Chef Guido Saccone, like any good Italian, loves pasta, especially fresh, made-to-order pasta like he dishes up at Cibo. Today, he shares his family recipe for Gnocchi alla Sorrentina, or gnocchi Sorrento style.
You know what gifts to get for your significant other and the rest of the family. What to do about co-workers, holiday hosts, teachers, coaches, and neighbors? Try a treat from your kitchen, easy and delicious, a tasty memory that will please everyone on your gift list.recipes after the jump:…
If you’re interested in following the city’s food truck movement but aren’t so Twitter savvy, not to worry: You can now “like” the Phoenix Street Food Coalition on Facebook (And if you’re not that FB savvy either, best of luck to you.) Stay in-the-know about the organization’s events like the Mobile…
What are you baking (cooking) for the holidays this year? Deviled quail eggs, spicy pumpkin coconut soup, pumpkin butter, I’mworking on creating a recipe for a pumpkin pie with a ginger crust andcinnamon-ginger meringue, limecello and limoncello (I guess those aren’tbaking, but it happens in the kitchen and is important!)…
For the nation’s fast-food chains, new menu items mean new customers willing to give up a few greenbacks to try something different — at least once. And with the economy still as shaky as Uncle Larry’s hands before a few glasses of spiked eggnog, every patron matters — especially in…
With a few exceptions, it’s not easy for grownups to find a place to dine on Mill Avenue. But is the tide starting to turn? The debut of Canteen Modern Tequila Bar makes me very optimistic. Considering the location (downtown Tempe’s student-saturated main drag, where there’s pub and diner grub,…
Imagine a plate piled high with crisp tortilla chips smothered in seasoned ground beef, tomatoes, beans and a tasty cheese-like substance. Yeah, there’s nothing wrong with that picture. But plain old restaurant nachos can get (pardon the pun) stale, since the chips often come from a bag and the ingredients are always…
that makes his heart melt and his appetite roar. “Pasta’s something I really have passion for,” Saccone says. “That’s what I eat every day, sometimes twice a day. I tell my wife it’s going to kill me.”
Chanukah — the Jewish festival of lights — begins tonight at sundown. So what’s for dinner? Traditional recipes for food, savory and sweet, cooked in oil, are found on Chanukah menus in Jewish communities around the world. Ashkenazi Jewish families, with roots in Russia and Eastern Europe, favor latkes (potato…
Even if your oven sits cold all year, chances are you’re considering firing it up, right about now. As a holiday twist on our “What Are You Eating?” feature on Chow Bella and “What Are You Wearing?” on Jackalope Ranch, for the next few weeks we’ll be bringing you “What…
Some things are not meant to be. It’s hard to find anything that the staff at Phoenix New Times agrees on, but we are in lock step on one thing: Whipped Lightning is terrible. Beyond terrible. It’s like eating flavored lighter fluid. And not in a good way. “No.” That was…
Visions of sugar pies dancing in your head, ever since our Pie Social last month? Us, too. We’re still reeling over the fact that hundreds came to taste, bringing more than 200 community pies. And 10 professional bakers/chefs competed for top pie honors. In the sugary hubub you might have missed…
Phoenix has crazy love to thank for Chef Guido Saccone’s pizza and pasta at Cibo Urban Wine Cafe & Pizzeria. Saccone, who was born just outside of Naples, fell in love with the American girl working in Tuscany for the summer, who just happened to be from Mesa. A love story straight out of a fairy tale lead the Italian chef to Arizona.
Pastry Chef Austin Chantos enjoys taking old world classics, and giving them a new twist. Today he shares a recipe for Sicilian Tiramisu with layers of biscotti soaked in espresso simple syrup and chocolate sponge. recipe after the jump…
How did we make it through Thanksgiving without alcohol-infused whipped cream?! Well, bring on Christmas — because we’ve found Whipped Lightning here in Phoenix and the liquor stores where you can get it opened this morning at 9. (And thanks to our sisters in Orange County and Houston for tipping…
Yichao Wang The artistic director of CloPet Theatr can be seen performing with Jester’Z improv this December and January What’d you eat for dinner last night? I ate at Hong Kong Gormet Buffet in Ahwatukee. Delicious though a bit pricey–but lots of yummy seafood, and great sushi as well! Favorite…
We know Phoenix Suns fans love their two free tacos from Jack in the Box when the team scores 99 points, but just in case the Suns don’t do the deed, US Airways Center has several new menu options that may win fans over. Levy Restaurants and US Airways Center’s…
Even if your oven sits cold all year, chances are you’re considering firing it up, right about now. As a holiday twist on our “What Are You Eating” feature on Chow Bella and “What Are You Wearing?” on Jackalope Ranch, for the next few weeks we’ll be bringing you “What…
We’re glad you showed up. We just weren’t expecting an audience on the old blog today. Not sure if you heard, but it’s Thanksgiving. We’re sort of on holiday as it were. Still, Chow Bella is not known for turning away an audience. For you loyal followers who took time…
The northwest corner of 16th Street and McDowell is like a Mexican mullet — La Hacienda Carniceria lunch business in the front, an outdoor fiesta in the back. The host of the party side? Rico’s Tacos. The celebration starts every day at 4 p.m., when La Hacienda closes its doors…
The dude at the Cheba Hut cash register doesn’t know me, but he grins and greets me like a friend who just showed up at his house party. “What’s up, mama?” Uh, isn’t it obvious, buddy? I have the munchies, big-time. I’m staring at the menu, dazed and confused (low…
Remember that scene in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory where disgusting gum-chewing champion Violet Beauregarde gets her choppers on a piece of gum that tastes like a roast beef dinner, complete with tomato soup and blueberry pie? According to the Institute of Food Research, we’re not far off from a similar lazy man’s dinner…
