A new food truck has rolled into town, and it goes by the name of Frites Street. Combining Belgium frites with homemade sauces and toppings, the truck operators pride themselves on their 100 percent homemade menu. “If it’s on our menu, we made it,” says co-owner Braden Jones. “If you…
Chandler Craft Spirits Festival Saturday, April 25 A two-component well drink is a simple, beautiful thing. But a craft cocktail — shaken, stirred, muddled, and mashed — is an event in a glass. You can celebrate the art of the cocktail this Saturday evening from 5 to 9 p.m. in…
In case you missed it, “sprouted” is the new “whole grain.” We’ve found tortillas, breads, and crackers at our neighborhood health food store, each with its own pseudo-scientific claims about the nutritional benefits of allowing edible seeds to germinate. When we came across Majestic Garlic’s sprouted hummus, we were, as…
Phoenix New Times has an immediate opening for a journalist who has a sophisticated understanding of food and the skill to write about it in an engaging way. We publish food and restaurant news in multiple formats – criticism, daily stories and long-form features. Ideal candidates will have a solid…
I don’t know that I’ve ever before eaten a meal swathed in latex, but having dined at Hot ‘n’ Juicy Crawfish, I can say not only that I have but that I plan to do so again very soon. This Las Vegas-based restaurant chain opened on Mill Avenue last April…
What does every child need to know about coffee? Some people might say, “Nothing, kids don’t need to know about caffeine and espresso!” But Phoenix-based child researcher and author R. Bradley Snyder disagrees. And in the Need to Know children’s book series he’s co-authored with longtime friend Marc Engelsgjerd, Sndyer…
Just the name Pastries N Chaat inspired wide eyes at last week’s Chow Bella staff meeting, and it was determined that the first thing to try at the north Phoenix spot was dessert. We’ll save chaat — savory Indian street food — for later. This time we were all about…
When a new spot opens in town, we can’t wait to check it out — and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that…
A few weeks ago, the guys behind Tempe’s award-winning Arizona Distilling Co. drove out to the middle of the desert to stand in the field of grain pictured above. And while the hip-high stalks of wheat might not look like much, that wheat eventually will become Arizona’s first grain-to-bottle whiskey…
Great Southwest Cajunfest Saturday, April 18 On Saturday, the Great Southwest Cajunfest will be held downtown at the Margaret T. Hance Park from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. This event aims to transport you to New Orleans through food and music. Angry Crab Shack will prepare bayou favorites like a…
The Guilty Pleasure: Crispy Chicken Chickstar and Crispy Chicken Grillers Where to Get It: Taco Bell Price: $3.99 (Chickstar) $1.69 (Grillers) What it Really Costs: The total loss of your belief that Taco Bell even tries to serve Mexican food anymore…
Finding a Thai restaurant in the Valley is no problem. Finding an honest to goodness, true Thai place in the Valley — now that’s a struggle. Here at Chow Bella, we feel the pain of those cold, lonely nights when satisfyingly spicy Thai food cannot be found. Good news: We’ve…
There’s nothing better than getting out of the city and spending a day in the great outdoors. And lucky for us, there are dozens of farms around Arizona that open their doors to the public throughout the year. And while these small and privately-owned operations, scattered all over the state,…
According to Pinal County authorities there are now 38 suspected cases of salmonella poisoning linked to two separate events held at The Windmill Winery in Florence. The food poisonings have been linked to an event on March 18 and a wedding on March 19. On April 1 the bride’s mother…
Heads up, dessert enthusiasts: California-based Choctal Ice Cream is now available at every AJ’s Fine Foods store in the Valley. The California-based ice-creamery, who describe themselves as a “company with a global conscience,” sell 8 different varieties of single-source chocolate and vanilla ice creams. These seemingly simple frozen treats are…
It’s mid-morning on a Thursday at Posh restaurant in Scottsdale, but for chef Josh Hebert it feels a bit like Christmas. Standing behind the counter at the sleek restaurant the chef cuts open a cardboard box to reveal the spoils inside. From the weekly delivery he unloads a giant bag…
I have two questions: When did every American male under the age of 30 start sporting a beard, and why don’t I eat at Fez more often? I can’t answer the first of these, nor do I especially care to. But I can tell you that the answer to the…
Over the weekend the Great Arizona Picnic (GAP) rounded out a week of food-centric festivities during the 2015 Scottsdale Culinary Festival. This two-day marquee event brings more than 40 restaurants to the Civic Center Mall in downtown Scottsdale to serve up signature dishes to attendees, who indulged in good food…
The Guilty Pleasure: Chewy Chips Ahoy! Ice Cream Creations – Root Beer Float Where to Get It: Grocery stores, right next to the other weird Chips Ahoy! flavors Price: $2.98 What it Really Costs: The crushing reality that two of your favorite childhood desserts don’t go well together…
The call of the dessert can be, at times, so overpowering you have to stop what you’re doing and answer it. This doesn’t happen to you? Ever? Lucky for you it happens to us all the time. And this week the call came from the cannoli at Guido’s Chicago Meat…
When a new spot opens in town, we can’t wait to check it out — and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that…
Viet Nom Nom Nom Dinner Lab Friday, April 10 This Friday the dining event company known as Dinner Lab will debut in Phoenix with Viet Nom Nom Nom, a pop-up dinner featuring chef Nini Nguyen. The company hosts pop-up events in cities from coast to coast with diners paying an…
