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Tortilla Making 101: Corn Tortillas and Sopes

If making flour tortillas is all about the rolling pin, corn tortillas are all about the press. No flour dusting, no endless rolling, no lard-lubricated hands. Not to imply that corn tortillas are a walk in the park; the difficulty here isn't in the pressing, but in variable nature of...
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10 Craziest Phoenix Crimes of the Month: November

No matter how many police reports we read through on a monthly basis, the criminal creativity, stupidity, and craziness never ceases to amaze us. Just when you think you've seen it all, there's always something worse. From a crime spree sparked by a fear of Alice Cooper's restaurant, to a new...
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Apple to Open Manufacturing Facility in Mesa

Apple will start manufacturing some of its products in Mesa.Governor Jan Brewer's office announced today that the plant "will create at least 700 quality jobs in the first year and generate significant capital investment."...
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Best Emerging Creative Duo

Cavin Costello and Claire Aton of The Ranch Mine602-571-3016 www.theranchmine.comNothing’s quite like a couple. There’s a creative drive and energy that can’t be matched, and there’s often a little competition that makes everything more interesting. In the case of Cavin Costello and Claire Aton, the results are breathtaking. The two emerging creatives come from different backgrounds. Costello graduated with a master’s in architecture from […]
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Hardwell @ Wild Knight

Although the scribes at DJ Mag won't be releasing the results of their annual (and oft-debated) Top 100 poll for another couple of months, we're willing to wager there's one name that's guaranteed to be close the top of the list: Hardwell. Bet on it. Life's been most prosperous for...
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Tikker Calculates, Counts Down to Your Death

Life is short. And while it's easy enough to get caught up in the daily drama of bad breakups, canceled TV shows, and the discontinuation of your favorite pumpkin ale, it's almost comforting to remember we're all going to die. Or at least that's the angle a new Kickstarter campaign...
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Best Go-Go Boys

BS WestThere’s nary a trace of body fat to be seen gracing the chiseled shapes of BS West’s hunky crew of go-go boys. It’s to be expected, considering that these musclebound specimens of hunkitude not only practically live at the gym but get in upwards of four hours of hardcore cardio shaking their nearly naked moneymakers […]
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Best Dance Floor

SmashboxxSubtlety has never been Smashboxx’s style. (Hell, it’s never been Scottsdale’s style, period.) Like most other Old Town clubs, the overriding philosophy at this Indian Plaza favorite is to go all out and as over-the-top as possible. So when the proprietors decided to beef up the dance digs last October, they added more room by […]
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Pedro Manzo of Goodyear Chokes Foster Child Nearly to Death

Pedro Manzo told his wife a few days ago that he wasn't sure whether he could handle both their own small kids and the two toddlers they were fostering for the state. He knew himself too well. On Monday, Manzo apparently lost control when the 1 1/2-year-old girl they were...
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Best DJ Duo

Collective ChaosDespite the turmoil and discord implied by their moniker, things are rather harmonious with the DJ duo of Thomas James and Anthony Mastamonk. And we’re referring to the utter listenability of the intricate and electro-infused mixes and bootlegs they create, as well as their interpersonal relations. “We don’t really ever clash much on things,” Mastamonk […]
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ACLU Goes to Bat for Nik Richie and TheDirty.com

The American Civil Liberties Union is standing up for the Scottsdale-based gossip website TheDirty.com, and its founder Nik Richie.The ACLU and other legal organizations are going to bat for Richie after he lost a defamation lawsuit over comments someone else made, which were posted on TheDirty.com. An ACLU staff attorney...
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Best Vintage Watch Restoration

Vintage Watch RestorationWe were rooting around in the family safe and came across Dad’s old Bulova wristwatch. A gorgeous rose gold with a tinted, magnified crystal, it had been Mom’s wedding day gift to Dad in 1946 and was inscribed to him with love. It was dead as a doornail, but how could we not send it […]
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Best Vintage Bar Games

The Little WoodyAs old-school gamers at heart, we’re partial to any sort of quarter-fed thrills of a throwback nature. So when The Little Woody opened its side room filled with retro bar games last November, it gave us yet another reason to be twitterpated with the place. It does for old, wood-paneled rec rooms what the Arcadia […]
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25 Photos from Hollywood Alley’s Last Week

Our intrepid Club Candids team was camped out at Hollywood Alley all last week as the Mesa institution prepared to close its doors just shy of its 25th birthday. The result: Copious material for an upcoming feature, some video, and lots and lots of photos. They were on assignment, technically,...
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The 13 Most Overcooked Food Trends of 2013

Except the cronut. We love the cronut. (Photo: Tejal Rao)Here are 13 food trends whose ubiquity has dulled the sheen of novelty -- now they're just boring and sometimes annoying, in spite of an exciting debut. (To keep things interesting, we've included a few food trends we hope continue into...
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Father John Misty: For All Those Lamenting Their Blogs

"Esoteric" is the first word that comes to mind when describing Josh Tillman, the mystic muse behind Father John Misty. Inspiration for the band's 2012 album, Fear Fun, struck via psychedelic lightning bolt, giving Tillman the courage to be (as clichéd as it sounds) himself. That meant embracing both the...