Today is the day Jack in the Box gives away two free tacos after 2 p.m., thanks to Jack’s visit to the dentist, where, hopped up on laughing gas, he makes the announcement. Note to dentists everywhere: More laughing gas for fast-food mascots, please! According to my e-mail from Jack…
Andrew Levi Hiller The singer/songwriter for Wizards of Time, who also loves to paint, is currently working on the band’s first 12-song album, called Will the Soft Curse Plague On?, to be released in early 2011. You can hear a teaser with three 15-second song clips here. He also plays in…
A while back, we blogged about The Center Bistro re-opening (sans Damon Brasch) after a two year hiatus. This last Friday, the official Grand Opening Celebration re-christened this Tempe establishment. An abundance of locally-sourced and organic small bites, freshly prepared pork tacos, and delicious honeydew martinis were all on hand…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Maggiano’s Fall Wine DinnerNo need to cook tonight. Maggiano’s Little Italy restaurant in Scottsdale is hosting their annual Fall Wine Dinner from 6 to 9 p.m. Start with poached oysters served in an artichoke heart and topped…
Anyone who has searched the couch cushions for a handful of change knows that boozing on an extreme budget can be a risky proposition. To help you decide how to spend that meager pile of pennies, we’ve scraped the Bottom of the Barrel to review some of the cheapest wines…
A fire in the wee hours at a landmark Phoenix restaurant steakhouse last month was bad enough to keep the restaurant closed until 2011.Cork ‘N Cleaver suffered serious damage in its October 14 fire, necessitating a reconstruction of the kitchen. For now, fans of the 46-year-old restaurant at 44th Street and…
The dining mix at Mekong Plaza, the huge two-year-old Asian restaurant and grocery store complex at Dobson and Main Street in Mesa, is primarily Vietnamese, but now there’s also a new full-service Chinese restaurant serving daily dim sum as well as a sprawling menu of Cantonese cuisine.Mekong Palace is situated…
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh pie. Here’s our slideshow from Pie Social. Did you snap any great photos on Saturday? Post them on Chow Bella’s Facebook page, and we’ll send you a Chow Bella apron for your next round of pie baking. Check out the winners of the competition here…
Brady and Shaun Breese represent the best of a commitment to living local. They grew up in Phoenix, attended ASU, and after working in the corporate world, began to grow their hometown cookie business. Brady, formerly with the life insurance division of USAA, credits Shaun’s desire to ditch corporate America as…
The business: Paradise Melts What they’re packin’: Comfort food-grade grilled sandwiches that will kick crappy grilled cheese’s butt — Must-trys include the Veggie (provolone, tomato, basil, arugula, roasted red pepper, and balsamic on sourdough) and the Ruben (pastrami, swiss, cole slaw, and 1000 island on marble rye). Other menu items…
It’s true. Pie is love. At least, it’s true that people in Phoenix love pie. You turned out in droves for the first-ever Pie Social, this past Saturday, co-sponsored by Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row, to raise funds for after-school programs. We loved seeing you, and tasting your pies! An…
FnB’s leeks have more momentum than any dish in Phoenix. Even a summer hiatus, when they weren’t in season, wasn’t enough to stop them. “Humble braised leeks became something luxurious under a melted layer of buttery, handmade mozzarella, mustard breadcrumbs, and velvety yolk oozing from a fried egg,” I wrote…
True Food Kitchen brings health-conscious food approved by integrative wellness guru Dr. Andrew Weil to Scottsdale Quarter. We grabbed a seat on the heated wrap-around patio and checked out the lunch menu at the second Arizona installment of this Fox Restaurant Concepts’ joint this weekend. The ambiance and the menu fit the good-and-good-for-you bill, but the entrées especially didn’t wow us.
Lisa Bedford wears many hats — she’s a local blogger, mother of two, and a survivalist. She combines those hats regularly by running TheSurvivalMom blog, where she dishes out advice on how to prepare for everything from a natural disaster to financial crisis. One survival technique Bedford is a big…
We love any excuse to visit Cave Creek, but one of the best reasons to visit this sleepy arts community is Cave Creek Coffee Company’s new Bacon Infused Mocha Coffee.That’s right — “bacon infused.” Seems like bacon-flavored drinks are all the rage these days, and we’ll admit the idea didn’t…
Let’s face it, there’s going to be a ton to see and do at the Pie Social on Saturday. But more important, there are going to be even more people that have the same goals in mind: Drop off the pies (optional), get the tasting tickets, find the best pies,…
About a year ago, Charles Phoenix, awesome connoisseur of all things pop-culture and especially vintage, was inspired to invent the Cherpumple, a massive and ultra-American dessert made of three pies (cherry, pumpkin, and apple), each cooked inside a layer of cake, all stuck together with cream cheese icing. The really…
Sometimes, you just need a big heap of freshly fried potato chips slathered in hot sauce and bleu cheese. And of course, we had to grab a nice cold beer to cool our mouth down, because really, flaming hot fried food just begs for a good beer. Any idea where we chucked our diet out the window for this hot and spicy indiscretion? Where Am I Eating?
Jessica Seinfeld is ready to turn over a new leaf — or a page from a new book, rather. In April, a federal appeals court ruled in her favor after claims that the ideas behind her first cook book, Deceptively Delicious, had been copied from another author. Now, with plenty…
Yesterday we met Casey Petty, the man behind the bar at Metro Brasserie. Today he shares with us the recipe for his Maple Manhattan, a drink he crafted to capture the essence of fall. “It’s not really a manhattan,” Petty says. “I just want people to know there’s whiskey in…
I’ve been making restaurant recommendations for many, many years, since long before I became the New Times food critic. But these days, I’ve become somewhat of a personal food concierge for my friends. I get text message requests all the time.The latest was from a friend looking for a decent…
Arrowhead Grill’s Charles Schwerd has another restaurant in the works, set to open in December in Peoria: Blu Agave Arizona Kitchen. Look’s like he’s hiring, too.Located near the Vistancia development (28615 N. El Mirage Rd., Ste. 102), this will be a welcome new independent restaurant in the chain-saturated West Valley, and…
