The man behind the popular annual Scottsdale Food Festival is Joe Zanovich. While he helps plan a weekend of gluttony for the rest of us as the executive director, he’s an active, health-conscious guy — even training for an Ironman race this November. When things have mellowed out at the…
A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. The Killer Garlic Balls on Linda Hopkins’ Les Petite Gourmettes caught our attention this week. We know that garlic is in season right now and this sounds like the perfect way to savor it…
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: Garlic You might be surprised to know that garlic is one of the prettiest plants in the field. The plants have these purple-tinged…
Does a high-tech upscale dining experience sound appealing to you? We found this new product for restaurants called E La Carte that uses special tablets (not iPads) placed on the dining table for guests to use for various uses…
This week in our Follow Friday feature, we’re highlighting a few of the Phoenix farmers who tweet all about the blood sweat tears of food production in the desert. Superstition Farm (@superfarm) The Mesa-based dairy farm tweets all the udder delicious fun their having with their dairy CSA, farm tours…
A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. So, Valley guy Dominic Armato of Skillet Doux didn’t win the Saveur.com best food blog award – we mentioned his nomination a few weeks ago. He recently blogged about enjoying the recognition but will be getting back to reality. Who won? The…
Budget Travel recently listed what they consider to be the 5 hottest foodie trends right now. On the list: urban foraging, night markets, single item restaurants, bicycle cafes and rent-a-tree programs. We may not have all the items on the list, but we were trendsetters when it came to the bike…
Amy Martin edits the local food blog Phoenix Bites. She has food on the brain at all times and considers eating and finding favorite dishes in Phoenix her favorite sport. She loves a tidy pantry for easy cooking, her cookbooks, and pulling out her invisible microphone to rock out to her…
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: Peaches The last two weeks of May, you can hear our collective groans over the tender sweet juicy drippy peach harvest. We wanted…
It’s that time again. We’ve compiled a small but meaningful list of great Twitter accounts for any Phoenix foodie to follow. This week, we wanted to highlight the 2011 James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards finalists in the “individual food blog” category. Naturally, these bloggers have twitter accounts…
A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. AMC at the Esplanade has temporarily shut its doors and will be reopening in August 2011 with new in-theater dining called Fork & Screen. Then the restaurant directly below the theater, Deemo’s, has shut its doors according to the folks at…
If you’ve ever tried to photograph your food at home, you know that it’s tricky business. It looks and tastes so good but then you check the viewfinder of your digital camera and it looks like a yellow-tinted blob. Want to make your images look like what you see in…
Hospitality is his middle name. The consumate gentleman, Pavle Milic of FnB describes himself as “the lucky partner to one of the best cooks in the town — Charleen Badman.” He loves to eat. He loves the process of cooking and the act of sharing and breaking bread with family and…
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…
A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. Saturday, May 14th will be the last market until the fall for McClendon’s Select at the Old Town Scottsdale Farmers’ Market. You can still find them at the Town & Country Farmers’ Market on Wednesdays through June 22nd but then after…
Caroline Van Slyke Caroline Van Slyke has a little half-acre organic urban farm in Arcadia called BOHO Farm and Home. Her passion is to share her harvest, build community and inspire others to eat from their yards. She opens up her home and farm for events ranging from an Annual Farmers/Flea Market, Pick…
One of the latest food trends is food in a mason jar. Usually you’ll find a cupcake stuffed in that jar, but we wanted to go back to college after finding this story about college students ordering pre-assembled mason jar or home cooked meals delivered directly to their dorm room…
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: Artichokes It’s artichoke season! Wahoo! They’ve been ready for a few weeks but this these gigantic thistles are only in season…
We got to meet The Bacon Queen on Monday and today we thought we’d share a little insight into what it’s like to be part of this royal family. Amy Vernon’s husband, Bjorn Antonio, let us peek behind the curtain to learn the secret life of the bacon family. Here’s what…
Former East Valley Tribune journalist Amy Vernon crowned herself The Bacon Queen in 2009 after a bit of online recognition pushed her into sweet, smoked stardom. So much so that she’s the top female submitter of all time on Digg.com. Among many other things, Vernon curates this amazingly large bacon…
A round-up of tasty morsels from Valley food blogs. Saveur has given the Valley some love by nominating Dominic Armato’s blog, Skillet Doux, for a 2011 Best Food Blog Award in the restaurant/dining coverage catagory. If you’re a fan, you can vote for Skillet Doux until May 12. Check out…
This is how Eric Schaefer describes himself in the “About Me” section of his blog, Eric Eats Out: I’m a 30-something husband, father, business-owner, drummer, pilot, car-nut, and general advocate of living-well. I like to eat food, read about food, write about food and talk about food. I also love…
