Stuck at My Desk: Stouffer’s Stuffed Melt and Soup

What We Ate: Stouffer’s Stuffed Melt and Soup Three Cheese & Ham stuffed Melt with Creamy Tomato Bisque Soup. The Facts: 380 calories, 18g fat (9g saturated fat), 990g sodium and 41g of carbs Why This One: Grilled cheese and tomato soup is our favorite combo. Especially when it’s cold outside. Plus…

Holiday Gifts from the Kitchen

You know what gifts to get for your significant other and the rest of the family. What to do about co-workers, holiday hosts, teachers, coaches, and neighbors? Try a treat from your kitchen, easy and delicious, a tasty memory that will please everyone on your gift list.recipes after the jump:…

“Like” PHX Street Food Coalition on Facebook

If you’re interested in following the city’s food truck movement but aren’t so Twitter savvy, not to worry: You can now “like” the Phoenix Street Food Coalition on Facebook (And if you’re not that FB savvy either, best of luck to you.) Stay in-the-know about the organization’s events like the Mobile…

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

It’s cold and flu season and that means getting ahead of the game by pre-making a big patch of chicken noodle soup. You can bag it in small batches of freezer bags and take out only as much as you need when you are in the mood for soup or…

Rachel Bess, What Are You Baking?

What are you baking (cooking) for the holidays this year? Deviled quail eggs, spicy pumpkin coconut soup, pumpkin butter, I’mworking on creating a recipe for a pumpkin pie with a ginger crust andcinnamon-ginger meringue, limecello and limoncello (I guess those aren’tbaking, but it happens in the kitchen and is important!)…

What to Hit and Miss on Holiday Fast Food Menus

For the nation’s fast-food chains, new menu items mean new customers willing to give up a few greenbacks to try something different — at least once. And with the economy still as shaky as Uncle Larry’s hands before a few glasses of spiked eggnog, every patron matters — especially in…

Canteen Modern Tequila Makes Mill Ave a Grown-Up Destination

With a few exceptions, it’s not easy for grownups to find a place to dine on Mill Avenue. But is the tide starting to turn? The debut of Canteen Modern Tequila Bar makes me very optimistic. Considering the location (downtown Tempe’s student-saturated main drag, where there’s pub and diner grub,…

How Should I Plan a Wine Tour Vacation?

UNCORK THE ISSUE: How should I plan a wine tour vacation?
SPILL THE JUICE: “Pick a region, know it proficiently, and try to taste as much as possible and experience as much as possible in that region,” says Christine Wisniewski, the owner of Caffe Boa with her husband, Jay, and a certified sommelier who traveled to Croatia and Slovakia this summer touring vineyards and tasting wines.

W.M. Sacks Art of Sandwicherie: Lunch $10 & Under

Once you tire of Subway’s sub-par quantity-over-quality footlongs and Jimmy John’s crazy cult following, swing by W.M. Sacks Art of Sandwicherie for a real sandwich that’ll cost you no more than the imitators… Meaning you won’t even break a $10, even after adding on chips and a drink.

Chanukah: The Festival of Frying

Chanukah — the Jewish festival of lights — begins tonight at sundown. So what’s for dinner? Traditional recipes for food, savory and sweet, cooked in oil, are found on Chanukah menus in Jewish communities around the world. Ashkenazi Jewish families, with roots in Russia and Eastern Europe, favor latkes (potato…

Chef Peter DeRuvo Joins Vatra Grillhouse Revamp

Sometimes, you just have to push the reset button.Just four months after the debut of Vatra Grillhouse in Arcadia, the restaurant is set to become a much more high-profile presence in the dining scene with the hiring of former Sassi executive chef, Peter DeRuvo, as well as a new general…

Chelsea Brown, What Are You Baking?

Even if your oven sits cold all year, chances are you’re considering firing it up, right about now. As a holiday twist on our “What Are You Eating?” feature on Chow Bella and “What Are You Wearing?” on Jackalope Ranch, for the next few weeks we’ll be bringing you “What…

Alcohol-Infused Whipped Cream: Just Say No

​Some things are not meant to be. It’s hard to find anything that the staff at Phoenix New Times agrees on, but we are in lock step on one thing: Whipped Lightning is terrible. Beyond terrible. It’s like eating flavored lighter fluid. And not in a good way. “No.” That was…

The Main Ingredient Ale House: Happy Hour Report Card

The Spot: The Main Ingredient Ale House, 2337 N 7th Street, Phoenix, 602-843-6246 http://www.tmialehouse.com/ The Hours: Almost every day of the week (closed Sunday) The Main Ingredient opens its doors at 11 am and offers happy hour pricing until 6 pm, and in case somebody’s got a case of the…

Pie Social Recipe Cards Make a Sweet Holiday Gift

Visions of sugar pies dancing in your head, ever since our Pie Social last month? Us, too. We’re still reeling over the fact that hundreds came to taste, bringing more than 200 community pies. And 10 professional bakers/chefs competed for top pie honors.  In the sugary hubub you might have missed…