope Ranch checked in to see the new digs and learn more about an upcoming exhibition of mythologically-inspired works by Brenton Hamilton…
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing two-time Pulitzer Prize in Drama finalist Gina Gionfriddo. Her most recent work, Rapture, Blister, Burn has been hailed as a great feminist play. Much of our conversation revolved around where the idea for the show came from and what message…
Comedian and author Jim Gaffigan has a lot on his plate (that’s only sort of a food joke). Somehow between guest-hosting The Late Late Show, publishing his latest book, Food: a Love Story,, and raising five children, he managed to squeeze in a few minutes to speak with Jackalope Ranch…
Don’t be surprised if you see it popping up on local menus: Bee Pollen is this season’s trending superfood. Here’s what you need to know about it…
I write a lot about coffee, but I feel like I’ve done Chow Bella readers a disservice. My tendency has been to focus on the terroir of coffee, on who produced it, on how it got to the cup in front of me. But how often have I asked (or…
Phoenix is about to get a lil’ taste of Chicago: next week, Two Brothers Brewing Company will open a taphouse at Scottsdale Road and Drinkwater. To welcome their beer brethren into town, Cartel Coffee Lab’s Scottsdale location will be hosting a “tap takeover” today, January 21st at 6 pm…
