Illustration: How To Set A Table

We came across this dainty and delightful print from artist Amy Borrell of Cake With Giants. Based in Melbourne, her work is whimsical and invites you into her magical world of pastel colored watercolor and pencil illustrations…

Lakhana In of Sekong By Night

It’s all about love for one new local chef. Lakhana In of Sekong By Night — a self-taught home cook turned executive chef — has a lot of love for simple, good Asian flavors and for her son, Yutheana In, who has embarked on this venture with her. The restaurant/coffee bar has been…

Now Open: Marketplace

With spring in full bloom and the mercury rising, now is the time when we start craving fresh, light salads. Enter Marketplace, the new eatery from the folks behind Arcadia Farms. Located at 7025 E. 1st Avenue, directly across the street from the Arcadia Farms in Old Town Scottsdale, Marketplace…

This Week In Chow Bella

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. Mountain View Coffee Co.’s Iced House Coffee Five Happy…

Count Calories Through Your iPhone Photos

Counting calories is such a pain. We just want to eat and be happy. Ugh, but then we can’t button our pants after too much blissful ignorance. Great, now what? Well, if you have an iPhone, there’s totally an app for that. Fill Your Plate tweeted the link to this…

Cafe: Big Earl’s BBQ

Making good bbq is not easy. It’s an exercise in patience; one that requires discipline and hard work. That’s why we leave it to the pros and their fully-equipped BBQ restaurants. Sadly, it looks like Big Earl’s Fancy BBQ is not the place to spend your BBQ dollars. Music Editor…

Dutch Bros. Coffee Gets Into the Comic Book Biz

Craving a little light reading with your morning latte? Earlier this month, the Oregon-based Dutch Bros. Coffee outfit released the first in a series of limited release comic books featuring “Fro”, “Mullet” and several other animated characters made popular by Dutch Mafia creator Brant Boersma (son of late Dutch Bros…

5 Anti-Earth Day Foods

In celebration of Earth Day — the American invention intended to inspire awareness and gratefulness for our natural environment — many will be “eating green.” You know, chowing down on seasonal, locally grown, organic fare and making a difference in this wretched world. But for those who think Earth Day is…

Taco Bell Wants an Apology From (DONG!) Lawyers for Beef Lawsuit

DONG! Apologize, haters! Beasley Allen may have dropped its class-action lawsuit brought against Taco Bell, but the fast food giant ain’t rollin’ over that quickly. They want an apology. According to Eater, TB has launched an ad campaign demanding the Alabama-based lawfirm say they’re sorry, running full page ads in…

Your Favorite Foods All Dolled Up

Remember the very first episode of Project Runway? You know, the one where Austin makes the corn husk dress? Love it. Running around food and fashion blogs lately are these amazing visual treats from famed Italian photographer Fulvio Bonavia. Bonavia is best known for shooting ad campaigns for luxury vehicles like…

NEW Spring Restaurant Week Starts May 13

Hungry for some awesome restaurant deals? The Arizona Restaurant Association announced yesterday that they’ll be following in the footsteps of Long Island’s Restaurant Week sponsors, who recently added a spring event to their annual culinary lineup. The first-ever Spring Arizona Restaurant Week will take place May 13-22, 2011 at major eateries across town. The roster of participating…

Last Minute Easter Brunch Roundup

We don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade or anything, but Easter is like on Sunday. That’s in about two days. If you’re planning on getting your brunch on you had better book your table quick or else you will be stuck in a champagne-less kitchen attempting to make your…

10 Best Sightings of Jesus in Food

Easter Sunday, the day Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, is right around the corner. Along with the holy hoopla is the grub. And though Captain Miracle’s mug may not make an appearance at this year’s traditional Easter dinner in a slice of ham, deviled egg, or Peep, he…

Picnic Pick: Chicken Salad Sandwich

There are few foods more perfect for springtime noshing than the classic chicken salad sandwich. It’s cool and refreshing, but still hearty and filling. While the dish seems simple, chicken, mayonnaise, celery and seasoning, getting the right mix – especially not overdoing the mayo – can be tricky. To find…

2011 World’s 50 Best Restaurants: Two Tickets to Denmark, Please

Those devilish Danes have done it again. Curse their delicious Nordic cuisine! (Not really. Pass the Greenland musk ox, please.) Restaurant magazine and S. Pellegrino’s annual “World’s 50 Best Restaurants” list is out and it seems Denmark, the land of Lego AND Hans Christian Andersen, is also home to first-prize…

Coming Soon: Lo-Fi Coffee at the Nile Theater

The infamous Nile Theater, which closed down in 2002 after repeated violent incidents including a triple shooting, reopened under new ownership last year with a decidedly cleaner image. Now the all-ages venue is taking that image one step further by adding a small eatery and coffee shop called Lo-Fi Coffee…

Taco Bell Beef Lawsuit (DONG! CRASH!) Dropped

DONG! It’s over. According to the Associated Press, the class-action lawsuit brought against Taco Bell by an Alabama-based law firm claiming the fast food giant’s products contain very little meat and requesting they quit referring to their questionable meat mixture as “beef” has been withdrawn. Whew! My Cheesy Double Decker…

The Baby Cake: Slice of Creepy, Anyone?

Sure, the fondant-covered, jam-filled vanilla cake that baker Dan Gentle made for his co-worker Collen’s baby shower may be a delicious delight, but for some reason, we’re just not that hungry anymore. The question isn’t so much WTF? (although that’s a good start), it’s WHY?…

Eat With Me: Start Your Own Pop-Up

After spying a new-ish show this weekend on The Cooking Channel called The Urban Grocer, we followed the young traveling foodie to her blog where Caitlin Zaino featured a pop-up concept called Eat with Me. Based in Australia, Eat with Me is a social networking site dedicating to help you…