Looks like Mill Ave. is back to having just one sushi joint again. Open for just under a year, Kanpai closed its doors last week — or, according to sources, had their doors closed for them after they couldn’t make rent. Who would have guessed that a sushi bar with…
When it comes to creating one-of-a-kind cakes for ginormous events, most of us would add our own sweat to the list of ingredients. Not chef Tracy DeWitt, an instructor at Scottsdale’s Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, self-described sugar artist, and five-time competitor on Food Network Challenge. DeWitt will…
Sounds as if Scottsdale residents will soon be getting a taste of their own drool-worthy ‘cue from Stacy’s Smokehouse, the tiny, no-frills purple building on Indian School Road and 16th Street. Between bites of rib tips smoked over almond and hickory wood and doused in Stacy’s sugary-sweet sauce, I recently…
How many Mexican food restaurants can you fit into one city? Not enough, in our opinion. Which is why we’re welcoming Black Chile Mexican Grill, another multi-unit concept to recently join the Biltmore Fashion Park restaurant repertoire of chains. The original Black Chile branch is located in Minnesota, and now the owners…
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: Zucchini These mild-tasting, phallic summertime beauties are ready for harvest now. We’ve been enjoying gazing at their pretty yellow flowers and now…
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. 88: Chicken…
Who says London tea parties and fine, fresh, and fierce California girls don’t mix? Not Emma Thomas, more commonly known as Miss Cakehead and creator of the adults-only cake shop Eat Your Heart Out. Inspired by Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” video, Miss Cakehead has once again decided to turn high tea…
Hey! What are you doing here? It’s Memorial Day. We’re all chillaxin’ poolside and barbecuing, which is really what you should be doing, too. But since you’re already here you might as well waste a few more minutes of this beautiful day watching a few idiots almost blow themselves up…
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. 88: Hot…
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. The Triple Double Oreo is REAL (and Weird When…
Somewhere (2010) Popcorn: Popcorn with Honey Butter, Almonds, and Dates Entrée: Eggs Benedict Beverage: Coppola Winery’s Blanc de Blancs blend, minis. They come in a pink can, with an expandable straw. Get the breakdown after the jump…..
For those old enough to remember Punky Brewster, the NBC sitcom starring Soleil Moon Frye as Penelope “Punky” Brewster, a precocious and endearing pigtailed tot being raised by her foster parent, prepare for a liposuction of your childhood memories. Gothamist reports that the now-adult Moon Fry (hubba, hubba!), along with…
Andrea White of Saffron Kitchen has made a name for herself dishing up Sexy and Sassy pies at farmers’ markets around town. If you’re a regular, you’ve probably sampled her flaky, buttery crust at some point — and if you’re like us, been lured in by the droolworthy blown-up images…
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. 89: Fried…
Remember those fruity blue and red Sno-Cones you had as a kid? You know, the ones that were served at family carnivals — or the faux ones you made at home in a little Snoopy dog house? Those babies are all grown up now.Sushi Roku in Scottsdale is whipping up…
Things aren’t always what they seem. Surface trappings so seldom break way to true substance. Such is the case with Province, the new restaurant at the Westin Downtown. Nicole Whittington on Province: I was served during several visits to the restaurant. To be sure, there were hits among the misses,…
When restauranteurs Craig DeMarco and Lauren Bailey went for a walk through the Windsor neighborhood in uptown Phoenix, they found a home for their third restaurant endeavor (they also run the Postinos in Arcadia and on Central Avenue). The building was old, even for Phoenix standards, and in need of…
Seattle-based artist Photographer Christopher Boffoli sees our lives played out in miniature, and on food, in his collection, “Disparity,” which has been shown in galleries across the United States. According to the Daily Mail, Boffoli spent three years capturing everyday scenes for the series using only items from the grocery…
PETA protesters in Phoenix have run the gamut of weird anti-animal-cruelty protests, from grilling a girl on a fake barbecue to stripping naked and showering in front of a downtown hotel. Wonder what they’d have to say about local artist Sarah Hurwitz’s new “Meat Market” show, which opened this past…
In this special In Season post we’ll get to meet another of the Valley’s farmers. Today we’re meeting Maya Dailey of Maya’s Farm located within the Farm at South Mountain in South Phoenix. Maya Dailey is very involved in the local food and farming scene. You can find her produce…
Second story patio dining in Phoenix is as rare as rain. Lucky for us, a bit of it fell this month in Arcadia thanks to the opening of Cave & Ive’s Portico Grill at Indian School Road and 44th Street. A new concept from the folks at Sacks Art of Sandwicherie,…
