High unemployment, businesses tanking, Arnold and Maria splitting up after 25 years of marriage. Dammit, can’t we as human beings get just one shred of evidence that the universe isn’t going to shit on us today? That the recession isn’t causing one more good person to lose faith in themselves?…
They say living in Phoenix is like living in Chicago — only a lot hotter. There certainly are enough Windy City transplants here. And Chicago-style pizza. Now the Valley gets one more taste of Chicago in the form of Spinato’s fifth metro Phoenix location, which opened recently in Ahwatukee. Ken…
How much thought have you given to your plastic coffee cup lid? Not much, we’re guessing, unless you tipped it the wrong way and spilled impossibly hot liquid down your front. And definitely not as much thought as some folks, profiled in a fascinating piece in the Atlantic that includes lots and lots…
Less clown, more coffee shop. That seems to be the strategy surrounding McDonald’s biggest McMakeover in its fifty-plus year history. According to an article in USA Today (The Mickey Dee’s of newspapers!), the fast-food chain is spending over one billion McDollars to transform the majority of its 14,000 stores into…
Marketplace — the latest venture from the Arcadia Farms folks — is basically the restaurant’s original concept, only grab-and-go style. The aesthetic is pure Arcadia Farms: cutesy reclaimed decor like old milk carrying crates stuffed with gourmet crackers, apothecary jars lining the front window, chalkboard menus, and an old wooden wash bin…
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: Fennel When you pick up a fennel bulb at the market and give it a good once over, you nose might get…
Local foodies and chefs — from other cities — are anxiously awaiting tonight’s announcement of the 2011 James Beard award winners in the restaurant and chef categories. Arizona restaurants and chefs were shut out on the list of nominees. But Phoenix did have a brush with stardom at Friday Night’s awards gala,…
Middle Eastern Hummus, Italian Pasta e Fagioli, New Orleans Red Beans and Rice, even Hannibal Lecter’s Fava beans and Chianti transform the modest bean to a stellar ingredient. All beans are seeds that stem from the plant family leguminous. More importantly, beans deliver plant-based protein, are high in fiber, and…
When you’re filmmaker David Lynch and need to promote your new line of organic coffee, talking to a Barbie Doll is just what you do. After all, you’re David Lynch. Available in House Blend, Espresso, and Decaf French Roast. Points deducted for not calling them Wild at Heart House Blend,…
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 Tequila Cocktails for Grown Ups Eddie Matney Turns…
As human beings, we all have different goals in life: running a marathon, reading 1,000 books, memorizing the dialogue from The Lord of the Rings trilogy, etc. If, however, one of your life goals is to see your mug bobbling around in the nether regions of a large man in…
Beginning tonight, a new favorite in Old Town Scottsdale will be staying open late. Bernie Kantak’s Citizen Public House is planning regular late night hours Thursday — Saturday, til 1:30 a.m. This weekend’s menu will feature Berkshire spare ribs ($12) and pork tacos with pickled onion ($5) along with regular…
Lord knows Phoenix has various varieties of Mexican comida in spades. Need an Asian cuisine fix? We’ve got that too. Sushi? Check. BBQ? You know it. Pizza? Some would say we have the best in the country. Yet there’s one thing we really haven’t had until now: Cambodian food. Sekong…
Biltmore Fashion Park always seems like its own little self-contained universe. The upscale plaza offers shopping, community movie nights, and a dozen or so diverse restaurants, from national brands like Cheesecake Factory and California Pizza Kitchen to Dr. Andrew Weil’s True Food Kitchen concept and celebrated local chef Christopher Gross’…
Staying in? We’ve got you covered — both on the culinary and entertainment fronts. Now presenting Dinner and a Movie — a guide to a do it yourself evening of food and film. While the 1980’s produced gloss rock hair bands and Madonna, it also hosted an outsider jazz/punk/art scene in Downtown…
In honor of National Strawberry Month (wait, what, you didn’t know?) and Mother’s Day, Jasmin Fine of 1 Fine Cookie is sharing a recipe that she has kept top secret for years: cupcake-stuffed strawberries. They need to be eaten within a day. Shouldn’t be a problem. That is all. We…
Hey there, fellow procrastinators. Something tells us you still haven’t made brunch reservations. You probably wouldn’t be here if you had. Lucky you, we decided to combine our previous Mother’s Day Roundups into one GIANT roundup. A one-stop Mother’s Day brunch extravaganza of sorts. We’ve even added a few more…
Attention, online agriculturalists: Good news! All those hours of FarmVille, the social networking game (which has more than 62 million active users) may finally pay off, by allowing you the opportunity to take care of a real farm with real animals (that actually die!) and no “instant grow” option for…
Remember that “Farm to Table” dinner featuring fresh produce from Duncan Farms and bacon wrapped Arizona rabbit loin we told you about Tuesday in Eater’s Digest? No? Well it’s tonight, it’s at Lon’s and it’s almost sold out. Six-courses of delicious paired with six different wines all from the great…
Yesterday, we spoke with Chef Justin Beckett of Beckett’s Table in East Phoenix. Raised a macrobiotic vegetarian, Beckett admits he now goes whole hog for bacon. But that doesn’t mean he’s neglected nature’s most bountiful vitamin source. Today, the hardworking chef shares his recipe for summery beets with universal appeal…
Geez Jack, take forever. Since its introduction of the All-American Jack Combo in January, Jack in the Box has been whisper quiet on new fast food fare in 2011 — until now. The Bourbon BBQ Steak Grilled Sandwich, the latest in Jack’s line of grilled greasy goodness, is available for…
Keep your head up or you’ll completely miss the almost-hidden turn from Indian School Road into the parking lot of Sekong by Night, Phoenix’s first Cambodian restaurant (and probably the only one in the state of Arizona). And don’t be confused by that wall mural of a flamenco-dancing couple you’ll…
