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Every week, there’s a cornucopia of Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you’re like most people, you probably just don’t have the time to get to all of it. It’s kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won’t all…

From now ’til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers — Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you’ll know; for others, it’ll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you’re here, check…

Most of us typically hit up Roosevelt Row for some live music or a little art ogling, but come September, RoRo will be serving up some culture of the hell-hot kind: that of the chile pepper. From 4 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, September 29, RoRo’s first Chile Pepper Festival…

See also: Peanut Butter and Chocolate Flan “Sandwich” at Province In general, big-time culinary TV stars, mostly popularized by the Food Network, don’t have restaurants in Phoenix. Maybe we’re just too close to L.A. and Vegas, or for some reason Arizona draws quieter chefs less inclined to seek the spotlight…

Look out Alice, Rascal Flatts, the award-winning American country band who’ve sang with Justin Bieber, are developing their own fashion line, and, according to Forbes, pulled down 45 million big ones in 2010, have their sights set on a new venture: a restaurant chain. And where better to put a…

Hey-oh! One wouldn’t think a publication like Los Angeles Magazine would have slow news days when it comes to the topic of food, but this week in its online Digest section, dedicated to “L.A.’s tastiest restaurant gossip, culinary events, and food finds,” it seems it did. What to do? What…

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See also: New Times Calendar of Events Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? We’ve got you covered. Check out what’s on our plate. Dinner & Drinks @ Angels Trumpet Ale House Downtown Phoenix’s newest drinking establishment opened this past Tuesday night with a stellar beer line-up…

From now ’til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers — Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you’ll know; for others, it’ll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you’re here, check…

“Almost every restaurant serves tequila in the Valley, but only at TQLA in Mesa will we give you the chance to sample some of the rarest and finest tequila’s around and to try tequila on tap.” That’s what owner Michael Nelson had to say about his tequila bar and restaurant,…

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Syed Zaidi tells me he believes a lot of Indian food in America has gone the way of a lot of Chinese food in America. “They are not the same flavors, they are modified,” he says. “In my style of cooking, we want to be as authentic as we can…

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