Tired of the same old tired orange chicken and California rolls? Want to venture beyond the standard suburban-stale take-out? Here comes Chop PHX, with the Valley’s rarer Asian offerings. This Week: Bicol Express from Gingerroot (1076 W. Chandler Blvd. Chandler). The Basics: Bicol is a region in the Philippines famous…
That, my friends, is an actual cube of french fries covered in cheese and chili. No joke. It looked like someone crammed as many french fries as would fit into a basket, fried them, and then dumped them onto a paper plate. I guess it’s better then the dog bowl full of…
“The heart is a reminder for the generally underestimated but essential role health plays in our lives.” That’s a quote from Italian designer Liviana Osti, who designed her carafe in the shape of a human heart as part of a tableware challenge given to her and her classmates at Bolzano…
If you’re familiar with motorcycles, or Cave Creek, or both, then you’re probably familiar with The Hideaway Grill, the famous biker pub and grub stop founded by rider and owner Mark Bradshaw in 1997. Now, it seems Bradshaw and partner Jim O’Toole have set their sights on a new project…
We’re counting down the days to Pie Social 2011 — 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 12 at 408 E. Roosevelt in downtown Phoenix. Don’t forget, you can get in on the action yourself. Here are details for community bakers. And don’t forget about our celebrity bakers — every day we’ll introduce…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives? Hallowine! One of our favorite downtown dining spots, Cibo, will be opening their doors this Sunday, October 30th for a very special Halloween wine tasting. The “Hallowine” event is a benefit for the family of little…
The tender: Matt SlenskeThe bar: American Junkie (4364 N. 75th St., 480-990-3000)The pedigree: Slenske got his start at Devil House, his local hangout during college. Since then he’s tended bar at Sanctuary (now Mist) and Acme as well as Loco Patron, where he spent four years before American Junkie’s owner…
Fine artist Kittiwat Unarrom, who also helps run his family’s bakery in Ratchaburi, Thailand, has found an unsettling method of combining his two trades. Since 2006, Unarrom has used dough to create crazy-creepy and realistic renditions of heads, feet, hands, arms, and other body parts he calls, “Human Bread.” Created…
Tacos may very well be the perfect food, but let’s face it, the standard Meximerican fare can get a bit stale after a while. Taco the Town is here to highlight some of the more unusual Mexican finds in the Valley. This week: Chicharrones de Harina, a classic Mexican street…
In my latest column, owner Alberto Rivera provides the hospitality, the food, and the explanation behind El New Yorican (pronounced Yor-ee-can), his west side restaurant of casual Puerto Rican cuisine. Prepared in the style of Créole cooking, or what the locals call cocina criolla, this family-run eatery serves up a…
Every town has a handful of sketchy restaurants. Often it’s the joints that look the most questionable that hold the secrets of culinary enlightenment. Then again, they might hold nothing more than a one-way ticket to whatever you stuffed down your gob firing back out from both ends. It’s the…
A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. In the same week, two popular Phoenix food blogs are headed in two different directions. Jess Harter of Mouth by Southwest announces that he’s going pro in his East Valley dedicated food blog by bringing on advertisers for the first time…
There are three good things about downsizing your eggs. First, large cost less than jumbo. Second, your recipes will come out better. Third, you’ll be getting a little less cholesterol. That means you can justify the butter in the cookie.
And while I maintain a parking lot and decorating the back of an SUV doesn’t sound like much fun for anyone, I did come across something pretty cool in the family fun category — ice cold to be specific — and (bonus) it’s allergy-friendly, too. The Phoenix Coyotes, the pro…
OK, folks, it’s time to get baking. Have you picked a recipe (or two) yet? Pie Social’s in a little less than two weeks, and the community pie tables beckon…. Want to take part? It’s as easy as, well, pie. Get the rules and the rest of the details…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives? Food Party! Get your mouths in the car and head down south for a weekend of eating at the 2011 Tucson Culinary Festival. The four-day event starts tonight with the 6th Annual Margarita Championship on the…
“Thank you for coming to my house.” If you have been fortunate enough to visit El New Yorican, these words, accompanied by a firm handshake, will be the last ones you hear upon leaving the restaurant. They will have come after your serving of camarones en salsa criolla (plump pink…
A bit of bad news popped up on our Facebook feed this past weekend. It was a post from Saffron Kitchen (who brought their savoy pies to Valley farmer’s markets each week) which read… “Here’s the news we have been holding off on sharing for as long as possible. We…
We searched the city high and low for one of our all time favorite breakfast dishes, the monte cristo. Yes, sandwiches really do cover the gambit of breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner; and here is proof. Enter our battle of the dishes. Morning Glory Cafe in South Phoenix versus Tryst…
Looking for a little ‘que with your boo? Starting at noon this Saturday, October 29, over 45 barbecue teams from across the nation will compete for smoked glory (and $10,000 in prizes) at the Roctober BBQ Boo Bash and Halloween Fest at Rock Springs Café & Saloon, the old-timey restaurant…
Caramel-coated popcorn, candy apples, pumpkin spiced caramels — congratulations, you’ve just become the most popular house on the trick-or-treat street. That is, if you’re planning on attending Candy Apple Family Fright Night, the baking class and costume party hosted by Luci’s Healthy Marketplace, the natural foods haven in Central Phoenix…
The A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas Munchies Truck Tour hit Tempe yesterday afternoon at – you guessed it – 4:20 p.m. on the dot. This social media competition to promote the third installment in the Harold & Kumar franchise (hitting theatres Nov. 4) pitted ASU Main against ASU…
