Food & Drink

I hit the town last night with a couple of my darlings, and started off at what’s become an old standby, Sens. I never get tired of the food, cocktails, and relaxed vibe at chef-owner Johnny Chu’s sleek Asian tapas joint. But I admit, it’s been a few months since…

There’s drama in the ice cream world. Last week, after contacting Utah-based ice cream company Sub Zero Ice Cream, I learned of a split between that company and the folks opening a new shop in Arcadia called 32 Degrees Ice Cream. Sub Zero is listed on the building permit that…

It really wasn’t the “vegan” label that turned me on to these candy bars — I just liked the wrappers. But then I looked past the graphics to read the print, and realized that these babies are “dairy-free, vegan, no trans fats, no hydrogenated oils, no cholesterol, nothing artificial.” Besides that,…

As any good college student that has searched the couch cushions for a handful of change knows, 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…

It’s too hot to bake. No one wants to turn on the oven in this heat. Plus, we feel more thirsty than hungry. What we really want is to feel refreshed. Which is why we sprang into action when we saw a selection of ice tea recipes this week on…

Unlike reality show cooking competitions in which it’s all about the food and one bad dish can send a front-runner packing, The Next Food Network Star is more about on-air personality — and that ain’t anything that’s gettin’ fixed overnight. That said, this season looks pretty clear cut, so let’s…

Forget regular old energy drinks – sustained energy is the thing now, or so those 5-Hour Energy drink commercials would have us believe. Slap Energy is advertised as a “multi-stage energy supplement,” and its manufacturers claim that an energy “sensation” builds as you drink it…

Some days are salad days. Luckily, this is no ordinary salad. Of course it has the staples: cucumber, tomato, celery and carrots. But it also comes with gruyere, toasted almonds and green goddess dressing. Can you blame us? Nestled in a hotel in the heart of Scottsdale, this bowl ‘o’…

​The average person’s stomach can hold about a liter of food, or close to two pounds’ worth. But who wants to be average? All over town, restaurants are offering up contests of confection, defying brave eaters to ingest more food than they should eat in a week — daily recommended…

Beer. It’s what’s for breakfast.We know what some of you are thinking. Beer for breakfast, Who does that? But the true advocate of craft beer knows there is nothing quite like waking up on a Sunday morning, making scrambled eggs and bacon and cracking open 22 ounces of your favorite…