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How to Use a Meat Thermometer

This week, common post-holiday-cooking-frenzy questions: Where do I place a meat thermometer in my turkey? And how do I use a meat thermometer? Use a meat thermometer to test cooked food for doneness. The FDA guidelines for cooking temperature are listed to keep food safe from bacteria. The thermometer, used...
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Drink Accents with Citizen Public House’s Richie Moe

In honor of the Devour Phoenix bartender competition tonight, Richie Moe, mixologist and partner at Citizen Public House, gives us the inside scoop on drink accents. Moe calls drink accents seasoning for cocktails, like adding salt or pepper. It won't dramatically change the taste, but it will, "add mouth-feel and...
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Joe Arpaio Admits Racial Profiling, Takes Bigoted Suggestions From Supporters, as MCSO Deputies Pass Racist E-Mails and Racially Profile

With their own words and deeds, they are damned.I'm talking about what's in the latest filings in the American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office over claims that his anti-immigrant sweeps racially and ethnically profile Latinos in Maricopa County. Both sides in Melendres vs. Arpaio have asked for...
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Tradiciones Closes for Remodeling

I can't say I didn't see this one coming. Pro's Ranch Market has shuttered its adjoining Mexican restaurant, Tradiciones, for remodeling and a menu overhaul. The date of its reopening hasn't been determined. While the sprawling, festive sit-down eatery was a New Times favorite in its early days, last year I found...
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Shawna Forde, Kid-Killing Minutewoman, Sentenced to Death

A Pima County jury decided this morning that Shawna Forde, the kid-killing minutewoman responsible for the deaths of a 9-year-old Arivaca girl and her father in May of 2009, will pay for the murders with her life.Earlier this month, Forde was convicted of murdering 29-year-old Raul Flores, and his 9-year-old...
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Medical Marijuana Discrimination Bill Passes House, Heads to State Senate

Arizona's new medical-marijuana law protects qualified patients from discrimination by their employers, a progressive feature that sets it apart from similar laws in other states. A legislative bill we told you about last month aims to dilute that protection, however, and it has solid support among state lawmakers. The Patient Discrimination Act, is...
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Right Wing, Left Wing: Coming Together on Immigration Reform

When Julie Pace was frustrated with the immigration debate in Arizona, she turned to her photography. Pace is an attorney in Phoenix, and a fourth-generation Republican Arizonan, who's been taking photographs of nature, and butterflies for years. She recently used a collage of her butterfly images to visualize her argument...
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Joe Arpaio Victim Scores $30K for False Arrest

As Sheriff Joe Arpaio tosses cots in Tent City with Steven Seagal, a woman in Guadalupe, Arizona is looking forward to a check cut by the county for $30,000. This, due to her false arrest and imprisonment at the hands of Sheriff Joe's boys in beige.You may recall the name...
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Russell Pearce Cost Arizona a Congressional Seat

State Senate President-elect Russell Pearce's SB 1070 either directly or indirectly assisted in Arizona's disappointing census numbers, which resulted in Arizona picking up just one Congressional seat, instead of two.That's the message from a recent piece in Salon.com by Philadelphia-based journalist Daniel Denvir, "Did immigration law cost Arizona a seat...
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Women’s Funding Network Sex Trafficking Study Is Junk Science

ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING CRAIGSLIST told Congress on September 15 that the ubiquitous web classifieds site was closing its adult section. Under intense scrutiny from the government and crusading advocacy groups, as well as state attorneys general, owner Craig Newmark memorably applied the label "Censored" in his classifieds where adult advertising once...
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Five Japanese Bands For Your Heavy Rotation

U.S. fans of Japanese Music face one, ever-present obstacle in their quests to discover new J bands: They're not here. Up on the Sun constantly monitors upcoming concerts from Japanese bands. In good years, that means three or four shows; not exactly a great variety of acts.No, the best bet...
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No-Burn Days in 2010 Generated 559 Complaints, but Little Action by Maricopa County

  Hundreds of people called Maricopa County this year to complain about people violating restrictions on wood-burning. Despite the Valley's ongoing problem with bad air, though, those calls resulted in almost no action by the county. The county's Air Quality Department announced 11 no-burn days in 2010, and received 559 complaints based on...
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Black Fag at The Rogue Bar Last Night

Black Fag The Rogue Bar Saturday, February 26 Henry Rollins, circa 1982, is an absolute archetype of manliness. Covered with tattoos and boiling over with testosterone, Hank the Tank thrashed his way through live gigs and dispensed plenty of punches as the frenetic frontman for Black Flag. Meanwhile, punks and...
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The Virgin Gets Lucky With Shepherd’s Pie

While St. Patrick's Day originated as a religious holiday celebrating the famous fifth century missionary's success in driving the "snakes" out of Ireland, in modern America it's become a way to celebrate all things Irish. You know, like green beer. Sigh. On St. Patrick's Day, the Virgin prefers to indulge in...
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Can Caffe Boa Survive Without Its Celeb Chef?

It was big news the other day when chef Payton Curry -- one of the Valley's better known culinary rock stars, who even has groupies -- announced his departure from Caffe Boa/Boa Bistro. It got a lot of people gabbing about how well Boa would fare in his wake. Can...