We don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade or anything, but Easter is like on Sunday. That’s in about two days. If you’re planning on getting your brunch on you had better book your table quick or else you will be stuck in a champagne-less kitchen attempting to make your…
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Easter Sunday, the day Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, is right around the corner. Along with the holy hoopla is the grub. And though Captain Miracle’s mug may not make an appearance at this year’s traditional Easter dinner in a slice of ham, deviled egg, or Peep, he…
Growing grapes and making wine in Arizona? Is that even possible? Better question: Is that even drinkable? If you’ve been around the block to Sonoita, Willcox and the Verde Valley, you know that the answer to both of those questions is an overwhelming affirmative… but if you’re like us, we’re still wondering what the hell these winemakers were thinking, so we asked: Why Arizona?
There are few foods more perfect for springtime noshing than the classic chicken salad sandwich. It’s cool and refreshing, but still hearty and filling. While the dish seems simple, chicken, mayonnaise, celery and seasoning, getting the right mix – especially not overdoing the mayo – can be tricky. To find…
Despite what the supermarket aisle may lead you to believe, there’s more to an animal than neatly wrapped styrofoam trays of meat. From tongue to tail, offal (pronounced awful) encompasses all those taboo edibles that don’t make the cut at your local grocer. Just Offal is here to explore these…
The convenience of a drive-thru is good and options for eating healthy are good but saving money in this economy is really good. So when Starbucks came out with instant oatmeal with toppings in cup we wondered, how much more would we pay for that convenience over preparing instant oatmeal…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Myra Goodman A.K.A. The Earthbound CookTonight, Myra Goodman, author of The Earthbound Cook will be making a stop by the Downtown Phoenix Public Market. The co-founder of the Earthbound Farm will be talking about her new cookbook…
Anyone up for some frog leg lollies?This Friday and Saturday, mobile food chef Jeff Kraus of Truckin’ Good Food fame steps down from his Parisian kitchen-on-wheels and moves to the turf of the pop-up concept Cycle, for a test run of his non-mobile restaurant concept “Experience” Apparently, people are stoked…
Those devilish Danes have done it again. Curse their delicious Nordic cuisine! (Not really. Pass the Greenland musk ox, please.) Restaurant magazine and S. Pellegrino’s annual “World’s 50 Best Restaurants” list is out and it seems Denmark, the land of Lego AND Hans Christian Andersen, is also home to first-prize…
A rising tide lifts all boats — at least in the craft beer industry. That refreshing business ethos was the main gist of a lecture given by Mitch Steele, head brewer of Stone Brewing Co., as he spoke Friday to students in Arizona State’s “Cultural and Chemical History of Beer”…
This sure is a banner month for Arizona’s stoners. Last week the state’s medical marijuana law took effect (consult our handy guide for details) and now it’s 4/20. Heh heh. Why not celebrate by eating your weed? We’ve gathered so many marijuana recipes we could practically publish a cookbook at this point (not…
The Spot: Mellow Mushroom, 740 S. Mill Ave., 480-967-6355www.mellowmushroom.com The Hours: Monday-Friday 3-6 p.m. and every day 10 p.m.-close The Details: Foodwise, you’ve got a quirky mix of pizza, calzones and hoagies. There’s also a killer beer menu, with more than 40 brews on draft and an equally buxom bottle…
The infamous Nile Theater, which closed down in 2002 after repeated violent incidents including a triple shooting, reopened under new ownership last year with a decidedly cleaner image. Now the all-ages venue is taking that image one step further by adding a small eatery and coffee shop called Lo-Fi Coffee…
DONG! It’s over. According to the Associated Press, the class-action lawsuit brought against Taco Bell by an Alabama-based law firm claiming the fast food giant’s products contain very little meat and requesting they quit referring to their questionable meat mixture as “beef” has been withdrawn. Whew! My Cheesy Double Decker…
Good, cheap vegan food can be hard to come by in the Valley. But 24 Carrots Juice in Chandler hits the spot without being too boring, too greasy or too in-your-face. Sandwiched between heavy-hitters like Subway and Starbucks, we half expected this pretty niche restaurant would be a ghost town,…
We’re always on the lookout for good deals here at Chow Bella. It’s not just about the economy. Everyone’s on a budget — in good times and in bad — and better deals means more opportunities to sample some of the local cuisine and libations to be had around town…
Sure, the fondant-covered, jam-filled vanilla cake that baker Dan Gentle made for his co-worker Collen’s baby shower may be a delicious delight, but for some reason, we’re just not that hungry anymore. The question isn’t so much WTF? (although that’s a good start), it’s WHY?…
Poor Olive Garden. First the Italian food chain got tagged for accidentally serving a child sangria (“Mom, dis Kool-Aid makes my sgetti bwurry!”), now it’s the target of recent internet buzz with tales of what really goes on at its infamous Tuscan cooking school. You can almost hear the collective…
“Do you have a legal prescription for that?”Cheba Hut, the cannabis culture sub-shop chain founded near Arizona State University in 1998, isn’t asking. In celebration of 4/20 — the day pot-smokers come together and often lobby for total decriminalization of the wacky weed — Cheba Hut locations across the nation…
After spying a new-ish show this weekend on The Cooking Channel called The Urban Grocer, we followed the young traveling foodie to her blog where Caitlin Zaino featured a pop-up concept called Eat with Me. Based in Australia, Eat with Me is a social networking site dedicating to help you…
Whether you’re a CSA devotee, a farmers’ market weekender or consider ketchup aveg, we’ll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce. This week’s harvest: Beets Beets are very sensual. They are sweet, earthy, dirty, hard when raw, tender when cooked and just plain sexy. Tell me…
