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…
You know it’s summer in the Valley when celebu-chef and flat leaf parsley fan Beau MacMillan brings some of the stars of the culinary world out to the Paradise Valley resort Sanctuary at Camelback Mountain for his popular Lunch & Learn series. Beginning Saturday, July 14, food fans can hook…
Happy Pre July 4th weekend, Chow Bella friends! Since we don’t want to over do it before the big Wednesday holiday (can’t we just move it to Friday this year?), we’re taking it easy with a cool tomato sandwich, a relaxing wine tasting, and a batch of summery cupcakes. Check…
You may want to put down your sugary beverage of choice before reading further. According to a study out of the University of Southern California, looking at pictures of delicious things does in fact cause you to crave delicious things. In other news: the sky is blue, water’s wet and…
When an argument broke out on Twitter earlier today over whether it’s appropriate for a food critic to sell ads on his blog to restaurants he’s also reviewing, something sounded awfully familiar. So we reached into the Way Back Machine (a.k.a. Google) to pluck a gem from the July 8,…
There’s food porn, and then there’s Lucky Peach. The quarterly journal of food and writing reaches above and beyond the primitive salivatory satisfaction provided by last night’s dozen-course dinner of Instagram meal pics, adding a hefty helping of intellectualism to our dirty diets of food oggling. For the uninitiated: James…
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…
We never really had a problem with the original Southern Comfort. Sweet and interesting, the spiced liqueur served its purpose as the standard cola mixer, and even made its way into the occasional cocktail. Then they started coming out with new flavors, like lime and pepper, which confused us –…
Oh, I know, it’s summer and I’m supposed to be talking about light sandwiches lovingly layered with garden-fresh fare, warmed by the season’s sun, and served with the sounds of wild peach-faced love birds. Well not today. Today is about hearty. Today is about meat and egg and slaw and…
Before you jump onto your smoothies-are-supposed-to-be-healthy soapbox I’d like to analogize smoothies to gay marriage.
Despite what you might have been hoping thinking, signs seem to show that the cupcake trend not only lives on — it’s still going strong. Earlier this month we introduced you to Sweet Jonez Rocking Cupcakes, the first cupcake food truck in the Valley. Yes, the fusion of two of…
There’s a new restaurant in a trendy corner of London called the Tramshed. Their gimmick is that their simple menu completely revolves around steak and chicken. So to celebrate this they decided to install a giant Damien Hirst art piece: A massive tank filled with formaldehyde and a preserved “Cock…
Don’t worry, you read that right. We put Sam Fox’s brand new North up against Olive Garden. We thought it would be funny. We thought maybe Sam Fox’s new Italian restaurant would prove to be comparable to corporate Italian beast Olive Garden. We thought that we could prove once and…
Beer: Oarsman Ale Brewery: Bell’s Brewery Inc. Style: Berliner Weisse ABV: 4 percent To everything there is a season, and this applies to beer, as well. Whereas frosty winter nights can be thawed by a powerful stout or winter warmer, the furnace that we like to call the Arizona summer…
Skye Supper Club — one of Peoria’s only upscale independent restaurants (offering live entertainment, no less) — closed earlier this month. Owners Terri and Ann Davies posted a farewell note to their customers on the restaurant’s website, saying:…
Allen and Traci Thompson, owners of The Grind and next-door neighbor Chick Rotisserie & Wine Bar near Arcadia, appear to have branched into Tempe territory with their newest restaurant, Mad G’s Grill & Tavern. Located at 19 East Broadway (Broadway and Mill), Mad G’s opened Friday, June 15, describing itself…
For cheese lovers in need of a fix on four wheels, your food truck has arrived — rather, it will have as of this Saturday. CheddaTruck, a new mobile kitchen dedicated to cheesy cuisine in the form of signature and build-your-own sandwiches (plus a clever little creation called Chedda Tots),…
This pin has been making quite the rounds on Pinterest lately. I’ve had a hankering for a waffle iron for quite some time and just never got around to buying one, but the deal was sealed after seeing this. I love potatoes, but crispy hash brown potatoes I love even…
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…
Welcome to Chow Bella’s Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you’d like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. Miss a question? Go here. Go shark-cage diving, get on a JumboTron, sleep with someone…
Yeah, yeah, it’s hot outside, but we’re not complaining. We’re putting on our rose-colored glasses and looking at the brighter side of summer: eating as much ice cream as we want. Okay, maybe we can’t (or shouldn’t) eat ice cream everyday, but we can try to cool off this summer…
Editor’s note: A steely-eyed reader has pointed out that there was in fact one high-profile arrest during the Chicago foie gras ban. The case of Doug Sohn of Hot Doug’s who defied the law and served a foie gras hot dog named after the alderman who put forward the ban…
