Yesterday’s Easter brunch round up continues today with another batch of restaurants and resorts ready to take the holiday cooking duties off your hands. Ko’Sin at The Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa will be serving a traditional Easter Champagne Brunch from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m..The afternoon buffet includes…
It’s that time again. We’ve compiled a small but meaningful list of great Twitter accounts for any Phoenix foodie to follow. Whether it be restaurant deals, recipes, cooking techniques, or just funny BS, these Twitter accounts populate our timeline with entertainment. Check out whose tweets caught our eye after the…
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The best matzo we’ve ever tasted is handmade shmura matzo. We were introduced to it by a friend who orders a shipment from New York each Passover. Comparing it to industrialized matzo from the grocery is like comparing a fresh baked artisan loaf to Wonder bread. Shmura matzo is made…
Get your Maharaja, The Czar, and White Rascal while you can. Colorado-based Avery Brewing Co. announced Thursday it plans to withdraw from eight states and seven other partial-state markets beginning in April…
Over the weekend, ABC’s Nightline ran a segment on pie, which if you haven’t been paying attention is the hyped “next cupcake.” The usual suspects were included; Martha, pop ups, and pretty, young pastry chefs. Following the segment, we received a request to roll out 150 mini pies to sub…
Food and art are in many ways related. Both require imagination, a deft hand, and a willingness to step outside the norm. Though Christine Wisniewski claims she hasn’t made much use of her degree in painting and drawing — “It was either own a restaurant or be a starving artist,”…
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: Tacos Vampiros served up by La Frontera…
Yesterday we concluded our discussion with Chef Jared Porter of The Parlor and today he will show us how to make one of the new editions to his spring menu.We already know what you might be thinking about the complexities involved with cooking octopus at home. Contrary to what most…
Imagine going to a restaurant where the owner knows your name and has your steaming cuppa joe and two egg platter — cooked over easy with wheat toast, just as you like it — on the table before you even put down your menu. In one corner, local civil servants, from…
Hey, man. Have you ever looked at your hands? I mean, really looked at them? They’re amazing! They’re so…touchy. Whoa. Anyway, today medicinal marijuana became legal in Arizona. Seriously! We were all like, “Legalize it, man!” and they were all, “Okay!” Anyone with the proper doctor-approved documentation can possess up…
Attention, Valley bakeries: PushCakes, please. Combining the fun of push-pop packaging with the sweet goodness of moist layers of cake and layers of buttercream (gggaaaahhhhh…..), PushCakes are fork-less fun that, according to CakeSpy, who reports:…
Last week, we mentioned that Chef Payton Curry was disappointed that Caffe Boa was continuing his four-year tradition of serving up rabbit on Easter Sunday. As it turns out, Tempe’s Caffe Boa has actually opted to go in a different direction this year. PETA would be proud. Ok, maybe not.Instead of their…
Hailing from New York, Joe LaVilla is the Senior Academic Director for Culinary Arts at the Art Institute of Phoenix. Want to see his “professional name?” It’s Joseph LaVilla, PhD, CEC, CCE, CCA, CWE. No joke. This guy is smart and he loves food. He has his PhD in chemistry,…
Don’t want to cook on Easter but haven’t got a clue where to go? We’re here to help. We have rounded up over a dozen restaurants and resorts that would be delighted to spend Easter with you. All you have to do is call and RSVP then let the experts handle…
A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. Mouthbysouthwest shared the news that Chipotle is opening a new concept called ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen, the first of which will be in Washington, DC this summer. The restaurant “is inspired by the traditional shophouses found throughout Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam…
We, along with the rest of the metro area, headed to Great Arizona Picnic at the Scottsdale Culinary Festival Sunday but had just one stop in mind: The Robert Mondavi Discover Wine Tour.
The man is both famous and infamous in American wine history, and we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to experience Mondavi’s Napa Valley in our own backyard (little did we know the winery would be transporting a remake of the tasting room to Scottsdale in an 18-wheeler)…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Papusas for the TinyFabKidney Fund Do your good deed for the day and stuff your face at Salvadoreno Restaurant #3 where 50% of all tonight’s sales (yep, ALL) will go to the Dwivedi family and their TinyFabKidney…
The pastry kitchen is a sanctuary from the bustle of the prep station and the noise of the hot food line. The place even looks calm. Only the bright red pro-series Kitchen Aid breaks the monotony of chrome and stainless steel. I am here to make apple pie. Carefully, I…
If you walk through the front door of a barbecue joint and find yourself facing a big ol’ T-shirt stand, it’s usually wise to spin right back around and slip out before the door bangs closed. Not that corny pig-themed merchandise is always a harbinger of smoky doom — the…
The Spot: Thai Rama, 927 E. University Dr., Tempe, 480-967-6013 www.thai-rama-az.com The Hours: Monday-Friday, 4:30-6:30 p.m. The Details: Thai Rama offers up six Thai appetizers priced under $5 and a variety of Asian beers for $2.75. Their Sake Bomber is priced at $6 and is basically two drinks, a 12…
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…
