Now in its seventh year, the annual Breaking Ground Contemporary Dance and Film Festival seems poised to be better than ever. The two-night event will bring 17 established and emerging artists from all over the country and the world to Tempe Center for the Arts for an event that will…
Joey Maggiore Owner Cuttlefish 573-202-3044 www.cuttlefishscottsdale.com This is part one of our interview with Joey Maggiore, owner of Cuttlefish in Scottsdale and son of one of the Valley’s most famous Italian chefs, Tomaso Maggiore. Today, we’re chatting about why he chose the name Cuttlefish. Don’t forget to come back tomorrow…
Cowboy Ciao Tuesday, January 21 The next installment of Cowboy Ciao’s Sommelier Showdown will mean the “Polka Kings” will go head-to-head in a battle of the bottles. And the event also will bring one of Scottsdale’s best-known chefs to the kitchen: Petite Maison’s James Porter. On Tuesday, Peter Kasperski of…
It was last June when we first caught wind of a landlord dispute that threatened to force Karl’s Quality Bakery (and The Baker’s Daughter) to move after more the 20 years at 8847 North Seventh Avenue. In September, Karl and Christine Boerner, the Swiss-trained father-daughter pastry chef team behind the…
For those days when you wake up and think, “Gee, I could use a cup of coffee and a piece of buttered vagina bread” (don’t lie, you know who you are), we present The Vagina Toaster. No, it’s not a joke. It’s a real thing and you can buy your…
After hosting monthly aerial arts workshops for about the past year, Scorpius Dance Theatre found a permanent location to offer regular aerial arts classes in the Valley. This Saturday, January 18, from noon to 4 p.m. they’ll unveil the new space during an open house event. Attendees will be able…
If you’re a daily juicer and have a habit of throwing a certain leafy green superfood in your Vitamix, you might want to put down that leaf of kale. At least until after you read this. A recent piece in the New York Times titled, “Kale? Juicing? Trouble Ahead,” has…
PhotoTapas: “A History of Fresh Food in the Desert” Friday, January 17 This Friday, “A History of Fresh Food in the Desert” opens at Modified Arts in downtown Phoenix. The exhibition will “span nearly the entire modern lineage of farming in the state of Arizona” through work from three local…
Despite overwhelming evidence that the American public is sick to death of Dominique Ansel’s trendy pastry hybrid, the Cronut — seriously, people, there’s even scientific proof — it seems food producers, or at least East Coast bakeries, aren’t ready to give up on the trend just yet. Proof: There currently…
Once a year we celebrate the man with the most famous dream in the history of our country. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s work changed the face of the country forever using nonviolent activism and peaceful protests.Following a march from Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, 1401 East Jefferson Street, thousands will gather…
There aren’t many places in the country where you can go for a 26.2 mile-run outdoors in January without getting frostbite. But here in the Valley thousands do just that by participating in the annual PF Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon.Runners (and their cheering squads) will gather at CityScape, 1…
For the second year in a row, an Arizona wine made SF Gate’s list of the top wines of the year. This year the recognition goes to the 2012 Sand-Reckoner Malvasia Bianca, which comes from Rob Hammelman in Cochise County. If you’ve been paying close attention you will have already…
It’s a new year, and that means it’s also a perfect time to learn new stuff. Whether you’re looking to bring back sexy in 2014 or just pick up a hot (and we mean that literally) new hobby, we’ve got a few places where even old dogs can learn new…
This is part two of our interview with pastry chef Country Velador of Super Chunk Sweets and Treats in Scottsdale. In addition to opening her own sweet shop, Velador also crafts the dessert menu for Cowboy Ciao restaurant and helps supply bread for Counter Intuitive, the grab-and-go sandwich shop that…
In today’s installment of People Eating Things You Thought They Couldn’t (for part one see “Watch This Woman Eat a 72-Ounce Steak in Less Than Three Minutes”) we present a video of competitive eater Kevin Strahle, who goes by the name L.A. Beast, eating two cacti. And we’re not talking…
Posh Tuesday, January 14 Chef Josh Hebert has been hosting late-night ramen pop-ups at his Scottsdale restaurant Posh for years. And if you’re a fan, then you’ll likely be happy to know he’s turning the ramen thing into a weekly event. Beginning this Tuesday Posh will serve ramen and okonomiyaki…
Country Velador Chef, owner Super Chunk Sweets and Treats www.facebook.com/SuperChunkSweetsAndTreats Pastry Chef Cowboy Ciao This is part one of our interview with Country Velador, owner of Super Chunk Sweets and Treats in Scottsdale and pastry chef for Cowboy Ciao. Velador opened the sweet-minded shop with her husband, Sergio, last month…
You can bet a ticket to the nearly sold-out Devoured Phoenix Culinary Classic that as soon as we got our hands on a 2014 calendar we marked the dates for these ten events. The ones that have set dates already, that is. For the sake of fairness we didn’t include…
For those people who can barely finish a petite sirloin, this video seemingly will defy the laws of nature. In it, Molly Schuyler, a competitive eater and mother of four from Minnesota, demolishes a 72-ounce steak in 2 minutes and 44 seconds. Seriously. You have to see this…
By now you food truck fans should be gearing up for what’s become the biggest food truck festival to hit the Valley each year. The Street Eats Food Truck Festival, presented by New Times, will bring more than 50 trucks from around Arizona and the country to Salt River Fields…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture shut down a Foster Farms poultry plant in California on Wednesday after finding cockroaches on site for the fourth time since September. The USDA won’t say how many roaches were found but did say the pests were found in various locations throughout the plant. This…
Elvis Presley is the king rock n’ roll, but he’s also the man who started the country on a hip-shaking, pelvis-gyrating kick that doesn’t seem to have lost any steam since he first went on national television with his controversial moves in 1956. Which is why it makes sense to…
