Is Disney’s Princess Candy Packaging Insensitive?

Remember two and half years ago or so when Disney released “The Princess and The Frog”? It starred the company’s very first black princess, Tiana, and it was relatively successful despite the controversy over the princess’s original name and occupation. (They were all set to name her Maddy and have…

Three Four Things to Eat, Drink, and Bake This Weekend

Caramelpalooza is tonight in the Smeeks parking lot at 7 p.m. sharp. Again, that’s TONIGHT! Yours truly will be there judging all 18 (hopefully) delicious treats and you should probably show up, too, because there is going to be a ton of caramel and it’s free. And that’s all I…

Watch This: The Story of Sushi

The Story of Sushi from Bamboo Sushi on Vimeo. Clear four minutes of your day and hit play on this amazing little video. The Story of Sushi tells a sad tale of the sushi industry and the future of our oceans if we continue on the same commercial fishing path…

Drew Barrymore Jumps on Celebrity Alcohol Bandwagon — Shocking.

Not really. Drew kinda seems like the white wine swilling type. Actress, producer, director, Covergirl, Playboy model, Drew Barrymore, known for her role in movie classics such as E.T., Firestarter, Boys on the Side,  50 First Dates, and as Brian the Dog’s girlfriend on the animated television series Family Guy, has…

Everything’s Coming Up … Bacon?

Bacon pizza, bacon candles, chocolate covered bacon, bacon cupcakes, bacon scarves, bacon jewelry, bacon ornaments, bacon wrapped EVERYTHING, bacon salad bowls, bacon on your dog, bacon sleeping bags, bacon vodka, felt bacon, bacon wallpaper, bacon wrapping paper, keep calm and eat bacon, maple bacon ale, bacon donuts, bacon salt, candied…

Three Things to Eat, Drink, and Make This Weekend

It’s another busy, beautiful weekend. Spring is in the air and festival season is almost in full force. This weekend, get out of the house and enjoy what our lovely city has to offer! Eat This: Japanese Food at the Arizona Matsuri Festival — Three stages full of live Japanese…

A Sneak Peek at Wolfgang Puck’s Oscar Party Buffet

This Sunday, the celebrities will be hittin’ the red carpet for the 84th Annual Acadamy Awards — and they’ll also be hitting the after parties. One particularly popular event is the Governors Ball. Wolfgang Puck will be the head chef for the event but instead of the typical extravagant celebrity…

Watch a Man Draw a Dragon — in Caramel

And we thought we were all about the caramel (-palooza, that is). Check out this caramel dragon “painting,” created on the street in China. Follow Chow Bella on Facebook and Twitter and Pinterest. …

Hey Vegans: How about a Test-Tube Hamburger?

http://www.etsy.com/shop/littlefruitbat What we imagine a test-tube hamburger looks like. ​Over the weekend, a Dutch scientist announced he’s found a way to mimic the creation of meat in a test-tube — with the goal of eliminating the entire meat production industry. He says the “meat,” made of cow stem cells, will…

Three Things to Eat, Drink and Make this Weekend

This weekend is going to be a busy one! Arizona Beer Week starts tomorrow; Cocktail Week starts Sunday; Jennifer Woods is teachin’ class at the Public Market; Kitchen 56 is celebrating their first anniversary. It’s all good stuff but a girl only has so much time and her liver can…

Three Things to Eat, Drink, and Make this Weekend

Eat This: Dinner at That’s A Wrap! — After reading Laura’s First Taste of That’s A Wrap’s new dinner offerings, I have been DYING to get over there to try out the new evening menu. I can’t wait to get my hands on that beautiful soy-ginger flank steak or the twice-spiced pork…

Super Giant Prawn Found; It Doesn’t Look As Tasty as It Sounds

You’re welcome. I knew you couldn’t live without seeing this super giant prawn for yourself. Last week, scientists on a deep sea research mission off the coast of New Zealand came across something huge — a super giant amphipod, aka a MASSIVE prawn. The scientists found seven of these unrealistic…