An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. Sunday cooking school is back in session. Boa Bistro wants to teach you how to make mozzarella and school you in “vegetarian how to’s”, a complete 180 from their first class in bunny butchery. The class is scheduled…
There are quite a few restaurants serving foie gras in the Valley, but for some reason, Christopher’s Restaurant and Crush Lounge have become a favorite target of protesters who consider the production of foie to be animal cruelty. Chef-owner Christopher Gross says he’s had protesters show up at least six…
After a week of celebrating four family birthdays – culminating in a night of karaoke – salad is definitely on the menu. With too much cake and drinks, and not enough vegetables, all we want is salad. Perusing Martha’s options we found this tasty sounding one: Roasted Fingerling and Tomato…
This year’s Picnic was all about drowning your sorrows in a stiff one. The proof was in the pudding — or rather, the Blo-Safe breathalyzer station and “don’t drive drunk” ads posted at each gate. The Absolut tent and beer garden were packed to capacity and the wine was flowing profusely over at Cooks &…
Who says you can’t grow anything in the desert? All you naysayers can find out the truth like we did on a Sunday between 10 am and 2 pm at a little spot called The Growhouse. Located on the northwest corner of 6th Street and Garfield and supported by Roosevelt Row CDC, The…
After the launch of one of the worst jokes sandwiches in fast food history, the KFC Double Down, it seems a lot of folks have their feathers ruffled over the Colonel’s latest cause-marketing effort, Buckets for the Cure — a program in conjunction with Susan G. Komen for the Cure…
Hob Nobs, a quaint beatnik cafe housed in the old Willow House building, retains much of its predecessors’ ambiance: hardwood floors, colorful local art on the walls, cramped parking in the back — but the menu here offers more options, and we dare say the java’s just as good.We stopped…
Like any ginormous corporation, you can’t blame Food Network’s faults on the folks in the trenches doing the real work. You have to look up, way up. To the millionaires calling the shots, keeping the company profitable at any expense, and wringing their hands in anticipation of their next bonus…
An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. The Four Seasons Resort in Scottsdale is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day for the entire week. The Onyx Bar & Lounge will be offering the TREEtini cocktail for $16 each(what?!). For each cocktail sold, a tree…
“You’re going to hear a lot of interesting language today,” announced Chef James Porter, host of today’s Challenge to the Chefs at the Scottsdale Culinary Festival and owner of Petite Maison. The question is, was he referring to the cool culinary terms everyone was throwing around or the fact the event would’ve had TV…
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: Arizona Barbecue Festival: Lessons Learned from Competing in a…
epicute.com We are the grumpy sorts who don’t care to be wished a “Happy Friday,” but we can’t stop grinning from ear to ear, after spotting this blog. EpiCute, the Cute Food Blog, is exactly that. And if you’re looking to waste some time, click over and spend some…
There’s something magical about making food or drink with your own two hands. Not that I haven’t passed a few store-bought cakes off as my own at dinner parties, but it just doesn’t feel the same when your contribution to the meal comes out of a bottle, box or KFC bucket. But what…
Ah, the glory of a sandwich. This place is seriously all about ’em. The turkey, bacon, sprouts, cream cheese and avocado number might put you back a few calories, but who can resist a classic chalkboard menu of artist-inspired sammies and salads? Sit back and soak in the university gossip…
In Italy or in Napa Valley, drinking the local wine is a given. But in Arizona, where the wine industry has waged an uphill battle to improve its image, local wines are still a novelty at most restaurants — so much so, in fact, that when FnB owner Pavle Milic…
The Chow Bella contributors do not make it easy on me. I showed up at a recent meeting to discover a huge spread of beautiful, chocolatey desserts on the conference room table, each one of them with my name on it (metaphorically speaking). Everyone really hustled to create some new…
Seems almost predictable that someone from Scottsdale could head to Paris and fall completely in love with the City of Lights, leave friends and family behind, and make a Transatlantic move.But it also can happen in reverse.Last March, Richard and Isabelle Horvath visited Scottsdale from their native France, and took…
Cookin’ up good looks in nature’s pharmacy. After my run-in with molecular gastronomy, The French, and their invasive metric system in FoodLab 2010, my kind-hearted editor thought I might need a little TLC (tequila-loaded cocktail) and a bit of pampering, Chow Bella-style. Enter The Beauty Cookbook, a first-ever recipe book…
An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. If you have overdue charges at the Phoenix Public Library, here is your chance to pay them off and do your good deed for the day. During “Food for Fines” you will get a $.50 credit (up to…
This week’s feature story, “Down on the Farm,” chronicles an increasingly heated national battle over “factory-farmed” food. On one side: a phalanx of corporation- and family-owned farms across the country. On the other: the Washington, D.C.-based Humane Society of the United States.Caught in the middle: independent farmers and voters.Voters? Indeed…
Media peeps did not get invited to last night’s Chef’s Tribute Dinner at J&G, but Chow Bella reader Valerie Paxton ponied up for a ticket and sent us some more of her drool-worthy photos. The event, part of the Scottsdale Culinary Festival, welcomed culinary luminaries Charlene Badman and Pavle Milic…
