You know that feeling when you wake up on Monday and the world is dark and gloomy and you just want to crawl back in bed? But then you smell a pot of coffee brewing in the kitchen (thank goodness for auto brew) and suddenly there’s hope. By the time…
Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? Here are a few things we have on the books. Proof Backyard BBQ Tonight Proof, the casual All-American eatery at the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale, is inviting guests to their patio for a classic backyard barbeque. From 5:30 to 9:30…
As if Lyme disease and the knowledge that a bug can attach itself to your skin and suck the life-giving blood right out of you aren’t good enough reasons to avoid forests and (let’s be honest) the outdoors in general, scientists are now saying that a bite from this particular…
Next month the Heard Museum’s Books & More will welcome journalist and author Stephen Fried to its Steele Auditorium for a free public lecture. Fried, making a return appearance to the museum, will sign copies of his book Appetite for America: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild…
Good Eats fans and cooking geeks, get excited, because your hero is coming to town. Alton Brown will take the stage at Mesa Arts Center this October for Alton Brown Live! The Edible Inevitable Tour. If you’re not familiar with the man that is Alton Brown, you probably don’t watch…
According to news reports from Canada, a performance at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival treated audience members to the show of a lifetime by including several mayo enemas and just a little bit of fellatio. “What I saw were not one, not two, but three mayonnaise enemas,” Fringe Festival reviewer Michelle…
Long before California became a tourist destination for Chardonnay-lovers, there was Rodney Strong, a Broadway dancer turned winemaker who helped transform the area into one of the world’s best winemaking regions. Travel to the Rodney Strong Vineyards in northern California and you can still taste his legacy today.If you can’t…
One 4-year-old got either the best- or worst-ever prize inside a Burger King kids meal — depending on how you feel about giving 4-year-olds ready-to-smoke, pre-packed marijuana pipes…
This is part two of our interview with chef German Sega of Scottsdale’s Roka Akor. Today, he tells us what goes into creating an omakase dinner and shares his pretty peculiar culinary guilty pleasure. (Hint: It involves Spam.) If you missed the first part of the interview, in which Sega…
In honor of National Hot Dog day, which is today, Urbanspoon has rounded up a list of the country’s best places to get a top-notch dog. The list was complied based on the restaurants that received the most positive reviews from food critics, bloggers, and the Urbanspoon community and includes…
German Sega Roka Akor 7299 North Scottsdale Road www.rokaakor.com This is part one of our interview with German Sega, the newly appointed executive chef of Roka Akor in Scottsdale. Today, he dishes about the long road from culinary school to the restaurant’s charcoal robata grill, with pit stops along the…
Just because your weekend is over doesn’t mean you have to starve. Here’s what we have to look forward to this week. California Wine Dinner If, like us, you haven’t had a chance to get away this summer to sunny California to sip on a buttery Napa Valley Chardonnay or…
Liberty Market’s FAEMA E61 espresso machine is turning 46 years old today, and in honor of the occasion, the Gilbert restaurant will offer free classic Italian drinks from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. That means espresso, macchiato, or cappuccino, so long as you order them dine-in as opposed to to-go…
“The tropical cocktail conjures exotic visions of swaying palm trees, white sandy beaches, gentle ocean breezes, and libations served from hollowed out pineapples,” writes James Beard-honored mixologist and author Kim Haasarud in her latest book, 101 Tropical Cocktails. And on August 22, Chow Bella and Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe…
Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? Here’s what we have on our plate. Outta the Heat and Into the Eats: Miami Night Food and Cocktail Party If your hair’s been feeling a little larger than usual, it’s because monsoon season officially has begun. Now we can…
There’s been plenty of speculation about who will be cast as the tall, dark, and handsome Christian Grey in the eventual (an official release date hasn’t been announced) movie. There are fake trailers featuring would-be leading men and women floating around the Internet, which have prompted some stars to publicly…
Dedicated Paula Deen supporters are popping up by the thousands to show support for their butter queen. Some 600,000 fans of the Facebook page “We Support Paula Deen,” led by a man named John Schmitt, launched a campaign to send empty butter wrappers to companies that dropped the Food Network…
Keeping up with the daily deals offered by local restaurants and bars is pretty much impossible. It seems someone somewhere is always offering some sort of special — which is great. But the key is knowing when and where to go. You could Google- and Facebook-search your way around the…
For 30 years, the Hot Pocket has been the food of late-night (usually alcohol-related) desperation, lazy college students and, according to comedian Jim Gaffigan, white trash. In fact, Gaffigan has a five-minute skit dedicated to bashing on the “Pop-Tart with nasty meat.” It’s one of his most popular jokes. And…
There’s a lot of Latin food here in the Valley, but Nuevo Latino specifically means Latin American food that’s been re-invigorated for a modern clientele. It’s not exactly traditional, but it can still take diners on a culinary journey through the Latin American region.On Tuesday, July 23, the Herb Box…
You might not know it, but we owe a lot to the Belgians. We can thank them for excellent chocolate, delicious waffles, and, above all, beer. We’re not really into the history or politics behind Belgian Independence Day, but it sounds like a great excuse to show our appreciation for…
It doesn’t take a lot to impress us when it comes to cocktail-mixing skills. We’re still figuring out how to make a consistently decent Jack and Coke. But for those looking to truly master the malts, mixologist Matt Tobey has some things to show you.On Thursday, July 18, Tobey will…
