When it comes to the holiday season, living in the Southwest means enjoying the bonus of fresh tamales in addition to the rest of the country’s more traditional fare. Whether they are green, red, vegetarian, or sweet, several places throughout the Valley are happy to serve up your favorites. Here…
Not only is Nosh Arizona planning on hosting tastings for its wine — one day, the restaurant that describes itself as “a cozy, small plate gastro pub and Pico-winery,” hopes to make its own. See also: November Openings and Closings Opening later this month and located at 4080 West Ray…
The Valley’s own Julia Baker, founder, executive chef, and CEO of Julia Baker Confections, is no stranger to success. The Le Cordon Bleu grad and Paris-trained chef is currently making sweet Christmas gifts for Elton John, designing Robert Redford’s birthday cake, and recently, got ink in the holiday gift guide…
T. Cook’s chef Todd Sicolo (formerly of the Arizona Biltmore Resort) wants to come to your house and cook a Christmas Eve dinner for you and five of your friends — and he might even help do the dishes. See also: Chef Todd Sicolo Leaves Arizona Biltmore for Royal Palms…
Khyber Halal is a culinary crossroads of sorts. A unique mix of the familiar and the unexplored, this casual spot in Phoenix features foods from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India, where each nation’s cuisine is as diverse as the restaurant’s staff of family members. “Pakistani dishes take longer to prepare, are…
Khyber Halal Restaurant is a culinary crossroads of sorts — a blending of foods from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India, where each nation’s cuisine is as diverse as the restaurant’s staff of family members. Here, flavorful bowls of rusty red chicken tikka masala and plates of rich goat biryani sit alongside…
Not that Valley chefs Christopher Gross (Christopher’s & Crush Lounge) and James Porter (Petite Maison) need another reason to stay up late and have some fun, but Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights, seems like a good reason to mix the late-night revelry with a bit of holiday spirit…
Welcome to Chow Bella’s Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you’d like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. Miss a question? Go here. The arrival of cold season (See: bleh) means suggestions of…
For food lovers, offerings of fine cheese are as fun to give as to receive. And who better to help you select one than Lara Mulchay, founder of WedgeFestUSA, owner of the defunct Petite Fromage, and advocate for American artisan and craft cheese. See also: Tastemakers 2012 – Lara Mulchay…
When grocery stores started their own prescription services, they looked a little more like pharmacies. And now, the pharmacies, specifically, Illinois-based Walgreens, are looking a little more like grocery stores — and food trucks. See also: 10 Corporate Food Trucks Totally Bogarting the Mobile Kitchen Scene, Man It’s true. The…
What? Not done with your holiday shopping? Yeah, neither are we. But we’ve been making lists — and checking them twice — and we’ve got some suggestions for the nice people on your list. Today, Chow Bella’s Gift Guide for the Foodie. They’ve been to all the new restaurants, know…
Gourmet-minded fans in the Valley now have one more reason to celebrate Gina Buskirk’s dedication to small batch, scratch-made goodies made with premium ingredients: Her shop, Gina’s Homemade, has been named a finalist in the 2013 Good Food Awards. See also: Gina’s Homemade Opens Shop in Northeast Scottsdale Established in…
“Ugly,” “loser,” and “moron” may not be the first words that come to mind as a way for a restaurant owner to speak to an unhappy customer, but Amy Bouzaglo chose to use them anyway. In 2010, the owner of Amy’s Baking Company in Scottsdale reacted to a negative, one-star…
When a new spot opens in town, we can’t wait to check it out — and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that…
High-quality specialty oils and vinegars, gourmet herb mixes, and European ceramic dishware all in one place sounds like a gift-giving haven for food lovers. And conveniently enough, one is set to arrive in the Valley just in time for the holiday shopping season. See also: Olive Oil Boutique Opens on…
There’s no kitchen, no official signage (yet), and the long, industrial building with the green stripe probably won’t be winning any architectural awards, but there’s beer in them there walls, folks — Four Peaks beer. See also: Best Local Beer 2012 – Four Peaks Hop Knot This week, Four Peaks,…
For music fans, seeing a band before they become famous is pretty flippin’ cool. So why not hitch your wagon to a rising star of the culinary world as well? You may be able to find one at North Scottsdale’s Classic Cooking Academy. The non-profit culinary school, opened in 2006,…
Since he was a finalist on Bravo’s Top Chef Miami in 2009, Brian Malarkey has gone on to host TLC’s Mega Bites, made appearances on The Today Show, and opened five restaurants in San Diego (Searsucker, Burlap, Gingham, Gabardine, and Herringbone) as executive chef and partner. See also: – Searsucker,…
The torta ahogada, or “drunken sandwich”, is the king of Mexican sandwiches. Mightier than the torta Cubano, or even the Mexico City-style pambazo, this symbolic sandwich of Guadalajara is a mammoth creature of meat, bread, and sauce that will leave its mark on your hands, your face, and most likely…
You do not nibble at a torta ahogada. You go to battle with it. A symbolic dish of Guadalajara, the “drunken sandwich” is a monster of sorts — one mightier than the torta Cubano or even the Mexico City-style pambazo. It’s a mammoth creature of meat, bread, and sauce that…
Nothing says comfort food quite like a delectable piece of warm, flaky pie. And thanks to Proof, the new comfort food restaurant of American classic eats that opened earlier this month in the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North, you can have a sweet piece of this homespun goodness…
Hana Japanese Eatery, the charming Central Phoenix neighborhood hangout from brother-sister team Lori and “Chef Koji” Hashimoto, is in the news for the second time this month. First, it was named one of Zagat’s 10 Best Restaurants in Phoenix and Scottsdale. Now, Hana’s been dubbed one of the 20 Best…
