It’s hard to resist the allure of a good rack of ribs, even if you know you’re going to need a dozen wet-naps to clean up afterwards. Many professional BBQers spend a lifetime trying to perfect their baby back recipe. Since we didn’t have that long to wait, we checked out…
Chef Eric Osburn, who opened Centurion in Roosevelt Square this June, has been cooking ever since he saw his dad flip an omelet for the first time at age 11. By 13, he was cooking all the meals at home, had his first kitchen job at 15, and was taken under chef Sam Caniglia’s tutelage in a country club outside Chicago at 16.
With pie on the brain these days (if your calendar’s not marked, write down November 13 for Chow Bella’s Pie Social and dust off your cookbooks), we couldn’t resist sharing a couple slices of sweet dishes that will hold up even in this heat — they’re felted. Buy a pattern…
Hungry yet? We’re working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella’s 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley — in no particular order Leave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section. Visit our sister blog, Jackalope…
Mack Duncan The puppeteer, filmmaker and founding member of The Torch Theatre improvises with Apollo 12, Die Puppet Die and Mack Duncan: 1-Man Show. Some of his upcoming performances may be found at www.thetorchtheatre.com What’d you eat for dinner last night? The second half of the Little Ceasars pizza I…
You’d think after their recent salmonella poisoning incident, Taco Bell would be more careful about what they tell us to put in our mouths. Not so. The company that claims it has always considered itself Mexican-inspired (hey, we use the word “tacos” and have neato, adobe-style restaurant facades. Olé!) recently…
Hungry yet? We’re working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella’s 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley — in no particular order Leave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section. Visit our sister blog, Jackalope…
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: Sammy Wiley, What Are You Eating? Abnormal Ales: 10…
While it was definitely a cookies ‘n’ milk kind of afternoon, we couldn’t sacrifice the opportunity for some much needed caffeine (plus these guys tends to make some pretty killer java). There are a bunch of places that use these feel-better-about-wasting-plastic recyclable cups, the real satisfaction is in one of…
In his latest book, Medium Raw, Chef turned Food Writer turned Celebrity Chef Anthony Bourdain posits the following: “Who doesn’t like a good wank now and then?” Bourdain is talking about food porn; written chronicles of culinary exploits that make you feel glad to be alive and in possession of…
This Fry Girl ain’t got the smarts for no research and development department. So who am I to say that the year and a half(!) that McDonald’s took to develop its new Angus Snack Wraps seems like a year and five months too long. Sure, I could argue that McDonald’s Snack…
Still miss Norman Fierros’ dessert chimichanga, the tiny Hershey bar fried to perfection, served at Norman’s Arizona, his last local gig in what is now the heart of the La Grande Orange empire? Then you are a true Phoenician. And you probably remember Fierros’ many financial, um, issues here. Squid Ink, LA Weekly’s food blog, has…
David Johnson, the wine director at Oakville Grocery Co., dispenses unpretentious wine advice as a bonus to this week’s Chef Chat with his business partner, Chef Walter Sterling.
Hungry yet? We’re working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella’s 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley — in no particular order Leave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section. Visit our sister blog, Jackalope…
Hungry yet? We’re working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella’s 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley — in no particular order Leave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section. Visit our sister blog,…
Some things are undeniably good. Our piggy friend in the picture above? He’s one of them. The smell coming off this guy seeped straight through the walls and out into the air surrounding restaurant Sassi as we approached the front doors for the latest Foodies Like Us event last night…
Need a crepe and don’t know where to look? Yeah, we were in the same boat until Food Critic Michele Laudig took it upon herself to identify the optimal locations for crepe goodness in the Valley. Food Critic Michele Laudig on Chez Vous Crepes & Gelato: Casual, affordable Euro eats,…
Get ready for more vegan-friendly eats in CenPho — including killer vegan chicken wings. Chef-owner Damon Brasch has sold his popular sandwich shop, That’s a Wrap, to longtime manager Erik Hansen. Hansen plans to relocate the 7th Street business to the old Lola Tapas spot on Camelback, making way for…
Edward Jensen is on a one-man quest to review every cafeteria in downtown Phoenix. Through his Downtown Phoenix Cafeterias Project — which you can follow on Facebook — he intends to eat off a tray til he can tell us for certain which cafeterias in town serve up the best…
Aw, what pretty little dogs you have…CHOMP! These island beauties come from John Stamatakis, owner of the new Maui Dog on Indian School Road. His first restaurant after years of doing a zillion other things, Stamatakis claims there’s nothin’ like his hot dogs on the U.S. mainland. Originally, Stamatakis tried…
Chef Walter Sterling of Oakville Grocery Co. cooks up a chilled avocado and lime soup to cool off on those hot summer days. No slaving away over the stove here. All you need are the fresh ingredients, a knife and a blender.
Reminding your Sun Devil to actually focus on schoolwork always goes over better, and with a higher success rate, when cupcakes are in the equation. And brownies and bars never hurt a please-call-your-parents-we’re-worried-you’re-dead attempt either.
