An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. Today from 5 pm till close, Sens Asian Tapas and Sake Bar in downtown Phoenix will be hosting a fundraiser along with the American Red Cross to raise money for Haiti relief and development efforts. One hundred percent…
An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. The New York Times gives a nod to local restaurant Amuse Bouche. Located in a stripmall in Surprise, they are noted for their simplistic approach to keeping afloat in a troubled economy. Read the full story here. Tomorrow…
An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. Spiked! Is returning this spring to the Desert Botanical Garden. Starting March 4th the DBG will be hosting 8 nights of local music, food and drink. The $25 ticket will get you all access to the gardens, a…
An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. Gallo Blanco at the Phoenix Clarendon just announced their new happy hour. Monday thru Thursday from 3 to 6pm take advantage of $1 off tacos, $5 guac and chicharons, $3 drafts and $5 cocktails. While you’re there, enjoy…
An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. The Newest Trend in wine has hit the Valley in the form of a 5 gallon keg. That’s right folks, a keg o’ wine. Valley favorite Postino has started serving wine on tap at both the Arcadia and…
An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. Tonight is the grand opening celebration of Cartel Coffee Lab’s second shop located at 1 N. 1st Street in Downtown Phoenix. Head on down between 5 and 9 for free food, music and a raffle. At Momofuku in…
An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. Cheese has a new use — at least for winter Olympian Lindsey Vann. She has been using Topfan, an Austrian cheese to reduce the inflammation in her leg. Check out the full story at CNN. Its not surprising…
An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. The 20th Annual Phoenix Chinese Culture and Cuisine Festival is taking place this weekend at the Chinese Cultural Center located at 668 N. 44th Street in Phoenix. Festivities to include Dragon Dances, Martial Arts demonstrations, a Koi Exhibit…
An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. A parasite diet? You must be joking. Unfortunately, no. There is an actual diet where you ingest real intestinal worms to lose weight. Hong Kong is now warning people of the risks involved with this extraordinarily bizarre diet…
An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. A disturbing turn of events regarding an older issue: China has seen the melamine tainted powered milk resurface. The tainted product was supposed to be destroyed back in 2008 but was apparently repackaged for retail sale. Read the…
An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. In the weirdest food news we’ve heard in a while, two men robbed a pizza delivery guy and were caught by the trail of pizza sauce and wings that led police right to them. Read the Arizona Republic’s…
An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. Get ready for Valentines Day or just go and stuff your face with samples and other goodies at Glendale’s 15th Annual Chocolate Affaire. Festivities kick off today at 5:00pm and continue through the weekend. The Wisconsin Milk Marketing…
An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. Scottsdale based Cold Stone Creamery had to yank all Grab and Go Shock-A-Cone ice cream containers from stores after customers said they found glass in one of the containers, according to this press release. Cold Stone Creamery later…
A daily dose of food news, with no preservatives or additives. Tonight marks the one year anniversary of the Blue Martini at City North. They’re throwing a party to celebrate and they want you to go, here’s your invite. What doesn’t have salmonella these days? Turns out it was the…
A daily dose of food news, with no preservatives or additives. In local news, the owner of the Heart Attack Grill, Jon Basso, is suing the owner of the Florida restaurant Heart Stoppers for allegedly stealing his idea. Click here for the full story. Cheese-lover Prudence Staite, who is known…
A daily dose of food news, with no preservatives or additives. Score one for P.E.T.A and zero for traditional cultures.Cats and Dogs soon to be off the menu in China. Last Wednesday marked the day that the highly anticipated Fox Restaurant Concepts’ new endeavor, Culinary Dropout, opened in Scottsdale. Aside from…
In this week’s Forking column, C.M. Redding described the virtues and pitfalls of making and consuming that illustrious of narcotic desserts: the pot brownie. Follow the recipe below to make your own…you know…if you’re permitted to have it for medical reasons. Ingredients: – One package of any store brand or…
Some people wander through their lives, wondering why they’re here and what to do with themselves. Others are so clear about their purpose on this Earth it’s almost frightening. Marcus Ridgeway knows why he’s here, and it’s to make ice cream. Not just any ice cream, but frozen custard, which…
When I was 16, I met a handsome guy with a perfect shiny black pompadour who told me his name was Alan Conti. Three weeks later he confessed that his real name was Alan Waldman. He was Jewish, not Italian, and had been afraid I wouldn’t go out with him…
Cooking has taken Scottsdale-based chef Zipora Einav everywhere — just about. After stints serving as in-home chef for celebrities like Pierce Brosnan, Cybill Shepherd and Seal in Los Angeles, she was ready to take her show on the road. She became Mariah Carey’s personal chef on the Rainbow Tour in…
Picture this: Director Sam Pillsbury is shooting a Western-style movie in New Zealand and, as the gunslinger crashes through the saloon doors, he’s not shootin’ blanks. The weapons he draws from his holsters make loud pops as he uncorks them — a coupla bottles of Dos Cabezas 1998 Sauvignon Blanc…
On a recent trip to Europe, I was replenishing my depleted stocks of the familiar by, I’m sorry to say, visiting an American fast-food restaurant, when it suddenly occurred to me that something was not quite right. It is true that they serve a selection of beers in most European…
