Food & Drink

Note to the folks at the Arizona State Fair: Get “Chicken” Charlie Boghosian back to the fairgrounds in October, and this time, tell ’em to bring his deep-fried Kool-Aid. Boghosian, whose Chicken Charlie’s set-up is a staple of fried goodness at fairs nationwide, is the creator of the golf ball-sized…

Hm, “Nteresting.” Thom Coker and his wife, Kathy, owners and founders of T.C. Eggington’s in Mesa, are planning a new venture on Mill Avenue in Tempe called Ncounter. Like T.C. Eggington’s, Ncounter, described as “hip Nspired deliciousness in a indoor/outdoor atmosphere with an urban cool vibe,” will serve up fresh,…

FnB’s Spicy Grilled Broccoli recently made it on Chow Bella’s 100 Favorite Dish list. Its not the first veggie centric dish cooked up by Charleen Badman to score a headline, her Braised Leeks with Mozzarella & a Fried Egg made Food and Wine’s 10 Best Restaurant Dishes of 2010. Pay…

Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 74: Chicken…

Seems as if celebu-chef Chris Bianco was in The City of Brotherly Love last week to show a little love of his own. Bianco joined 36 other top chefs at Philadelphia’s Naval Yard for “The Great Chefs Event,” an annual fundraiser founded by James Beard Award winner and Philadelphia’s best-known…

It looks like Silvana Salcido Esparza, chef and owner of Barrio Café, is planning a move to Old Town Scottsdale. The Arizona Republic reports that Esparza’s two restaurant concepts, slated to move into the SouthBridge space in Old Town Scottsdale that previously housed Metro Brasserie, will come about in November…

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. Kimberly White of Mrs. White’s Golden Rule Cafe Dies…

Back in May, Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport announced their selection of HMS Host’s locally-focused proposal for a new cache of restaurants inside Terminal 4 as the first of two restaurant “master concessionaire” contracts to be awarded for the terminal’s new food program. After passing through several committees, the contract received…

If you rock successfully enough, you get to create a concert rider, a list of requests or demands set as criteria for a performance. Usually, some jackwad finds it and sends it to The Smoking Gun, who will then publish it — its readers calling you an asshole or a…

You know you’ve arrived when your image is made into icy awesomeness. David Hasselhoff, a.k.a. Michael Knight (Night Rider), Mitch Buchannon (Baywatch), and simply “The Hoff,” has been turned into — wait for it — the “Hoffsicle.” The “Hoffsicle,” a raspberry iced smoothie made in the Hoff’s likeness and complete…

Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 75: Gollo…