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: Taco Bell’s New Cantina Tacos (Based Upon Mexican Street…

Three Other FDA Recalls You Haven’t Heard About

We admit that we don’t typically spend a lot of time perusing the recall press releases on the Food and Drug Administration website, but in a quest to find an update on that whole egg mess (update: millions more eggs have been toss into the suspicious pile; here’s the latest…

Bacon and Beer, Together at Last. A Lot.

Just when you thought the bacon trend had peaked and sizzled/fizzled, this morsel comes along. And why not? After all, who doesn’t want a bacon-cooking robot? Or, for that matter, a blog (and a photo blog and even an Internet show) devoted to bacon and beer. Thanks to Jason Mosley, mrbaconpants.com himself,…

39: Fish ‘n Chips at Rula Bula

Hungry yet?We’re working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella’s 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley — in no particular orderLeave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section.Visit our sister blog, Jackalope Ranch, for a companion series on 100 Creatives who make…

Cafe: Secreto

There is a dish that was unknown to us before moving to the Valley. You’ll think us deprived (and rightly so) but carne adovada is this recent discovery. Naturally we think it’s delicious. The simmering sauce, the fork tender meat; how could we do anything but devour it? Now we…

Chef Eric Osburn’s The Trojan Horse

Chef Eric Osburn of Centurion shares an impressive but easy date-night recipe that will bring two people a little closer: The Trojan Horse. A Lady and the Tramp moment sans spaghetti – with beef, mushrooms, cherries, wine, potatoes and puff pastry taking its place.

40: Corn Pancakes with Crab at The Mission

Hungry yet? We’re working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella’s 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley — in no particular order Leave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section. Visit our sister blog, Jackalope…

Ahwatukee’s Secreto Won’t Remain a Secret for Long

A new Ahwatukee restaurant may be named after the Spanish word for “secret,” but it’s too delicious to keep under wraps. Judging from the packed bar and buzzing dining room at cozy Secreto, word’s traveling as quickly as a juicy piece of gossip. And I suspect that this place won’t…

The Space Burger: A Cosmic Experience on the Road to San Diego

You’ve seen this, right? If you’ve driven to San Diego, you have. Right off the main drag through Gila Bend, the Best Western Space Age Lodge and Restaurant was opened in 1965 by Al Stovall, a friend of President Eisenhower and supplier of metals and plastics to the federal government…

Egg Recall Hits Arizona, Threatens Runny Egg Lovers

Like your eggs runny? You might not, after reading this post. Dr. Joli Weiss, foodborne disease epidemiologist for the Arizona Department of Health Services, confirms that some of the 228 million tainted eggs involved in the national recall making news all over the place were, in fact, distributed in Arizona…

Chef Chat: Eric Osburn of Centurion, Part Two

Centurion, which opened in June, is Chef Eric Osburn’s first foray into restaurant ownership and his proudest accomplishment to date. “European fusion” is how he describes the food. “We focus on all of the countries of Europe as where I pull all of my ideas and thought processes from, but we refuse to make one defined dish.”

41: Santa Lucia Pasta at Marcellino Ristorante

Hungry yet? We’re working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella’s 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley — in no particular order Leave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section. Visit our sister blog, Jackalope…

Stick to Your Ribs BBQ: Wally’s vs. Bobby-Q

It’s hard to resist the allure of a good rack of ribs, even if you know you’re going to need a dozen wet-naps to clean up afterwards. Many professional BBQers spend a lifetime trying to perfect their baby back recipe.  Since we didn’t have that long to wait, we checked out…

Eric Osburn of Centurion

Chef Eric Osburn, who opened Centurion in Roosevelt Square this June, has been cooking ever since he saw his dad flip an omelet for the first time at age 11. By 13, he was cooking all the meals at home, had his first kitchen job at 15, and was taken under chef Sam Caniglia’s tutelage in a country club outside Chicago at 16.

Little Crickets Felt Fun Has Us Dreaming of Pie

With pie on the brain these days (if your calendar’s not marked, write down November 13 for Chow Bella’s Pie Social and dust off your cookbooks), we couldn’t resist sharing a couple slices of sweet dishes that will hold up even in this heat — they’re felted. Buy a pattern…

42: Smoked Truffle-Infused Filet Mignon at Christopher’s

Hungry yet? We’re working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella’s 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley — in no particular order Leave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section. Visit our sister blog, Jackalope…

Mack Duncan, What Are You Eating?

Mack Duncan The puppeteer, filmmaker and founding member of The Torch Theatre improvises with Apollo 12, Die Puppet Die and Mack Duncan: 1-Man Show. Some of his upcoming performances may be found at www.thetorchtheatre.com What’d you eat for dinner last night? The second half of the Little Ceasars pizza I…

43: Pollo Colonial at Iruna

Hungry yet? We’re working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella’s 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley — in no particular order Leave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section. Visit our sister blog, Jackalope…

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: Sammy Wiley, What Are You Eating? Abnormal Ales: 10…

Where Am I Eating?

While it was definitely a cookies ‘n’ milk kind of afternoon, we couldn’t sacrifice the opportunity for some much needed caffeine (plus these guys tends to make some pretty killer java). There are a bunch of places that use these feel-better-about-wasting-plastic recyclable cups, the real satisfaction is in one of…