With pie on the brain these days (if your calendar’s not marked, write down November 13 for Chow Bella’s Pie Social and dust off your cookbooks), we couldn’t resist sharing a couple slices of sweet dishes that will hold up even in this heat — they’re felted. Buy a pattern…
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…
Turns out it was limited after all: popular North Phoenix hangout Unlimited Coffee, at 7th Street and Glendale, closed last week, much to the dismay of java lovers and folks who frequented the spot as a sort of office-away-from-home.Owner Hans Mathiesen confirms, “Yes, I’m very sorry we have permanently closed our…
Mack Duncan The puppeteer, filmmaker and founding member of The Torch Theatre improvises with Apollo 12, Die Puppet Die and Mack Duncan: 1-Man Show. Some of his upcoming performances may be found at www.thetorchtheatre.com What’d you eat for dinner last night? The second half of the Little Ceasars pizza I…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Pink Wine NightTonight from 6 to 9 the Arizona Princess Program and My Florist Cafe will be hosting an educational networking event to raise awareness for their unique program that provides an outlet for Arizona girls in…
You’d think after their recent salmonella poisoning incident, Taco Bell would be more careful about what they tell us to put in our mouths. Not so. The company that claims it has always considered itself Mexican-inspired (hey, we use the word “tacos” and have neato, adobe-style restaurant facades. Olé!) recently…
This Saturday will be the last chance you can swing by cheese goddess Lara Mulchay’s artisanal cheese and charcuterie spot, Petit Fromage — for the time being, anyway. The year-old business, located inside of D’licious Dishes at 7th Avenue and Missouri, will be “on hiatus,” Mulchay says, as she takes…
So there’s a stylin’ new bowling alley opening next Friday at downtown’s long-awaited CityScape complex — what’s that got to do with you, hungry reader? Turns out, Lucky Strike Lanes isn’t just a place to knock down a mess of pins. The 18,000-square-foot, 12-lane bowling facility also has its own full-service…
Anyone who has searched the couch cushions for a handful of change knows that boozing on an extreme budget can be a risky proposition. To help you decide how to spend that meager pile of pennies, we’ve scraped the Bottom of the Barrel to review some of the cheapest screw-top…
On Wednesday, September 15, at 11 p.m. ET/PT, Bravo will launch Top Chef: Just Desserts, spin-off of the 2010 Primetime Emmy-nominated and James Beard Award-winning Top Chef. “Pastry chefs have a different brain than savory chefs,” says the show’s host and judge of Top Chef for the past seven seasons…
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…
There aren’t many negative things we can say about Unbound Energy. It’s cheap (around two bucks a can), tastes good, and provides a nice energy boost. For years, we’ve been waiting for an energy drink that we liked as much as Monster — and we may have finally found it…
Another week has come and gone leaving us to ponder the upcoming events that will shape our lives and, more importantly, our dinners out. But before we move on, let’s have one last look at the blog posts from this week: Sammy Wiley, What Are You Eating? Abnormal Ales: 10…
While it was definitely a cookies ‘n’ milk kind of afternoon, we couldn’t sacrifice the opportunity for some much needed caffeine (plus these guys tends to make some pretty killer java). There are a bunch of places that use these feel-better-about-wasting-plastic recyclable cups, the real satisfaction is in one of…
In his latest book, Medium Raw, Chef turned Food Writer turned Celebrity Chef Anthony Bourdain posits the following: “Who doesn’t like a good wank now and then?” Bourdain is talking about food porn; written chronicles of culinary exploits that make you feel glad to be alive and in possession of…
This Fry Girl ain’t got the smarts for no research and development department. So who am I to say that the year and a half(!) that McDonald’s took to develop its new Angus Snack Wraps seems like a year and five months too long. Sure, I could argue that McDonald’s Snack…
After a couple of guest spots on Into the Soup, host Heidi Lee’s fun, food-centric Saturday afternoon radio show, I’m going to start making regular appearances a couple times a month. Lee and I get along so darn well that apparently she’sforgiven me for accidentally saying “shit” when I was on-air…
Yesterday we met Sean Snelling, the Aussie who tends and manages the bar at Primebar in the Scottsdale Quarter. Today he shares the recipe for the Whiskey Peach. “We have 16 cocktails on our menu, and most are made with rum or vodka,” Snelling says. “This one’s made with bourbon…
Still miss Norman Fierros’ dessert chimichanga, the tiny Hershey bar fried to perfection, served at Norman’s Arizona, his last local gig in what is now the heart of the La Grande Orange empire? Then you are a true Phoenician. And you probably remember Fierros’ many financial, um, issues here. Squid Ink, LA Weekly’s food blog, has…
Ah… celebrities and their alcohols. We’re not talking about Mel Gilson’s booze-fueled tirades, Lindsay Lohan’s rehab revolving door or The Hoff’s pathetic drunken burger binge in front of his kid. Following in the footsteps of Danny DeVito, Marilyn Manson and Dan Aykroyd, local musician Roger Clyne of Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers is the latest in…
David Johnson, the wine director at Oakville Grocery Co., dispenses unpretentious wine advice as a bonus to this week’s Chef Chat with his business partner, Chef Walter Sterling.
I’ve never met Lee Turner, but I think she’s a gal after my own heart. Why do I say that? She just opened her own ice cream parlor in Old Town Scottsdale, Lee’s Cream Liqueurs, and she’s got a great aesthetic, with a pink, brown, and white color palette and…
