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: Coming Soon to Downtown: Province Johnny Chu of Sens…
Two weeks of Where Am I Eating without winners just won’t cut it in our book… so this week we bring you an easy peasy photo of a dish that needs no introduction or commentary whatsoever. You know this one, right? Take a guess… Where Am I Eating?
Yesterday we met Tom Crowley, the esteemed bartender of the Cork and Cleaver who, 32 years later, is now mixing drinks at 1889 Saloon. Today he shares with us the recipe for his favorite drink, known simply as Tom’s Drink. “When I go out to the local watering holes, I…
As if December didn’t bring enough reasons to throw a party, the folks at Slow Food Phoenix are celebrating local bounty, the people who produce it, and even people who write about it.Local scribes/foodie gals-about-town Sharon Salomon and Gwen Ashley Walters each contributed articles about Phoenix’s food culture (originally published…
Wood-fired cooking is de rigueur at countless Valley restaurants these days, but sous vide preparations are still uncommon enough to catch my attention.What’s sous vide (“under vacuum”)? It’s a method where foods are vacuum-sealed in special plastic bags and cooked in a water bath at a steady temperature that’s much…
Why do all of my cookies come out hard as rocks? Made “chewy” snicker doodles this weekend and they turned out like crackers. What am I doing wrong? A little difficult to determine where you went wrong without being in the kitchen with you while you were baking. Here are…
Attention, shoppers. If you’ve ever visited a Pro’s Ranch Market before, then you’ll understand why it’s good news that a seventh Valley location just opened its doors, at 3415 W. Glendale Ave. The more, the merrier, I say.This particular location will be quite a boost to its neighborhood, as California-based company…
Even if your oven sits cold all year, chances are you’re consideringfiring it up, right about now. As a holiday twist on our “What Are YouEating” feature on Chow Bella and “What Are You Wearing?” on JackalopeRanch, for the next few weeks we’ll be bringing you “What Are YouBaking?” Complete…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Dining Out Christmas DayGive the dish washer, the stove and yourself a break on Christmas day and treat the family to a nice meal made by someone other then you. Plenty of restaurants around the Valley are…
We tend to stay away from anything that combines the word “secret” with the word “garden.” Chalk it up to some ignorant machismo, but that’s the way it is. Of course if The House at Secret Garden is half as good as Michele Laudig makes it sound in this week’s…
Having served drinks at the Cork & Cleaver for 32 years, Tom Crowley could be considered as much a part of the venerable Phoenix steakhouse as the front door. So when a motor in the produce cooler short-circuited, creating a smoldering fire that caused major smoke damage to most of…
First, chef-owner Aaron Chamberlin opened St. Francis with a sleek, minimalist look. Now he’s welcomed two local artists to fill up an entire wall of the restaurant with their edgy work. Artists Hector Ruiz and DOSE Usually, you’d see Hector Ruiz’s paintings in such places as The Heard Museum or Bentley…
She did not just say that! This season, Top Chef All-Stars ain’t playin’, yo, and it’s only episode two. Shocks plus surprises equal quickly vanishing memories of the Top Chef D.C. snoozefest. Thank you, Bravo. Let’s get started. Just when things are already awesome ’cause we’re starting out in the…
We’re barely over a week into December, but the onslaught of over-the-top holiday eating has already begun. This Saturday and Sunday, get a taste of Mexico’s culinary Christmas tradition at the Food City Tamale Festival, an annual event that features handmade tamales from dozens of local church parishes. From green…
Foodie culture has officially been embraced by mainstream purveyors of hipsterdom, Urban Outfitters. I consider this a kind of benchmark.First time I visited one of these shops was in about 1992, in D.C. — everything was black and kind of punky, from the leather jackets to the edgy t-shirts. This…
This week, several interested parties asked, “How do I bake with pot?” A timely question, with the recent passage of Prop 203 and the potential business opportunities for supplying baked goods to medical marijuana dispensaries. Budding entrepreneur, are you? (Note: We’re not saying we’ve tried any of this firsthand. That would…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Christmas Eve DinnerThe in-law are in town, you still have presents to wrap, and your fridge is busy de-thawing it’s second turkey of the year. There is no way you are cooking on Christmas eve. Let the…
Pat Christofolo sure has a knack for creating hidden treasures. As owner of The Farm Kitchen at The Farm at South Mountain (not to mention Santa Barbara Catering), she’s already proved that she can wow the lunch crowd with fresh, appealingly simple fare in a rustic setting. Her restaurant has…
This week: Calf Fries served up by Stockyards Restaurant. The Ick Factor: Animal fries (not of the In-N-Out variety) are a slang term for testicles, the offal byproduct of many a castration at farms. Rather than just tossing these walnut-sized calf testes, somewhere along the line crazy cow pokes decided…
UNCORK THE ISSUE: What wine should I give my boss for the holidays?
SPILL THE JUICE: “It depends on who your boss is and what he or she likes,” says Stephanie Caraway, the southwestern regional manager at Terlato Wines International. We press her for a wine gift guide broken down by industry… we all have to settle for stereotypes sometimes, right?
If first impressions mean anything, then I expect to put Viet Kitchen in my regular rotation. The new downtown Vietnamese restaurant (on 1st Ave. at Adams St.) was a bright and cheerful stop for this curious and hungry reporter on a day when I just couldn’t seem to get the chill…
A Bay Area Thai restaurant just opened a new location at Scottsdale’s Shops at Gainey Village, and there’s already favorable early buzz from a couple of my favorite food spies. Soi 4 Bangkok Eatery has a sister restaurant in Oakland, California, along with three other Thai spots run by the…
