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From now ’til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers — Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you’ll know; for others, it’ll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you’re here, check…
Does mock beef actually mock beef? Or, does fake beef really do justice to the image in which it was created?
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Like most of us Yanks who love the British television series Downton Abbey, (OMG, the Dowager Countess of Grantham did NOT just say that!) we have to wait until January for Season Three to get our Crawley-on. Bloody hell. Thankfully, while we’re waiting, we can at least eat like those…
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Hey, readers, get ready. We’re putting new meaning into the term “street food.” For Chow Bella’s latest mission — “Eating 16th Street” — we’ve employed a young woman who’s literally eaten her way around the world. Alex Rodriguez has eaten borscht in Moscow, steak in Buenos Aires and a “life-changing…
See also: Native Seeds/SEARCH Offers Grain School in Tucson Dreaming of growing your own fields of colorful flowers, juicy fruits, and vegetables galore? Are you worried our dry desert won’t be able to fulfill these harvesting dreams? A solution just arrived in Phoenix…
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Beer: DeConstruction Ale Brewery: Odell Brewing Co. Style: American Wild Ale ABV: 10.5 percent See also: Four Peaks Up ‘N’ Runnin’ See also: Schneider Aventinus Weizenbock Welcome back to Craft Beer 101, class. Hope you brought your thinking caps as well as your drinking glasses, because today’s lesson is quite…
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From now ’til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers — Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you’ll know; for others, it’ll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you’re here, check…
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See also: Going Dutch: One Girl’s Quest to Find the Food of Her Homeland — in Phoenix See also: Pancake Art Using a Pancake “Pen”, Pancakes (What Else?) at Butterfield’s Pancake House Last week I shared my quest to find Dutch food in a place far from home — Phoenix…
Welcome to Chow Bella’s Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you’d like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. Miss a question? Go here. The organic food industry continues to grow, and many us,…
It’s safe. You can come out now. It’s September. And while temperatures may still hover uncomfortably for a bit, we feel fall in the air — and that means outdoor festivals with lots to eat and drink. So get out your calendar (or your smart phone) and jot down the…
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From now ’til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers — Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you’ll know; for others, it’ll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you’re here, check…
See also: Ethiopian Famous Restaurant & Coffee’s Oddball Location Belies the Treats Inside Abebech Ejersa was beaming when I popped in her new place at 4111 East McDowell Road in Phoenix on Sunday. “I couldn’t have done it without all the wonderful people who came to visit me,” she said…
Hey, readers, get ready. We’re putting new meaning into the term “street food.” For Chow Bella’s latest mission — “Eating 16th Street” — we’ve employed a young woman who’s literally eaten her way around the world. Alex Rodriguez has eaten borscht in Moscow, steak in Buenos Aires and a “life-changing…
