Hungry yet? We’re working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella’s 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley — in no particular order Leave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section. Visit our sister blog, Jackalope…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Weekend Time!No plans for the weekend? We have a couple ideas to get you off the couch, outta the house and filling your belly with some tasty eats. Always wanted to host your own Spanish Tapas party?…
Hungry yet? We’re working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella’s 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley — in no particular order Leave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section. Visit our sister blog,…
Some things are undeniably good. Our piggy friend in the picture above? He’s one of them. The smell coming off this guy seeped straight through the walls and out into the air surrounding restaurant Sassi as we approached the front doors for the latest Foodies Like Us event last night…
Need a crepe and don’t know where to look? Yeah, we were in the same boat until Food Critic Michele Laudig took it upon herself to identify the optimal locations for crepe goodness in the Valley. Food Critic Michele Laudig on Chez Vous Crepes & Gelato: Casual, affordable Euro eats,…
Get ready for more vegan-friendly eats in CenPho — including killer vegan chicken wings. Chef-owner Damon Brasch has sold his popular sandwich shop, That’s a Wrap, to longtime manager Erik Hansen. Hansen plans to relocate the 7th Street business to the old Lola Tapas spot on Camelback, making way for…
Edward Jensen is on a one-man quest to review every cafeteria in downtown Phoenix. Through his Downtown Phoenix Cafeterias Project — which you can follow on Facebook — he intends to eat off a tray til he can tell us for certain which cafeterias in town serve up the best…
Until Chris Bianco’s asthma problems interfered with his day-to-day routine as Arizona’s most famous pizzaiolo, the James Beard award-winning chef was a permanent fixture at Pizzeria Bianco’s wood-burning oven, where he often watched the Phoenix Suns on a tiny TV next to his workspace. Former Suns owner Jerry Colangelo has…
There are few things more attractive than a good accent — the more masculine and foreign-sounding, the better. Sean Snelling, a native of Australia, has one of the best around. Having successfully managed Merc Bar in Phoenix, Snelling recently returned from a four-month hiatus in his home country to man…
Aw, what pretty little dogs you have…CHOMP! These island beauties come from John Stamatakis, owner of the new Maui Dog on Indian School Road. His first restaurant after years of doing a zillion other things, Stamatakis claims there’s nothin’ like his hot dogs on the U.S. mainland. Originally, Stamatakis tried…
Chef Walter Sterling of Oakville Grocery Co. cooks up a chilled avocado and lime soup to cool off on those hot summer days. No slaving away over the stove here. All you need are the fresh ingredients, a knife and a blender.
Reminding your Sun Devil to actually focus on schoolwork always goes over better, and with a higher success rate, when cupcakes are in the equation. And brownies and bars never hurt a please-call-your-parents-we’re-worried-you’re-dead attempt either.
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Desert Botanical Beer GardenFriday September 24, ditch the little ones and put your drinking shoes on. The Desert Botanical Gardens will be hosting a night of beer and music with their Beer Garden event. Stroll through the…
John Stamatakis took cooking classes at ASU for one reason. To meet girls. “I learned how to fix cars, too,” the owner of Maui Dog says. “I figured if I knew how to do both, I could fix their cars and then cook dinner for them afterwards.” Color this Fry…
You know that connection between smell and memory? Ever since my first taste of Parisian street food, in college, the aroma of crepes has perked me up as thoroughly as any cup of espresso. That taste was hard-earned. I schlepped a heavy suitcase to the bus stop on a miserably…
Despite what the supermarket aisles may lead you to believe, there’s more to an animal than neatly wrapped styrofoam trays of meat. From tongue to tail, offal (pronounced awful) encompasses all those taboo edibles that don’t make the cut at your local grocer. Just Offal is here to explore these…
Hungry yet? We’re working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella’s 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley — in no particular order Leave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section. Visit our sister blog, Jackalope…
Hungry yet? We’re working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella’s 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley — in no particular order Leave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section. Visit our sister blog, Jackalope…
Chef Walter Sterling does his homework. He has collected more than 100 cookbooks and references them as well as researches region-specific cuisine when creating isoteric menus for the Thursday wine tastings at Oakville Grocery Co.
Phoenix isn’t exactly the first place I think of when I want fresh fish. But there’s one fish dish that’s I’ve found to be consistently decent here, perhaps owing to the fact that it’s deep-fried: popcorn shrimp. It’s a great little starter, the perfect appetizer to kick off a good seafood…
Chef Wade Moises hinted that he had something else in the works when he left PastaBar last month to continue lending a hand at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market. Turns out, that “something” is revamping the operations at the Adobe Restaurant at the Arizona Biltmore Golf Club. Moises just came on…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Burger TimeSummertime is a time for kite flying, picnics and grilling burgers — unless you live in Phoenix, where triple digit temperatures keep you locked up in your air conditioned house like a prisoner. Thankfully, this month…
