Some meals are meant to be solo adventures, reserved reflections on flavors executed with slow, thoughtful bites in the quietude of an intimate setting. This was not one of them. The thought occurred to me when the steaming sticky rice arrived in a small bamboo basket. Like children suddenly permitted…
Beer: InebriatorBrewery: Sonoran Brewing Co. Style: Russian Imperial StoutABV: 9.1 percent Arizona having the climate it does, most local breweries seem to focus heavily on light, drinkable beers that fight the oppressive heat while shying away from the richer, darker stuff. There are few year-round Russian imperial stouts made in…
Hey all you bakers and pie eaters out there — don’t fear the forecast. We know, we know, our iPhones say “rain” too, but the folks at Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row have put our heads together and come up with a rain location (to be decided, if need be)…
OK, so now you know all about Pie Social — this Saturday at 2 p.m., Roosevelt Row, blah blah blah — but you’re still on the fence about whether to make your own pie, aren’t you? Chow Bella’s here to rescue you. More specifically, Amy Morris is here. Morris is…
Stacy Matson is a NY transplant who tweets her heart out about food (@luvchampagne). She’s “obsessed with finding recipes in old cookbooks and hunting down cookbooks at estate sales.” You might have seen her out and about, she loves going to happy hour and dining out “all the time.” She’s…
We hear that Prince Harry, a.k.a. The Real Prince Charming, is now just an hour and a half away near Gila Bend for the final leg of his Apache helicopter training. We know he’s already made a couple road trips to San Diego during his stay in El Centro so we’re…
Paul Lindsay appears to be on the fast track at the La Grande Orange dynasty. On Monday, the former chef of La Grande Orange Pizzeria and the Arcadia Room was promoted to executive chef of Chelsea’s Kitchen. Lindsay started at Chelsea’s Kitchen before being transferred to LGO and the Arcadia…
Hungry for a taste of the Old West minus the stampedes and bowed legs? Check out the Chandler Chuck Wagon Cook-Off, a unique, two-day event named one of the best in the country by American Cowboy magazine. This Friday and Saturday, November 11 and 12, nine authentic chuck wagon teams…
Welcome to Chow Bella’s Bites & Dishes, where each week Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question or topic 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. With the rise of celebrity chefs…
We’re counting down the days to Pie Social 2011 — 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 12 at 408 E. Roosevelt in downtown Phoenix. You can get in on the action yourself. Here are details for community bakers. And don’t forget about our celebrity bakers — every day we’ll introduce you…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives? Pizza for the Pets Don’t worry about dinner tonight, you’re going to Grimaldi’s. The Scottsdale pizzeria has teamed up with the Phoenix Animal Care Coalition to help raise money for PACC911 Emergency Medical Fund which helps…
The Spot: Carly’s Bistro, 128 E. Roosevelt St., Phoenix, 602-262-2759.www.carlysbistro.comThe Hours: 4pm – 7pm, and the reverse, 10pm – 12am, daily.The Details: Carly’s daily happy hour includes 1/2 off all of their delicious bistro-style appetizers, $1 off beer and wine, $3.50 wells, and all day every day $2 PBR and…
A common misconception seems to be that delcious — as in, James Beard-award winning delicious — food will never be reasonably priced. Not true, and we’ve got proof! For this week’s $10 lunch, we enjoyed the charming digs of the Teeter House at Heritage Square. More specifically, we enjoyed Chef Nobuo’s…
We’re counting down the days to Pie Social 2011 — 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 12 at 408 E. Roosevelt in downtown Phoenix. Don’t forget, you can get in on the action yourself. Here are details for community bakers. And don’t forget about our celebrity bakers — every day we’ll introduce…
For those who like a little celebrity with their signature dishes and charitable deeds, the Arizona Chapter of the March of Dimes has all three in spades. From 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., this Thursday, November 10, at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa, a host of Valley chefs including…
Lately, in this In Season series, we’re taking a look at what I take home from Crooked Sky Farms each week and see what I’ve done with my CSA share, or part share. This week I’m using butternut squash and green beans…
Been to the Pink Spot lately? Looks like they’ve been busy. The all-day breakfast, coffee, and scoop joint in Phoenix has recently added lunch to its arsenal of eats in the form of six varieties of made-to-order wraps with ingredients like caramelized onions, croutons, pesto and cilantro cream sauces, and…
Epazote tempura frog legs, javelina and antelope chili, wild boar — they’re just a few of the untamed dishes being served up at the Annual Wild Game Dinner at the University Club of Phoenix, the private club located in a 1940′s home near downtown’s Heard Museum. And for this event,…
What happens in Pie Club, stays in Pie Club. Yes, another pilfering of the famed Las Vegas slogan that seems to capture our very human inclination toward naughty secrets. Pie Club is not Vegas, however. It’s a special weekly social hour at my former employer (an unnamed museum in another state — see,…
Jennifer Woods Debate all you want about the merits of bread pudding. Here’s a trend we can all embrace: chef gardens. They’re popping up all over town, most recently on the rooftop of the downtown Phoenix Sheraton, on behalf of the hotel restaurant, District American Kitchen. This is no farm, true, but…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives? Wounded Warrior’s Fundraising Dinner Need a few extra karma points? Your answer should be yes, which means you’ll want to consider joining Rancho Pinot in Scottsdale for their special Wounded Warrior Wine Dinner this Thursday, November 10th…
Green New American Vegetarian has a new location in Central Phoenix. What happens when two carnivores check it out and eat a vegan lunch?
