Restaurants

Chef Jerry Alday of Nello’s Pizza & Italian Restaurant shares the recipes for his light yet savory Garlic Shrimp with Gremolata Butter – straight off Nello’s menu.

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 orderLeave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section.Visit our sister blog, Jackalope Ranch, for a companion series on 100 Creatives who make…

He denies having anything to do with the gigantic photos of two of his political clients — Joe Arpaio and Vernon Parker — hanging on the wall at The Grind, but local public relations trickster Jason Rose is happily taking full credit for Stingray Sushi campaign signs popping up around…

September is here, which means the worst of summer is (almost) over! Time for a quick look back at our new restaurant options and the ones we unfortunately lost during the brutal month of August. Lucky for us, the number of restaurants opening was greater then the number lost. Hello!…

Summertime temps are lingering, and let’s face it: Around here, there’s no end in sight. The fast-food world feels our desire to chill, and has offered up some new and limited-time frozen fare to cash in on our need to beat-the-heat eatings. Are these new cold concoctions worth getting fired…

Before I talk about food, let me offer a few words of praise for the humble strip mall. What? You scoff? Sure, strip malls can be the bane of urban sprawl, but they’re what this area has in abundance. As an architecture and design fan, yeah, I’d rather be describing…

Say what you will, J. Crew catalog, I ain’t in the mood for stretchy tights and a merino wool cardigan just yet. Summer’s still hangin’ around and Fry Girl needs to chill. Good thing the fast-food world has provided some new and limited-time frozen sweet treats for the tastin’. Arby’s…

 This week, a reader asked for cooking methods to prepare and take brisket for a tailgate picnic. Smart cook! Brisket is an easy do-ahead main dish that just gets better and better when reheated. Read on for some tips and recipe ideas. Low and Slow: Brisket is a tough cut of…

Jerry Alday, the chef at Nello’s pizza, has a thing for farmers’ markets and fresh, local produce. “It’s really nice to see that surge of farm to table, local first, really getting back to the core of food,” Alday says. “I think food has taken a different direction. And I think a lot of these convenient fast food restaurants are slow to be a dying breed.”

Today, Alday spills his secret to the perfect pizza crust, his most embarrassing kitchen moment, and his habit of talking to vegetables.

Sometimes the best cure for a rough week (or the dreaded Monday blahs) is an international escape. When you can’t literally hop a plane, the next best thing is to indulge in a foreign treat. My personal favorite are crepes, the wafer-thin stuffed pancakes that originated in Northern France. They’re rare in Phoenix,…

​Earlier this week we mentioned four Arizona food truck companies that are season 2 nominees for The Great Food Truck Race on The Food Network. We hope you follow the link to vote for your local food roadsters and a chance for you to win a trip to NYC for…

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 orderLeave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section.Visit our sister blog, Jackalope Ranch, for a companion series on 100 Creatives who make Phoenix…

Every week, artist, writer and cook Cyndi Coon will bring you an idea for making the most of what you’ve already got in the pantry or the fridge. Ladies and gentlemen, we introduce the Thrifty Cook. How many times have you ventured into Costco for a single item and walked…

Chef Jerry Alday of Nello’s Pizza sees himself not as just a chef but an artist who’s latest medium is food. “I actually wanted to be a rock star,” Alday says, “A guitar player. Of course, everyone wanted to be Eddie Van Halen or Jimmy Gage from Zeppelin! But that didn’t happen.”

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 orderLeave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section.Visit our sister blog, Jackalope Ranch, for a companion series on 100 Creatives who make…

Tommy Cannon The improv performer with Robot Destroyers from Planet Earth, host of Dr. Zombie’s Movie Lab of Terror, creator of Mr. Sock and Fred the Mustard Packet comics and puppeteer performs a puppet show called The Temptations: Not the Musical Act Friday, September 3 at eye lounge. The event,…

​ 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 Ranch, for a companion…

Last night we viewed episode 3, season 1 of The Great Food Truck Race on The Food Network. Hosted by Tyler Florence, the show features seven food truck crews who compete on a six -week journey, selling their goodies in six city stops across the country. As season 1 rolls along, plans…

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 Ranch, for a companion series…

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: Caffiend: X-Drinx Kosmic Kola Emma Pew, What Are You…

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 orderLeave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section.Visit our sister blog, Jackalope Ranch, for a companion series on 100 Creatives who make…

In with the new — Downtown hot spots Fate/Nine05 shut down in March leaving plenty of room for what’s now Bliss and ReBar. (No word on whatever happened with Nine05’s chef-owner Matt Carter and his plans for other projects on the corner of Fourth Street and Garfield. They included a…