Chop PHX: Angel Wings

Tired of the same old tired orange chicken and California rolls? Want to venture beyond the standard suburban-stale take-out? Here comes Chop PHX, with the Valley’s rarer Asian offerings. This Week: Angel Wings from Thai E-San (616 W. Indian School) The Basics: Angel wings are chicken wings stuffed with marinated…

Oaxaca Restaurant and Cantina Re-Opening Next Week

It’s been just over a month since Oaxaca Restaurant and Cantina, the downtown Phoenix eatery and 30-year-plus landmark near the state Capitol, closed and its former owners, the Verdugo family, forced to go through a trustee sale. But starting at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jose Martinez, Vice President of Chicanos…

Essence Bakery Cafe Looking at Second Location in Central Phoenix

Looks like Essence Bakery, the sunny spot of upscale comfort food in Tempe, has its sights set on a second location in Central Phoenix. “We’re cautiously optimistic,” says Gilles Combes, co-owner and husband of chef and owner Eugenia Theodosopoulos. “The building has to go through rezoning.” The location, next to…

New Food Truck Alert: Pizza Daux

​The business: Pizza Daux What they’re packin’: Pizzas cooked to perfection in a wood fired oven. Owner and chef Dan Medlen used his experience as a pastry chef to develop and perfect several type of pizza doughs including a sourdough base. What you need to know: Dan Medlen and his…

Chef Paul Lindsay’s Trio of Sliders

We’ve been chatting with Chef Paul Lindsay of Le Grande Orange Pizzeria this week in Chef Chat and today, he’ll share his recipe for a trio of sliders that sure to make your mouth water. Trio of Sliders Crispy Lobster Slider Ingredients: 1 each 2 oz lobster tail meat (…

When Food and Art Collide

We ran across this post about playing with your food over at San Diego style blog, Oh Joy!. We were completely smitten with L.A.-based photographer Andrea Bricco’s photographs — styled by Casa De Perrin, we had to check a few more out. More clever, delicious photos after the jump…..

Strawberry Fruit “Pizza” from Vincent Market Bistro

Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 2: Strawberry…

Chef Paul Lindsay of La Grande Orange, Part Two

Yesterday we shared the first part of our talk with LGO chef, Paul Lindsay. Today he fills us in about the company’s new venture, Jose Roux, and why he loves working at the Arcadia Room. Jose Roux I’ve been fortunate. I started a Chelsea’s and then two months ago I got transferred…

Dishes From the Game of Thrones Series Cooked Up By Two Blogs

If you’re a fan of Game of Thrones, the HBO medieval television drama based on author George R. R. Martin’s best-selling fantasy novels, but find yourself getting hungry at the recipes mentioned in the series, two blogs might be your food foray into the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. The first,…