Categorize a snack as part of the raw food movement and you might anticipate piles of chopped vegetables topped with sprouts and mushy fruits.  Add the words wheat-free and gluten free and you might be further tempted to dismiss the snack as ...

Juan Ortiz, the meat cutter at Texas Roadhouse in Gilbert, is heading to Texas for the semi-finals in a meat cutting challenge that could ultimately land him $20,000.  Ortiz was the regional winner, carving out 2 sirloins, 1 ribeye and 1 file...

Calling all social butterflies, ladies - and dudes who lunch, and garden enthusiasts,  this weekend the Desert Botanical Gardens will kick off the return of their popular butterfly exhibit with several fun dining events.  Designed t...

Yesterday we had a chat with Matt McCullough bartender at R Bar at the Camelback Inn Resort.  Last year he was a finalist in the GQ's Most Inspired Bartender contest held by GQ magazine and Bombay Sapphire.   The drink, which he calls th...

Barbeque sauce and grilled meat go together like Tiger Woods and cocktail waitresses, it seems like you hardly ever find one without the other.  Sharon Stein says that customers of her locally made barbeque sauce, R Sauce, often mention ...

Matt McCullough will make anything his customers want, but he really hopes that they don't ask for something frozen.  He doesn't mind working hard to prepare a drink, he'll mix a Ramos Fizz, a drink made with egg whites that can take 3 - 4 mi...