Tostadas appear on many a Mexican or Tex-Mex menu, fried tortilla swathed with beans, chopped meat, cheese or sometimes with ceviche. The word “tostada” in Spanish means “toasted,” harkening to the crisp tortilla that stands as the base. Tostadas dishes give new life to stale tortillas, where after frying they…
Mesa-ites eating a vegetarian or vegan diet now have one more option for healthy breakfast and lunch dishes that go easy on the wallet: The Cutting Board Bakery & Café Opened last week and located at 2235 South Power Road, just south of Baseline Road, The Cutting Board will feature…
Sol Diablo Cantina Kitchen, the newest restaurant from the folks that brought the Valley the Humble Pie chain of pizzerias, may have soft opened for the ASU game against Wisconsin last Saturday (go Sun Devils!), but this weekend, its fiesta grande time. Promising a “mouth-watering menu of tacos, salsa, and…
This time of year, conversations at Chow Bella staff meetings tend to turn to who’s eaten what — where. With the summer travel season still in full swing, we bring you Food Tours, our writers’ suggestions of what to eat and drink out of town. In 2011 Food and Wine…
We think you’ve seen a Yama Tower by now. But in case you blinked, it’s a wall mounted, cold-brewing glass apparatus that resembles an hourglass and is responsible for a lot of badass coffee drinks currently served around the world. At the 7th Ave. and McDowell breakfast and lunch joint…
Heads up, hot dog hounds: a new food truck loaded with gourmet franks and scratch-made sides will be hitting the Valley’s streets in October. Courtesy of Adam Allison, executive chef at North Scottsdale’s Skeptical Chymist, the hot dog truck, aptly called Frank. (for obvious ties to the tubular meat as…
The empanada is a food that means many things to people all over the globe. The filled turnover could be the savory-sweet and hearty Bolivian variety known as a salteña, the Chilean sort typically stuffed with seafood, or, as in Argentina, the country with which most Americans associate the empanada,…
Food Truck Friday at the Arizona State Capitol Friday, September 20 If you work around the Arizona State Capitol building here’s some good news regarding your Friday lunch options. There’s a new food truck court in town that’s bringing good eats to your neck of the woods. From 11 a.m…
For those who enjoy the portable perfection of a delicious wrapped snack, there may not be a more satisfying invention than the empanada. A food that means many things to people all over the globe, the filled turnover could be the savory-sweet and hearty Bolivian variety known as a salteña,…
The Guilty Pleasure:Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuit Mix Where To Get It: Your favorite grocery store The Price: About $2.25 (plus a couple pantry staples) What It Really Costs: Depends on your feelings about baking mixes (and partially hydrogenated oil). If you’ve been reading my Guilty Pleasures articles for a…
Gluten-free blues got you down? Get in the kitchen and get baking. Here are 10 reasons to love GF chocolate chip cookies — and really, all chocolate chip cookies in general. 1. The only “real” chocolate chip cookies, the ones made from Nestlé Toll House chips using the recipe on…
After a summer-long renovation, a new chef, and a menu re-vamp, the transformation of T. Cook’s, the longstanding restaurant inside the Royal Palms Resort, is complete. And (bonus) there’s a new bar concept, too. Officially unveiled last Monday, T. Cook’s newly remodeled interior emphasizes a more vibrant color scheme as…
What do chefs do when they’re ready to leave the world of country club cuisine behind? Make pizza, of course. At least that’s the path chefs Marshall Reichert (Cottonwood Country Club) and Tyler Anderson (Palo Verde Country Club) decided to take. The duo plans to open H&H City Pizza (the…
If you’re ready to get your grow “on” for Fall, but aren’t sure where to start or are looking to develop new skills, The Simple Farm is the place to be. You can spend a lovely morning in late September or October on the farm and take a “simple inspiration”…
This is part two of our interview with Kevin Lentz, owner of Phoenix’s French Grocery. Yesterday he told us about how he dreamed of opening a cottage bistro in New Orleans – and how that dream led him to French Grocery. Today, we learn about how he fell in love…
Welcome to “Schaefer,” in which Eric Schaefer — a local guy with a big (but discerning) appetite and a sense of humor to match — takes on the Phoenix food scene. My favorite use of the word “falafel” comes from an unlikely source. In 2004, in the heat of the…
The Breakfast Joynt, the locally owned breakfast and lunch spot that closed its North Scottsdale location in April after five years, is ready to (sun)rise again. Over the summer, owners David Phelps and Becky Mazzocco found a new home for The Breakfast Joynt’s tagline “Everyone Likes It in the Morning!”…
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…
Scottsdale’s Hilton Village, the 97,000 square-foot shopping center of more than 25 specialty shops, restaurants, and services, is getting some new neighbors of the culinary kind this fall. In addition to current restaurant tenants like Houston’s and Humble Pie, plus coming-in-November Slanted Rice Vietnamese Bistro, the newest restaurant from Hue…
Soon, fans of La Condesa Taco Shop, the contemporary Mexican cafe in Central Phoenix, will need to get used to calling the restaurant by its new name: La Santisima. Felipe Guzman, who owns La Condesa with wife Christina, tells me having to change the name of his three-year-old restaurant was…
The countdown to Best of Phoenix is on. Mark your calendar: This year’s issue will be on newsstands September 26. What better way to warm up than by asking some local “experts” to list their own personal bests? This week Helen Yung of the artisan ice cream shop Sweet Republic…
Kevin Lentz Chef, Owner French Grocery www.frenchgroceryinc.com This week we sit down with Kevin Lentz, owner of French Grocery in Phoenix. The market, which opened this summer, offers a friendly neighborhood spot to get everything from gelato to French press coffee — roasted locally in Tempe. Today Lentz, a Southern…
