Wine tasting, Boa Bistro Never Stops, Learn to Compost and Bake It Pretty in Today's Eater's Digest.

An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. Tonight at Armitage Wine Lounge & Bistro in North Scottsdale expand your wine palate with am evening of tasting from Robert Hall Wines. From 6 till 8 p.m. sample a variety of wines from the award winning California...

By Shannon Armour

April 28, 2010

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An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives.

Tonight at Armitage Wine Lounge & Bistro in North Scottsdale expand your wine palate with am evening of tasting from Robert Hall Wines. From 6 till 8 p.m. sample a variety of wines from the award winning California winemaker. Click here to learn more.

Also tonight, learn about the joys of backyard composting at the Tempe Transportation Center with Doreen Pollack at 6:30 p.m. For a $10 donation you can learn all about what you need to do to help your garden strive and help reduce the waste you put into landfills by composting in your backyard. Visit the Phoenix Permaculture Guild 's website for more info.

The folks over at Boa Bistro sure are keeping busy. When they aren't teaching you how to butcher rabbits or be a better vegetarian cook there are throwing unique wine dinners like the one coming up on May 2nd. Sunday's dinner will be hosted by Axel Stieglmar of Juris Wines. Chef Curry will be whipping up a five-course Austrian-inspired menu and all courses will be paired up with a specially selected wine. Details here

Cupcakes will never be the same and neither will your bank account after stumbling upon our obsession of the day, Bake It Pretty. Everything from leopard print cupcake liners to adorable bakery tags -- there are sure to be at least 20 must have goodies from this website, per Chow Bella reader. Click here to see for yourself.

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