Chef Chat this week takes us to Old Town Scottsdale where we’ll be chatting with James Fox from Big Earl’s BBQ. If you don’t already know, Big Earl’s BBQ is Chef James Porter’s way of satisfying ourneed for down-home cooking. Fox joined Big Earl’s team just a few months ago…
They’re baaaaaaack! FnB, the Scottsdale eatery of eclectic American comfort food courtesy of front-of-the-house pro Pavle Milic and chef Charleen Badman, is back from summer break and will be open for business tomorrow — Wednesday, September 7 — with a new menu to share. Think manti, hand-pulled mozzarella, and grilled corn…
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. 18: #1…
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: Eggs Ok, so eggs are “in season” most all of the time — though production varies throught the year. We might…
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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. 19: The…
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 Favorite Sushi Experiences in Metro Phoenix Spicy Tofu…
Heaven knows we get enough crap sent to us via e-mail (did we really sign up for fingernail tattoos?), making enlisting in any new adventures a cautious exercise akin to Seinfeld “sponge-worthiness.” Lucky for us, Foodiacs, a free, email-based service tailored specifically for folks interested in food-related products and events,…
Tired of the same old tired orange chicken and California rolls? Want to venture beyond the standard suburbian-stale take-out? Here comes Chop PHX, with the Valley’s rarer Asian offerings. This Week: Pho Ga (Vietnamese Rice Noodle Chicken Soup) from Da Vang (4538 N. 19th Ave. Phoenix) The Basics: Pho Ga…
You know that jerk as in soda jerk refers to the young soda fountain operators of yesteryear. We’re not being negative, we think Soda Craft is really onto something special. This San Francisco-based company creates some special so-dey pops using local sustainable ingredients. Trendy food words aside, this sounds like…
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. 20: Osaka…
Slow Food USA is encouraging you to eat fruit, not Froot Loops in a $5 challenge taking place all over the country on Saturday, September 17th. The premise is that it shouldn’t cost more to eat slow than it does to eat fast food. So, Slow Food is challenging you to…
If you’ve been on Facebook lately you might have noticed a few of your friends have “liked” a page called “Crock Pot Girls.” I clicked “like” for kicks to see what kind of recipes soccer moms are into these days. Apparently, I’m not the only one. By a longshot…
Sometimes less is more. A supreme pizza can be be a mouth-watering exercise in sensory overload, but does it stack up to a classic slice of pepperoni and extra cheese? There’s a reason we put yellow mustard on hot dogs and not basil foam. Reading this week’s Cafe column, it…
Yvonne Darnell of Burgess Hill, West Sussex, pulled a baby carrot out of her garden she said looked like, well, a baby. “I couldn’t believe it,” Darnell said. “It’s so funny. I saw it and thought, ‘It looks like an alien baby’.” According to the Argus, Darnell has named the…
On Tuesday, Oaxaca Restaurant and Cantina, the downtown Phoenix eatery and 30-year-plus landmark near the state Capitol, closed amid a hubbub of activity involving the police and an ominous sign on door stating “closed for plumbing repairs.” “The police aren’t usually involved in these situations,” said Edmundo Hidalgo, President and CEO…
On a late afternoon at Wedge & Bottle Cheese Shop, owners Troy and Krista Daily are serving up samples of a traditional Cyprus cheese called Halloumi. Recommended by a regular, this cheese looks like a breadstick and tastes like a salt lick…in a very good way. The cheeses here run…
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. 21: Champs…
Grandiose décor, beautiful-people servers rattling off flavor-of-the-day food themes, a big-name chef, the environmental sustainability of the chair your ass is currently occupying — it’s all about concepts these days. How about this for a concept: no concept. Flickering candlelight, the perfume of baking bread, the laughs of good friends,…
Editor’s Note: This post has changed since it was originally published. The southeast corner of Boston and Oregon streets n downtown Chandler has had many faces. In 1926 it was the town’s first post office. More recently it has been the home of Siracha, KiZake and even a boutique clothing…
As much as we love the hand-crafted croissants from Essence or the crepes and coffee from Jobot, these one-of-a-kind breakfast joints tend to be few and far between. Sometimes we have to slum it at the mega chains. Unfortunately, those deep-fried dens generally do better at scrambling rubbery eggs…
The respiratory system of the food world experienced a shortness of breath today when Marianne Belardi of Cowboy Ciao announced she was leaving after fifteen years. If there were various hats to be worn at Cowboy Ciao, Belardi, a Long Island native, wore most all of them, and stylishly. The…
