Chef Chat this week brought you to Mill Ave’s new addition, Ncounter, where we talked to Chef Dean Delgado about everything from his start in the culinary world to what he thinks about chicken and waffles. Today he’ll share his recipe for bananas foster sauce. “This sauce goes on a…
Looks like the Coronado District is getting a delicious new neighbor, courtesy of a current one. DJ Fernandes, owner of the Tuck Shop, the cozy house-turned-eatery, has purchased the home just south of the restaurant as the location for a new, yet-to-be-named concept. “A lot of our guests were asking…
If the kitchen at Tarbell’s, the award-winning neighborhood restaurant in Central Phoenix, is absent one culinary whiz a few days in October, it’s because its owner and chef, Mark Tarbell, is in Portland, Maine. The winner of season five of Iron Chef America, Tarbell will be one of a panel…
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. 7: Desert…
Carl Seacat is a mainstay of many Valley farmers markets. Seacat grows his produce in the West Valley on Blue Sky Farms farmland as well as up in Cottonwood during summer/fall months. You can find his produce at markets around the valley including Roadrunner, Downtown Phoenix Public Market, Old Town…
In case you haven’t been paying attention, Phoenix is getting a new music venue called the Crescent Ballroom (you can read about it here). Phoenix music fans are pretty excited for the venue’s October 3rd opening and it looks like Phoenix foodies have something to look forward to, as well. …
Want your next cup o’ Joe with a little retro on wheels? Meet Shine Coffee, an espresso bar housed inside a 1957 Airstream trailer. Coming soon to a farmer’s market or home tour near you, Shine features coffee beans sourced from Arizona roasters, fair trade and organic teas and chai,…
Yesterday we brought you the first half of our chat with Chef Dean (Deano) Delgado of the new Tempe breakfast spot Ncounter. Today we’ll chat with Deano and owners Kathy Coker and Tysen Manuel about why they chose to move to Mill and their vision for the future. You’ve done…
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. 8: Quesadilla…
Whether you’re a CSA devotee, a farmers’ market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we’ll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce.This week’s harvest: Tomatillos If you’re not used to cooking with them, tomatillos can be the black sheep of summer produce — so misunderstood, so…
If an Iron Chef is “a king among chefs” then what’s a king among Iron Chefs called? A SUPER CHEF, YO, THE ONLY TITLE THAT MATTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In a move that has nothing to do with sagging ratings, the fourth season of The Next Iron Chef, premiering October 30 on the…
The business:T-Licious Tasty Teazy Tacos What you need to know: Oaxaca-style food fused with classic French techniques. Chef/owner Jordan Kean and manager/owner Cathy “Red” McGoldrick bring decades of experience to this endeavor, creating unique flavors like the duck confit taco on the right. Beyond the duck simmered in its own…
There’s not much that leaves us speechless, but several of us here at Chow Bella didn’t know quite what to say after reading the stream of comments that came in last week following food critic Laura Hahnefeld’s first-taste review of Tina’s Ethiopian Cafe in Chandler. The colorful comments — both for…
Tempe welcomed the chic, urban sibling of Mesa’s well-known breakfast joint, T.C. Egginton’s, to the corner of Mill Ave and Third St. For the past six weeks, Ncounter has been serving up breakfast and lunch to everyone from the hungover starving college student, to the busy business suit crowd. It’s…
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. 9: Flying…
Wake up, downtown Phoenix, your Mexican breakfast is ready. Vitamin T, celebu-chef Aaron May’s home of tacos, tortas, and tequila in the Cityscape building, officially opens for breakfast today and my does it look tasty. Think smoked ham and oven-roasted chicken tortas, a breakfast burrito, and huevos rancheros all for…
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. Five New Food Trucks Join Phoenix Street Food Coalition,…
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: Bento (Japanese lunch box) from Fujiya Market(1335 W. University Dr., Tempe) The Basics: Bento is a blanket term that…
Hey, do you subscribe to our weekly dining newsletter, Meal Ticket? If not, what are you waiting for? Sign up here. Here’s a sample from this week’s edition — all about Arizona Restaurant Week, which starts tomorrow. It’s here! Restaurant Week 2011 starts tomorrow and this year it’s bigger then…
For those who may be mourning the recent passing of My Big Fat Greek Restaurant in Old Town Scottsdale, fear not. The same folks behind the eatery, one of several in the Arizona-based chain, have re-opened the location as Limelight Dipping Bar & Grill. Opened for a little over two…
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. 10: Breakfast…
Chris Bianco is one of our favorite tastemakers in town — and we’re not just talking about his pizzas and sandwiches. His aesthetic is spot-on — or, at the very least, he’s got good taste in the folks he surrounds himself with. Either way, just peek inside Pizzeria Bianco, Bar Bianco…
