Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 5: Spanish…
National Pancake Day? Please, unless you’re doing an endless stack of flapjacks, the last thing we need is to waste time celebrating yet another senseless Hallmark-style food holiday. Oh wait, Scramble’s doin’ an endless flapjack stack? Never mind. On Monday, September 26 (National freakin’ Pancake Day), Scramble, the contemporary breakfast…
Vynnie MacDaniels, better known as Vynnie the Gardener, is a self-described “dirt monger.” He teaches a “Vegetable Garden Design for the Desert” class through the Valley Permaculture Alliance, and we sat down with Vynnie last week to get some tips. According to Vynnie, permaculture is stewardship. It’s not about building a perfect garden…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives? Happy Birthday! Celebrate the third anniversary of WineStyles this weekend at their Paradise Valley location. The party starts tonight at 5 with beer and wine tastings from local Arizona breweries and vineyards. Sample treats from the Queen Creek Olive…
We are always in the mood for bar staples done right. Kicked up versions of classic pub grub make the beer all the sweeter. From the sound of this week’s Cafe column though it appears Windsor’s take on bar food like pulled pork, fondue, and corn dogs could use a…
The tender: Lexi HuckabyThe bar: DiVerti Bar & Grill (4 E. University Dr., 480-284-5972)The pedigree: Huckaby’s father worked for an oil company, so the family moved a lot — she lived in Brazil, Dubai, Egypt, London, Bangkok and Turkey before turning 15. A “traveling bartender” for the past four years,…
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:Pani Puri from Little India (1813 E Baseline Rd.Tempe) The Basics: Pani puri is one dish from a larger grouping…
Welcome to AndyTalk — where Scottsdale-based chef and cooking instructor Andy Broder will share kitchen tips, recipes and musings on food and life. This week: mincing garlic. I get a fair number of questions about how to mince garlic. My answer is always the same. I mince garlic with a knife…
Halloween is scary enough knowing there’s a possibility of getting a toothbrush or a box of raisins in your treat bag (AHHHHHH!!!!!!) Thankfully, Hula’s Modern Tiki, the vacation destination of island-style eats and cocktails in Central Phoenix, is doing their bloodcurdling on the boozy side with two drinks made in…
Have you seen little bits and blurbs about a project called Cultivate Santa Cruz? Ya, we have too. Here’s what it’s all about. The little food county that could at the dead center bottom of the state is working its way up the mountain, with a little help from their friends,…
Fried tarantulas are a Cambodian delicacy but Think Geek is offering a healthier alternative: Baked tarantula. Think Geek is sold-out until October 11th, so mark your calendar and place your order. It is curious that they ran out in the first place. Judging from this travel blog it is not as…
After the publishing of this post, Sean Currid of Café ZuZu (and the reigning champ) was confirmed as the seventh chef in the event. Mac ‘n’ cheese? Yes, please. In its second year, the Mac ‘N’ Cheese Throwdown invites lovers of the casserole of cooked macaroni and cheese sauce (whose…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 6: Hakata…
A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. Phx Rail Food went to La Bocca downtown Tempe recently to give the Mediterannean/Italian eatery another visit — just three blocks from the Mill/3rd Ave rail station. With an emphasis on sourcing some local ingredients, the smaller plates highlighted Queen Creek…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?New Belgium at The Herb BoxWe have yet to meet a beer dinner that we didn’t like, but this one stands out among the rest. Tomorrow night, take a night off Restaurant Week and join The Herb…
If you’ve been to Postino — either the original in Arcadia or the wine bar’s Central Avenue location — then you have a good idea of what Windsor, the latest venture from restaurateurs Craig DeMarco and Lauren Bailey, has in store. Save for a small sign out front, Windsor prefers…
This week we will be pitting relative newcomer The Habit Burger Grill against venerable In-N-Out in a patty-to-patty battle for hamburger supremacy. The Burger: Double cheeseburger with all the fixings. For the sake of equality, In-N-Out’s secret menu items were omitted from our comparison. The Habit Burger is up first in our battle…
The business: Epic Hot Dogs What they’re packin’: Hot dogs from all over the US and beyond. The menu features over 20 varieties of dogs and gourmet sausages as well as fresh made fries, coleslaw and potato salad. In addition to the 17 listed types of dogs and the five…
Chef Chat this week brought you to Mill Ave’s new addition, Ncounter, where we talked to Chef Dean Delgado about everything from his start in the culinary world to what he thinks about chicken and waffles. Today he’ll share his recipe for bananas foster sauce. “This sauce goes on a…
Looks like the Coronado District is getting a delicious new neighbor, courtesy of a current one. DJ Fernandes, owner of the Tuck Shop, the cozy house-turned-eatery, has purchased the home just south of the restaurant as the location for a new, yet-to-be-named concept. “A lot of our guests were asking…
From the classic Laurel and Hardy custard pie fight to Eva Mendez angrily chucking veggies at Will Smith, the food fight is as much a Hollywood tradition as kissing on the beach and battling alien invaders. Whether it’s a fluffy cream pie, a slice of wedding cake, or a squeeze…
If the kitchen at Tarbell’s, the award-winning neighborhood restaurant in Central Phoenix, is absent one culinary whiz a few days in October, it’s because its owner and chef, Mark Tarbell, is in Portland, Maine. The winner of season five of Iron Chef America, Tarbell will be one of a panel…
