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Top 5 Things to Eat and Drink This Weekend in Metro Phoenix

Vegetable Literacy for Thanksgiving Saturday, November 23 Any good host or hostess knows that sides are no mere backup singers to the giant, golden turkey on the Thanksgiving table. They're stars, too. But serving the perfect side dishes means dealing with vegetables, which can be a make-it-or-break-it situation with picky...
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Viva PHX: A Guide for the Over-40 Crowd

With age comes wisdom. Like the common sense notion that the best way to tackle an event as big and complex as tonight's Viva PHX music festival is to have a plan, and a good one at that. And given the sheer number of bands and venues involved (more than...
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Seasonably Cool

The Japanese Friendship Garden is one of the most relaxing hidden gems in the city -- short of a few visible skyscrapers, it’s easy to get lost in the moment and forget that you’re in the heart of Phoenix. Japanese culture comes alive with more than needy koi fish with...
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Ales in Comparison

Beer is a big deal. Don’t believe us? Just ask the thousands of folks who flocked to Denver recently for the Great American Beer Fest, a.k.a. the nation’s biggest beer competition when several of Arizona’s brewers took home top prizes.For years Flanny’s has been a go-to beer spot in the...
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Top 5 Places to Eat This Week in Metro Phoenix

Four Peaks Brewing Company Tuesday, October 29 Arizona's craft beer lovers can celebrate the release of Brewing Arizona: A Century of Been in the Grand Canyon State this Tuesday at Four Peaks Brewery in Tempe. The 360-page book features hundred of illustrations and and historical information about the breweries and...
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5 Best Places to Eat and Drink This Week in Metro Phoenix

Cuttlefish Monday, April 21 Scottsdale's seafood-centric Italian restaurant, Cuttlefish, has introduced a new lineup of daily specials, available five nights a week. On Monday nights diners can enjoy a 1 lb. char-grilled Maine Lobster and Linguine Nero Fra Diavlo for just $25, while Tuesday brings 40 percent off all wine...
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Top 5 Places to Eat This Week in Metro Phoenix

Ingo's Tasty Food Tuesday, December 3 La Grande Orange's newest restaurant concept Ingo's Tasty Food opens Tuesday in Arcadia. Located across the street from the popular neighborhood pizza spot -- on the northwest corner lot of Campbell and 40th Street -- Ingo's will serve dishes such as a shredded kale...
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Meet Craft Beer’s First Billionaire, Jim Koch

(And don't worry, it's ok to celebrate. He's not related to those other Kochs.) Jim Koch co-founded Boston Brewing Company in 1984, armed with a family recipe and a brewing process that his great grandfather used in the mid 1800s. These days the brewery, which you'll know for its signature...
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Upslope Brown Ale: Feel the Love

Beer: Brown Ale Brewery: Upslope Brewing Style: American Brown Ale ABV: 6.7 percent This is a story about love. It's also a story about beer, which, when you think about it, is kind of redundant. It begins years ago in a small Argentinian town called Ushaia, a picturesque hamlet made...
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The 10 Weirdest Chocolates for Your Valentine

Ever since Vosges Haut-Chocolat broke through with Mo's Bacon Bar, chocolate flavor combinations have wandered away from the safe territory of fruits and nuts toward shocking infusions including vinegar and even pig's blood. Strange as they may sound, each of these 10 chocolates has its fans. The chocolates make great...
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5 Best Things to Eat and Drink This Weekend in Metro Phoenix

Strong Beer Festival Saturday, February 15 This weekend kicks off both Arizona Beer Week and Arizona Cocktail Week (really, organizers? Do we have to do this every year?), so as you can imagine, there's a whole lot of drinking to do. On Saturday, beer lovers will want to hit the...
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Food and Drink Trends for 2014 as Predicted by Valley Chefs

Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you'd like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. As Sriracha, foam, and molecular gastronomy slowly fade into our culinary memories, a new group...
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5 Best Things to Eat and Drink This Weekend in Metro Phoenix

Arizona Matsuri Festival Saturday, February 22 The annual Arizona Matsuri Festival will take over Heritage Square in downtown Phoenix this Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days. The event includes three stages with live entertainment, arts and crafts, bonsai displays, and Japanese food. Be sure...
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Top 5 Places to Eat This Week in Metro Phoenix

Tuck Shop You'll always find comfort food and one of the Valley's most famous gin and tonics at Tuck Shop in central Phoenix. And the restaurant recently introduced its new winter menu with tasty dishes including Catfish and Crawfish, Pine AZ Spiced Steak and Salmon and Shrimp Cakes. Chef and...
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Goose Island Lolita and Her Sour Sisters

Beer: Lolita Brewery: Goose Island Beer Co. Style: American Wild Ale ABV: 9 percent "We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless." ― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita Eloquent, no? It's not often I get to quote literature in...
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5 Best Restaurants in Gilbert Right Now

In addition to being one of the least sinful cities in the country, Gilbert happens to be one of the hottest dining mini-hubs in the Valley. Later this year, the city's downtown area will welcome a slew of new eateries to the scene, including Lo-Lo's Chicken and Waffles, Snooze, and...
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Mike Hess Brewing Co.: In Cervisia Veritas

Welcome, class, to today's Latin lesson. Now, you may be thinking there's no reason to learn a language that's been out of use for hundreds of years -- but you would be, as we say in Latin, in errare. If you knew Latin, for instance, you'd know that the phrase...