See also: Davanti Enoteca: Believe the Buzz; It’s Sensational See also: Chef Pete DeRuvo To Head Kitchen at New Davanti Enoteca See also: Tastemaker #21: Pete DeRuvo Pete DeRuvo Davanti Enoteca 6316 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale 480-659-1800 www.davantiscottsdale.com This is part one of my interview with Pete DeRuvo, executive chef…
Every week, there’s a cornucopia of Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you’re like most people, you probably just don’t have the time to get to all of it. It’s kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won’t all…
See also: Chef Matt Carter to Open New Restaurant in Scottsdale See also: Here’s the Lineup for This Year’s Dine Out With the Chef’s Event After weeks of delay, Matt Carter, Terry Ellisor and Brian Raab quietly opened The House at 6936 E. Main Street in Old Town Scottsdale on…
From now ’til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers — Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you’ll know; for others, it’ll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you’re here, check…
See also: Pie Social 2012: Call for Entries If you’re in the mood for dessert, it would seem there’s no better place to go than a restaurant with chocolate in the name. That logic brought us to The White Chocolate Grill, on the surface a generic upscale American restaurant with…
See also: Angels Trumpet Ale House Comes in with a Toot FilmBar and its new neighbor, Angels Trumpet Ale House, have wasted no time teaming up on a tempting project. CO+HOOTS is joining forces with FilmBar, Get Your PHX, and Angels Trumpet Ale House on Thursday, September 20th, in order…
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…
The great minds over at Hooters, the “breastaurant” chain (an actual term used to describe restaurants that employ scantily clad women as waitresses) whose name is derived from a Steve Martin comedy skit, have a problem: how to get women into their man caves while still keeping their man caves…
See also: Is Organic Food Better For You Than Non-Organic Food? See also: McClendon’s Select Snubs Local Growers With Summer Produce Blog If you think the whole organic food movement is a lot of hooey, I have news for you. The Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Goodyear doesn’t. In…
See also: New Times Calendar of Events See also: Nikki’s Top Four Picks for Arizona Restaurant Week Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? We’ve got you covered. Check out what’s on our plate. The Baby Ray @ Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles Start your weekend off right…
See also: Caramel Apple Jello Shots Made in Real Apples. Yes, Please! And (a Very Non-Traditional) Happy New Year. See also: Challah Recipe Editor’s Note: This post has been edited from its original version. Rosh Hashanah , the Jewish New Year, begins this Sunday, and with that comes the search…
From now ’til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers — Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you’ll know; for others, it’ll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you’re here, check…
Does mock beef actually mock beef? Or, does fake beef really do justice to the image in which it was created?
See also: New Gypsy Bar at Lucky Strike Brings Video Games and Dance Club Action to Cityscape Another eating and drinking spot is coming to CityScape and it’s a wee bit different than the other new restaurants that have arrived recently at the chain-happy downtown Phoenix outdoor mall. How so?…
Like most of us Yanks who love the British television series Downton Abbey, (OMG, the Dowager Countess of Grantham did NOT just say that!) we have to wait until January for Season Three to get our Crawley-on. Bloody hell. Thankfully, while we’re waiting, we can at least eat like those…
See also: Local Bistro Owner to Open Central Bistro in Phoenix If you’ve driven by the northwest corner of Camelback Road and 32nd Street lately, chances are you’ve noticed a fair amount of construction going on at the former home of Zen 32. The space in the Biltmore neighborhood, which…
Hey, readers, get ready. We’re putting new meaning into the term “street food.” For Chow Bella’s latest mission — “Eating 16th Street” — we’ve employed a young woman who’s literally eaten her way around the world. Alex Rodriguez has eaten borscht in Moscow, steak in Buenos Aires and a “life-changing…
See also: Native Seeds/SEARCH Offers Grain School in Tucson Dreaming of growing your own fields of colorful flowers, juicy fruits, and vegetables galore? Are you worried our dry desert won’t be able to fulfill these harvesting dreams? A solution just arrived in Phoenix…
See also: Urban Grocery and Wine Bar to Close May 12 See also: CLOSED: Roosevelt Tavern See also: A Downtown Phoenix Wish List: Seven Arts/Culture Resources We Need Editor’s Note: We’ve made wish lists before, but this one began with a maple bacon bar. A friend asked where she could…
See also: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip — Made with Garbanzo Beans (And It’s Good, Not Just Good for You) I never thought twice about cookie dough until Pinterest showed up in my life. My problem with most cookie dough is that I’m sensitive to flour – I can’t eat…
From now ’til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers — Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you’ll know; for others, it’ll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you’re here, check…
See also: AZ Wine Merchants Included in Food & Wine’s “25 Best Places to Drink Wine Now” See also: Blind Tasting at FnB Proves AZ Blush Wines Hold Their Own Against World’s Great Rosés If you’re planning to pop into Charleen Badman’s and Pavle Milic’s Bodega in Old Town to…
