Foodies, rejoice! There’s another book about food that has nothing to do with dieting or food deprivation (no offense, Skinny Bitch). Clinical psychologist and author Leslie Landis would rather have you laughing at calories than counting them. Landis will sign her book The Art of Overeating at 7 p.m. this Friday, December 18 at…
Peter DeRuvo’s come a long way since he started as executive chef at north Scottsdale’s Sassi a couple years ago. Since he’s been in the kitchen, the beautiful Italian restaurant has received the AAA Four Diamond award, a high honor indeed. Part of Sassi’s appeal is its ever-changing menu (the…
Lisa StarryThe choreographer/director for Scorpius Dance Theatre has a show called Catwalk in April at Phoenix Theatre. What’d you eat for dinner last night? Homemade burger, no bread and lots of veggies Favorite food: Pizza Least favorite food: Sushi Favorite dessert: Sara Lee’s cherry cheesecake…
You’ve been holing up and watching too many Phoenix Suns games on TV, folks. Meanwhile, Stoudemire’s Downtown has been hurting for business (as well as dealing with a rent dispute with its landlord, according to ABC 15). The restaurant just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The eatery is owned…
Calling all carnivores in the Camelback Corridor: Hot meat is on the way. Burger chain Smashburger, which recently made Arizona inroads with a Tempe location that debuted this fall, plans to open another restaurant at 1949 E. Camelback Rd., #164, in February 2010, according to its new Series 12 liquor…
Blog name: www.justineats.com Who writes it: Justin Lee is a late 20-something who’s an Arizona native and is a freelance writer who loves to eat and cook. He uses five tenets when reviewing eateries, including understanding the foods before he reviews them and going into restaurants with an open mind…
This past Saturday and Sunday, tequila lovers from across the Valley descended on US Airways Center in downtown Phoenix for a day of drinking, dining and debauchery. Actually, there wasn’t much debauchery going on. Just a LOT of giggling and slurred words. Guests were relatively calm as they strolled around the Phoenix…
Last week, we began reporting on an epic project, the creation of Martha Stewart’s croquembouche. Kids, you might want to read our series before you try this at home. Here’s Part One. This week, we bring you Part Two. With the sobering news that our dessert was going to take,…
We’ve heard of cucumber cocktails and avocado martinis, but how’s this for drinkable veggies: Gold Madras from Maizie’s Café & Bistro features spuds, since it uses Karlsson’s Gold Vodka, which is distilled from virgin new potatoes and tastes sort of chocolate-y. Vodka can also be made from grain, rye, and wheat…
At the start of the 2009 football season, Kabuki Japanese Restaurant in Glendale and Tempe introduced a Game Day promo where sushi slash football fans could take advantage of “buy one, get one for a dollar” sushi and drink specials while watching a Cardinals game on Kabuki’s flatscreens. Problem was, most of…
So we know we’ve given Baiz Market four Best Of awards since 2005, but we really can’t get enough of this place. The unique selection of Middle Eastern food combined with fresh produce and a wide variety of tasty cheeses and grains really has no rival in the Valley. Not…
For anybody who thought caffeinated mints and granola bars were wacky, I’ve got three words for you: caffeinated beef jerky.Yes, seriously. It would seem that the number of consumables powered up with caffeine knows no end: coffee, tea, soda, energy drinks, Midol menstrual relief pills, chocolate, mints, and now, Perky…
With an open mind, and possibly a little liquid courage, we’re looking to discover those dumpy but delicious places that we might never set foot in alone. We’ve gathered a group of adventurous souls for cocktails and dive eating, and we’re calling it the Dive Bar Dinner Club. For…
“It tastes like Chocolate World,” she said referring to Rogue Brewing’s Chocolate Stout. Not having been there ourselves, we asked our dining companion to elaborate on the Pennsylvania-based chocolate theme park that (apparently) takes one on a delicious journey from growing cacao through to the consumption of a delicious chocolate…
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: Pistachio Martini at Roaring Fork Hot Tamales in Time…
5th and Wine, the new restaurant from the folks behind Humble Pie pizzeria, is open for business now, and the proprietors have passed along their new menu for Chow Bella readers to drool over: 5th%20and%20Wine.pdfLocated at 7051 E. 5th Ave. in Scottsdale, in the spot that used to be Fine’s Cellar,…
The holidays are in full swing. While kids are dreaming of Lego sets and Bratz dolls and parents are hoping for the latest techie gadgets, foodies are dreaming of sugarplums. Or truffles. Or sushi. Or pork belly… To get you in the holiday spirit, we created a Christmas song based…
Last week: Flicka’s Baja Cantina in Scottsdale…
Seems like every year I tell Chow Bella readers when to get their vote on with local food mag Edible Phoenix’s Local Hero Awards, where readers are invited to participate in recognizing the area’s hardest-working food producers by simply submitting write-in nominations on the mag’s website.This year, I’m a little…
One of the most crucial tenets of bartending (after knowing how to make drinks and faking interest in customers’ sob stories) is to never stop learning, whether it’s a new drink recipe or a lesson in human behavior. After a decade of slinging drinks at Phoenix dive/neighborhood bars, “Evil” Jeannie…
Since I first visited Japan 18 years ago, I’d only ever seen the faint outline of Mount Fuji through the clouds. Last week, though, I got a clear view of the iconic Fuji-san on three different occasions — too exciting! This was the first one, taken from the window of…
Sweets and holidays go hand-in-hand, and Tammie Coe Cakes has made their collection of cupcakes, cookies and cakes even sweeter with winter-themed goodies…
