Say it ain’t so, Susan. After eight years at Orange Table, the fresh-food, made-to-order eatery tucked in the Scottsdale Civic Center Plaza, owner Susan Speidel is calling it quits and selling the business. And as with most labors of love, the decision wasn’t easy. “The economy really hurt the business,”…
The Spot: Roaring Fork, 4800 N. Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, 480-947-0795 www.eddiev.com Hours: June 1st kicked off RF’s summer happy hour that runs in the saloon all night, every night, baby. Open to close, 4 to 7 p.m., 7 days a week. Details: The Fork’s Famous Frozen Margaritas (try the Huckleberry)…
Atlanta-based chef Richard Blais, winner of this season’s Top Chef and concept chef of Flip Burger Boutique in Atlanta and Birmingham, recently stopped by the menu and meal website KitchenDaily to make a milkshake the only way he knows how: with crazy-mad love for liquid nitrogen and Cap’n Crunch. According…
Pissed off that New York, L.A. and Chicago restaurants always get the glory — and half the entries in most national dining guides — while Phoenix gets totally ignored (Pizzeria Bianco aside)? Then put your fingers where your mouth is.New York-based Zagat, the company behind one of the restaurant industry’s…
In what could only be called a duo of deliciousness, famed farm owner Bob McClendon and vineyard owner and movie director Sam Pillsbury are teaming up for a one-night only dinner event at 6 p.m., Wednesday, June 8, (tomorrow night) at seasonal American eating establishment, Beckett’s Table. Aptly named the…
This week, Lisa Giungo (jun-go) — affectionately known around town simply as Lisa G and famous for her Bowl of (meat)Balls — sets the record straight about the closing of her namesake restaurant, reveals secret techniques, and shares a sandwich recipe some may remember from Lisa G’s. Born and raised in Philadelphia…
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. 83: Filet…
Whether you’re a CSA devotee, a farmers’ market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we’ll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce. This week’s harvest: Eggplant Eggplant is voluptuous, it feels good in your hands and tastes incredibly comforting – especially with lots of garlic. They…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Washington Wine DinnerChef Ryan Rivera will be preparing one of his excellent wine dinners tomorrow, June 8, at downtown’s Cheuvront. We especially like this particular four-course wine dinner because there isn’t a squash blossom in sight!…
Just in case you’ve been living under a rock or need a friendly reminder, the spiky-haired Food Network star Guy Fieri will be on stage at Mesa Arts Center tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.. The National Pork Board (what’s a “pork board”?) sponsored event promises to bring “the best elements of…
Hard to believe it’s been three years since homemade artisanal ice cream experts Jan Wichayanuparp and Helen Yung first opened the doors of Sweet Republic in Scottsdale. We’ve had smiles on our faces just thinking about their flavorful small-batch ice cream indulgences ever since. Now, with a 3rd birthday celebration…
In honor of Guy Fieri’s visit this Tuesday, June 7, with his Guy Fieri Road Show, I dug through the Food Network Top 100 Guy Fieri recipes and found a gem from Guy’s Big Bite: Hot Wieners Rhode Island Style. Now, to us non-Rhode Islanders (or would it be non-Rhodies?)…
Paula Deen chewing “butter gum,” Rachael Ray at 7-Eleven, and wait — is that Gordon Ramsay yelling at a nun in a soup kitchen? Like many celebrities, TV chefs get jabbed by the spoof stick, too. We don’t mind, as long as it’s all in good fun. And now that…
What the hell is going on with the Heart Attack Grill? Last Wednesday, The Associated Press reported that the fast food restaurant in Chandler, famous for scantily clad “nurses” serving up such sky-high caloric fare as Bypass Burgers and fries cooked in pure lard, had closed. The news came three…
Aw, feel the love. Last week Marcus Samuelsson, award-winning chef, cookbook author, and food activist, gave props to local celebu-chef Beau MacMillan on his website. After calling him “fun,” “ebullient,” and “one of the great people I’ve met during my travels,” Samuelsson lists Beau Mac’s top five picks for restaurants…
It’s the biggest Phoenix food news since the invention of the chimichanga: Chris Bianco opened his famed pizzeria for lunch. Twitter and Facebook lit up, and so did our faces when we realized that finally, after years of avoiding the famed Three Hour Wait, we could eat our pizza and…
We enter an edible world every time we step outside our doors. It is local, seasonal, sustainable and for Hank Shaw, wild. Shaw, former restaurant cook, journalist and author of the IACP 2010 and 2011 award winning blog, Hunter Angler Gardener Cook, challenges us to open our senses and pay…
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. 84: Cochinita…
first taste of fresh tofu in Northern California, and I was immediately taken by the mellow flavor and creamy texture. It was nothing like the store bought, mostly firm tofu I had been cooking with. Like a taste of freshly prepared ricotta cheese compared to store bought ricotta, the difference is…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Breakfast for DinnerTomorrow, June 7th, round up the kids and take them out for a pancake dinner. Log Cabin Syrup is hosting “Breakfast for Dinner” at the Tolleson Boys and Girls Club to help raise funds to…
Another week has come and gone leaving us to ponder the upcoming events that will shape our lives and, more importantly, our dinners out. But before we move on, let’s have one last look at the blog posts from this week. Hot Bollix Spicy Potato Balls from Rula Bula Cakey…
Film: La Grande Bouffe (1973) Entrée: Roast Beef with Spicy Tomato Sauce and Spiral Pasta with Mushrooms and Artichokes Popcorn: Decadent Dark Chocolate Brownies with Popcorn and Butterscotch Chips Beverage: Whatever you want, just make sure there’s lots of it. Get a bite, after the jump…
