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. Today’s harvest: Tatsoi. Before we talk about this sexy spoon-shaped Asian green, I thought you might want to look at a complete list of…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Heart AttackHappy February! Ready for an explosion of all things hearts? We sure are!Our favorite Valentine’s Day cake of 2011 is the “Bleeding Heart” from cleverly named U.k. baker, Lily Vanilli. Perfect for the not-so-romantic-but-we-love-zombies couple or…
It’s sort of like musical chairs, isn’t it? At Posh’s Monday “Chef for a Night” dinners, chef-owner Joshua Hebert lets someone else into the kitchen to come up with the night’s offerings. And at tonight’s event, that someone is chef Aaron May, who’ll be stepping away from his other joints — Iruna,…
I can’t say I didn’t see this one coming. Pro’s Ranch Market has shuttered its adjoining Mexican restaurant, Tradiciones, for remodeling and a menu overhaul. The date of its reopening hasn’t been determined. While the sprawling, festive sit-down eatery was a New Times favorite in its early days, last year I found…
What does it take to play football at the collegiate level? Talent — combined with skill, dedication, focus, and determination. Former University of Arizona football player Travis Watson brings the traits he developed on the field and more into the kitchen. Chef Watson is the executive pastry chef at The Royal Palms…
Attention, latte-swilling, laptop-gazing CenPho hipsters: Lux Coffeebar is getting ready to accomodate even more of your skinny-jean-wearing asses. Better yet, you’ll soon be able to get buzzed here in an entirely different way. After months of speculation, amiable Lux owners Jeff and Tara Fisher confirm that they’re leaving their long overcrowded digs next…
Dwayne Allen and Danielle Leoni, the folks behind cheerful Jamaican restaurant The Breadfruit, just opened Rum Bar in the space next door to the restaurant, serving nearly 70 kinds of premium rum, from smooth, young spirits to exquisite aged reserve varieties. There are also several kinds of cachaca (Brazil’s answer to…
The Super Bowl is next Sunday and fans are already loading up their carts with charcoal, BBQ sauce and various ground, sliced, chopped and pre-formed meats at my local market. Good thing my wedding anniversary is this weekend — and my husband doesn’t give a damn about team sports. Still, I figured it was only fair for the…
Singapore Noodles are a favorite Asian street food gone international. We typically enjoy this recipe from a friend with just vegetables and noodles. But with tofu on our mind, we decided to add some to the dish for a little protein and a little practice. We are exploring different methods of…
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: We’re whipping up a batch of enchiladas…
Taco Bell is calling bullshit on a lawsuit filed two weeks ago challenging the actual beef content in its tacos with a massive marketing campaign launched last Friday. In addition to a YouTube campaign starring TB’s president, Greg Creed, proclaiming the taco mixture is 88 percent beef (not 35 percent…
One of our favorite parts of eating at the super-stylish CenPho St. Francis is, of course, the aesthetic: midcentury mod, to be sure, but with some homey touches thrown in. Like citrus-scaping. We’re down with just about any -scaping these days (as long as you don’t make us discuss man-scaping, ick) and…
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: Food and Fun at the 2011 Winter Fancy Food…
At what point does one elevate from merely drinking beer to being a full-on beer snob? Answer: when you feel compelled to tell other people what to drink. And the inevitable result of this peculiar ailment is the beer argument. In the spirit of all great beer-related discussions, we present…
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Yesterday we met Phil Edwards, the man behind the phantastic dive Philthy Phil’s in Phoenix. Today he shares with us the recipe for the Philster, a drink the bar sells in great numbers even though it’s not on the menu. Like most items on Phil’s menu (like the potent Phuck Buckets),…
Mexican food and healthy diets normally don’t gt along with each other. That’s why we love this Downtown Mexican food joint. Apparently we aren’t the only ones, it’s been around since the ’80’s! We went for the healthy burrito stuffed full of fresh veggie and fajita chicken and ditched the…
The best ethnic food is often the most difficult to find. So each week we’ll spin the globe and search for a new other-worldly spot to expand our eating horizons around the Valley. This week we go to Italy at Niccoli’s. Authenticity-rating: Italian dining didn’t necessarily feel like a dining adventure…until…
Staying in? We’ve got you covered — both on the culinary and entertainment fronts. Now presenting Dinner and a Movie — a guide to a do it yourself evening of food and film.After spending time with a pregnant friend last weekend and noticing many glorious pregnant mamas while strolling through…
Nothing says “I love you” quite like an inappropriate public drunken make-out session at your local bar. It’s also a good way to scare off your friends and the fastest way for the entire place to suggest the two of you get a room. Save yourself the embarrassment and keep…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Valentine’s Day DealsIf yesterday’s Valentine’s Day dinner suggestions were a little out of your price range (even though nothing is too good for that special someone) we have some relief for your wallet in today’s round-up. They…
There are several joints for a little chinese food in this town. To stand out, you need to stand out; you need to prove you’re better than the rest. That’s why we’re taking on the two restaurants in this week’s cafe column. Food Critic Michele Laudig on Jimmy Woo’s and…
