Joe’s Farm Grill Wednesday, November 6 Joe’s Farm Grill is thanking customers with the annual “Free Cheeseburger Day” this Wednesday, November 6. All you have to do is show up, stand in line between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and you can get a free cheeseburger, french fries and a…
Scottsdale’s Petite Maison restaurant celebrated the spooky season last weekend with the fourth annual Halloween Offal Dinner. The four course meal has been a tradition since 2010, when chef James Porter was inspired to create a menu that brought attention to just how sophisticated offal can be. Sure, chicken feet…
Sometimes for even the most social of butterflies nothing sounds quite as good as sitting on your couch in sweatpants and eating food right out of a takeout container. You can catch up on all the shows you’ve missed and not have to worry about shouting at your fellow diners…
Whether you see this as an invitation for an educational experience or just good for a laugh is up to you. But here goes. peta2, PETA’s youth division, is bringing a factory farm to Arizona State University’s Tempe campus not once, but twice this week. In addition to showing “Glass…
As the days get shorter and the weather turns cooler, my cocktailian thoughts turn toward darker spirits. Out go the gin and rum, and in come the whiskey and brandy. And I start to get more of a taste for after-dinner cocktails. Lately, I’ve been in the mood for whiskey…
Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the fourth annual Pie Social Saturday, November 16, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the “What Should Go Here” Pop Up Park at Second and Roosevelt streets. We’ve got an all-star lineup of bakers making pies for you to taste, and…
We’ve heard all those sniffles and sneezes since the weather mellowed out and the indigenous and not so indigenous flora began blooming again. We’ve seen those itchy, red eyes and we’re here to offer some healthy, natural relief courtesy of Health Foodie’s honeycomb. Raw and local honey is known to…
Another month checked off in the culinary datebook of 2013, another month when I look back on the best things I ate. From dishes like my new favorite macaron of the moment to sophisticated nachos and a tough-to-find street snack, here are 10 of the best things I ate this…
The chimichanga, a crispy, deep-fried burrito filled with rice, meat, and beans topped with cheese, lettuce and sour cream has long been a popular Mexican dish. The origins of the dish have been hotly debated — Phoenix or Tucson? — but one thing that most everyone can agree on is…
This month, the openings far outnumbered the closings as we saw several Valley dining outlets re-open and we welcomed a whole slew of new food trucks to the scene. We’re waving goodbye to Aaron May’s beer-centric Scottsdale restaurant, Praying Monk, but don’t fret, there’s something else exciting on the horizon…
You’ve never had to look much farther than your favorite authentic Mexican or Chinese restaurant to find examples of how delicious offal can be. These cuts of meat are unfamiliar to most American palates but with proper execution can be some of the most flavorful parts of an animal. Though…
Because in America we sue over everything, a small group of Yelp users in California are suing the company, saying that they should get paid minimum wage (at least) for writing reviews for the website. Their argument begins with the premise that they are actually unpaid employees who provide value…
If there is something you can’t get on the Internet these days, we sure haven’t seen it yet and a recent trend in that ever-expanding marketplace is subscription boxes. From samplings of healthy snacks to cosmetics, you can get monthly packages filled with a selection of items in the vein…
We’ve already showed you where you can find some of the most delicious offal in metro Phoenix, but don’t worry, the fun doesn’t stop there. This week Chow Bella ventured into the kitchen with chef James Porter of Scottsdale’s Petite Maison restaurant as they gear up for their annual Halloween…
I’m not a big spinach or kale eater. I mean, I’ll eat it, but not if instead I could have a burger or pasta or a baked potato or chicken tacos or ice cream or, well, almost anything else. So on a recent vacation, when my nephew Ian offered me…
In today’s world of pre-processed and packaged foods, we’ve become detached from what we eat with little awareness of what foods look like in their natural form. It’s no surprise that many school-aged children have little to no way of connecting what they are eating to the pictures they see…
Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the fourth annual Pie Social Saturday, November 16, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the “What Should Go Here” Pop Up Park at Second and Roosevelt streets. We’ve got an all-star lineup of bakers making pies for you to taste, and…
Flanny’s 3rd Anniversary Featuring Arizona on Tap Saturday, November 2 Flanny’s has been one of many go-to beer spots in the Valley for years — three years, to be exact. And this weekend, the Tempe bar is raising a glass to three years of success and the rise of craft…
By now, pretty much everyone knows about the anti-wheat/anti-gluten “movement,” but not too many people know about a new “local food movement” that values the craft processes, ingredients, artisanal practices, and people involved with heirloom grains. Rise of the Grains is a documentary inspired by the Native Seeds SEARCH/Hayden Flour…
For fans of Barrio Cafe, chef Silvana Salcido Esparza’s home of modern Mexican eats, Saturdays just got a lot more lively. After 12 years, Esparza’s restaurant will open on Saturday afternoons — starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 2 — for brunch, happy hour, and live music. Here’s what to…
Halloween is here, and if you haven’t figured out what costume you’ll be sporting, there’s just a bit of time to get it together, slacker. But more important (at least to us) is how you’ll dress up your adorable four-legged friend. Love food? So do we. And we want to…
With residents in a southern California town suing the company that makes sriracha hot sauce, saying the plant’s smell are burning their throats and noses, spicy food lovers have been up in arms about possible price hikes should the production facility have to shut down. Will there be enough hot…
