Salsa Festival Saturday, March 28 This weekend, head to Maricopa for the city’s 11th annual Salsa Festival, during which salsa chefs compete for prizes including a grand prize of $1,000. The event will be held at Copper Sky Regional Park from 3 to 7 p.m. and will feature live entertainment…
‘Tis the season for Community Supported Agriculture! If you love great produce and supporting local farmers (and who doesn’t?!), then this list is for you…
The Guilty Pleasure: The Sriracha Quesarito Where to Get It: Taco Bell, duh Price: Roughly $3, depending on your choice of meat. What it Really Costs: Your pride of not eating Taco Bell for dinner, a little bit of your love for sriracha, and possibly a plumbing bill. Well, they…
The third annual Check, Please! Arizona (co-sponsored by New Times) was a crowded success, with shade, trash cans, and seats at a premium. What wasn’t hard to find was good food. We had trouble narrowing it to our five favorites, but that’s what we’ve done here…
This morning, the James Beard Foundation announced the list of finalists of the annual James Beard Foundation Awards. The short list of chefs, bartenders, restaurants, and restaurateurs comes about a month after the foundation announced a long list of nominees back in February. This year, chef Kevin Binkley of Binkley’s…
A young friend of mine is sad that the stack of pancakes with the whipped-cream smile she used to order from the IHOP at Apache and Mill is part of her past, now. The former pancake house disappeared when its host, the Twin Palms Hotel, was shuttered last year. But…
Harold Marmulstein Executive chef, partner Salty Sow 4801 East Cactus Road 602-795-9463 saltysow.com It’s not every day a chef gets to cook at the illustrious James Beard House in New York City. But in a few weeks, chef Harold Marmulstein will cross the country to present his food at the…
Breaking news: Rehab Burger Therapy in Old Town Scottsdale is dishing up pot brownies. Well, not quite. Medicinal marijuana may be legal in Arizona, but pot’s still off the menu at your local dining establishment…
Every year when the citrus comes in, we think we’ll never be able to get enough of the sweet, tart fruit. Oranges fresh off the tree. Meyer lemon everything. Bruleed grapefruit. But then citrus season keeps on keepin’ on, and suddenly we’re out of ideas. Folks with fruit trees begin…
When a new spot opens in town, we can’t wait to check it out — and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that…
Check, Please! Arizona Festival Sunday, March 22 Fans of Eight’s Check, Please! Arizona can sample food and meet chefs from some of the restaurants that have been featured on the popular show at the Check, Please! Arizona Festival at CityScape. The event, which is a fundraiser for Eight, Arizona PBS…
James Beard Award-nominated restaurateur Sam Fox’s fast-casual health food spot Flower Child is blooming this spring. In May, about a year after the first location opened at 40th Street and Camelback Road in Phoenix, Fox plans to open a second Flower Child restaurant in North Scottsdale…
When a new spot opens in town, we can’t wait to check it out — and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that…
I really wanted to love Delice, mostly because owner Feras Tarabichi works double-time to make diners feel at home. During each of my recent visits, I watched as he visited tableside with each of his guests, inquiring about their entrées or the delicious pastries they’d ordered. Tarabichi has created a…
Let’s all be honest for a second. It’s not just technology-obsessed millennials who photograph their food anymore. We all live in the age of food porn. At some point or another, we’ve all been guilty of patiently fighting off hunger as we try to get that perfect snapshot of our…
Casey Hopkins-Johnson Head baker Welcome Chicken + Donuts 1535 E. Buckeye Road, Phoenix 602-258-1655 facebook.com/welcomechickenanddonuts You have to get up early to get a doughnut from Welcome Chicken + Donuts. On the weekends, some varieties will be sold through before the lunch customers even start to arrive. But if you…
Typically here at Chow Bella we love pitting similar dishes from two different restaurants against each other for a traditional Battle of the Dishes. But this time around, the stakes have risen. In this battle, it is not simply a fight for the best dish, but a fight for the…
It’s hard to not like a place when you are treated well. Showing up in t-shirts and flipflops to a white tablecloth establishment is a big no no, even in Phoenix, but we did it unknowingly. When Mark Tarbell, the owner/chef/mastermind of Tarbell’s, stops by your table to make sure…
When a new spot opens in town, we can’t wait to check it out — and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that…
Don’t be surprised if Romanesco starts popping up on metro Phoenix menus. This crazy-looking vegetable is quickly becoming a farmers market favorite, and plenty of local growers would love to put it on your table. Here’s a brief introduction to what it is and how to use it in your…
Gilbert Food Court Friday, March 13 Tomorrow the Gilbert Food Truck Food Court will move to a new location and launch as the Gilbert Food Court and Market. After outgrowing its previous space, the weekly food truck roundup has relocated to the Gilbert Park and Ride parking lot at 119…
There’s nothing better than waking up to a hearty Mexican breakfast. Questions often arise as to what the traditional Mexican breakfast is. Some say it’s menudo, for some it’s chilaquiles, and still others will argue huevos rancheros. We’re fans of them all, but huevos rancheros seems to get drowned out…
