They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. The way to a woman’s heart is just as simple. In fact, it can be summed up in one little word: chocolate. Doctors even compare the endorphins secreted during chocolate consumption to the ones produced during sex. Oh, my!…
Yesterday, we spoke with Executive Chef and co-owner Brian Peterson of Cork in Chandler. Today, the chat continues… Peterson plans to open a second restaurant in Chandler called BLD (short for Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner) at the beginning of March. The focus will be on American comfort food made with healthful, organic ingredients. One of…
The new year is the perfect occasion for launching a new monthly cocktail party at J&G Steakhouse, where the gorgeous patio on top of The Phoenician is a prime spot to be a moon worshipper. That’s right, you can howl at the full moon in style at the restaurant’s Full Moon…
This is a simple case of before and after. Here’s the signage at Biltmore Fashion Park for the restaurant space that was slated to become Rojo Mexican Grill, the second location of a Mexican joint that opened last August in Minneapolis. Three months ago, it looked like this: It turns…
What We Ate: Amy’s Light & Lean Soft Taco FiestaMade with organic vegetables and black beans The Facts: 220 calories, 4.5g fat (1.5g saturated fat), 560g sodium and 40g of carbs Why This One: We too would like to be a little lighter and leaner, which means sticking to our new year’s…
One year in the early ’80s, my sister was a Brownie, my mom was the cookie chairman and there existed a Girl Scout cookie called the Kookabura which was everything I loved in a cookie. Girl Scout cookie season is upon us already this year, which has me reminiscing. As…
“Eat mor chikin! Eat mor chikin!” What? Huh? What time is it? Oh, it’s the Chick-fil-A “Cowz” waking my ass up with another fowl feeding opportunity: breakfast with their new Spicy Chicken Biscuit. Featuring a spicy breaded chicken breast deep-fried and placed inside a buttermilk biscuit (essentially the Spicy Chicken…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Wine TastingsStop by the Phoenix Public Market between 5 and 7 p.m. for a free(yes, free) Wine Tasting with MyWineHelper.com’s Jim Wiskerchen. Enjoy samples from local Arizona winery Dribble Creek and if you find out you’re a…
Matt Diamond, who co-owns the happening CenPho ale house The Main Ingredient with his gracious wife Courtney, tells me that today marks the restaurant’s first year in business. To celebrate, there’s an all-day, all-night happy hour going on as we speak, and anyone who comes in today will be entered into a…
The Spot: Casey Moore’s Oyster House, 850 S Ash Ave, Tempe, 480-968-9935, http://www.caseymoores.comThe Hours: Happy Hour runs from 3-7 Monday-Friday and from 11-4 on Saturday and Sunday.The Details: Casey Moore’s features a beer special each day. The daily beer is available for $1 off the regular priced all day. During…
Things have changed at Hillside Spot, the Ahwatukee breakfast joint owned by Gallo Blanco chef Doug Robson. For one thing, it’s not just breakfast and lunch anymore. Hillside Spot now stays open until 9 p.m. on weeknights and 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday for dinner. The airy little eatery is so popular…
Chef Brian Peterson moved to Arizona after graduating from college in Chicago — and instantly hated it. He expected to stay for six months. Instead, Peterson embarked on an eleven year culinary adventure that took him through Lon’s at the Hermosa, the Boulders Resort and Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club before…
A little more than a year ago, Dos Diablos took over the space that used to be Mancuso’s at the Summit, but it turns out that upscale Mexican food wasn’t the right fit for that North Scottsdale location, and there was some chef turnover. According to the restaurant’s website, it…
Yesterday in Sweet Talk Chris D’Angeli let us know what she thinks of cupcakes, how she is hungry to compete again on the Food Network Challenge, and why Phoenicians could use a dose of Texas. Chris is the chef-owner of Slice, a custom cake studio where she designs and creates…
Like having its own version of the Big Gulp, Starbucks has announced they will introduce the 31-ounce “Trenta” cup in all U.S. locations by May 3. Available only for iced beverages, the new gut-punching size is seven ounces larger than the “Venti”, currently the largest size the Seattle-based chain offers…
It was under wraps at first, but now the word is official. Petite Maison chef-owner James Porter’s new Old Town Scottsdale barbecue joint — Big Earl’s BBQ, opening later this month — has a deal with Desert Smoke BBQ’s Tony Morales to provide all of the restaurant’s sauces and spice rubs.”Our…
Years ago, web developer Rebecca Golden saw a space at 32nd Street and Shea that she knew would be perfect for the cafe of her dreams.”I know that neighborhood, and there wasn’t a place to go and hang out,” she says.As soon as it was abandoned by its former tenant,…
Dave Thurston The improviser teaches free classes on improvisation Saturday, January 22 and Saturday, January 29 at Runway 21 Studios from noon-3 p.m.What’d you eat for dinner last night? Last night, I ate a salad that I made using only a blender that I got for my birthday.Favorite food: My…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Cigar Dinner Kick OffJoing Reminginton’s at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort tonight for the first cigar dinner of 2011. The menu will start out with clams casino and continues with a crisp salad with fresh blue cheese dressing…
It was just a month ago that I reported on Pop the Soda Shop’s move out of its longtime retail storefront in Scottsdale — where it stocked all kinds of craft soda and old-timey favorites like Moxie — to a new home base at The Duce, the funky Downtown warehouse at Central and Lincoln that…
A few years ago, I bought my husband a cute little antique cornbread pan on a whim. It was after he mentioned his granny used a cast iron pan like the one we spotted at the Scottsdale Antiques Market to cook something he called “corn pone.” Apparently that’s Southspeak for eggless…
Last week, we got a first look at Tanzy, the new upscale casual Mediterranean-inspired restaurant at Scottsdale Quarter. The eatery is run by the same folks behind the new iPic luxury movie theater and is located next door to the theater on the upper level of the complex. Tanzy makes good use…
