Since launching last summer and selecting 16 social entrepreneurs for its first class of start-up ventures, Phoenix-based business incubator SEED SPOT has helped create 20 new legal entities and 17 full-time jobs in Arizona. The first round of ventures included Jon Irons’ SitGreen, an eco-friendly furniture company, and Robert Thornton’s…
This is part two of our interview with Marco Bianco, bread baker at Pizzeria Bianco. Today he’s sharing stories about growing up with his brother Chris, one of the biggest names in pizza. If you missed part one, in which Marco gave us the story of Arizona’s White Sonora Wheat…
Some 70,000 followers of the Twitter account @RuthBourdain have enjoyed more than 2,700 tweets over three years from a foul-mouthed mash-up of two culinary icons, former Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl and chef Anthony Bourdain. During that time, there have been plenty of rumors about who might be behind the account,…
Marco Bianco, Bread Baker Pizzeria Bianco 623 East Adams Street www.pizzeriabianco.com This is the first part of our interview with Marco Bianco, the bread baker for the Bianco restaurants. Today, we get the scoop on Arizona’s heirloom wheat and Bianco’s thoughts about bread’s big comeback. Be sure to return tomorrow…
Since we’ve effectively lost resident Southern cooking queen Paula Deen, why not open our hearts to a new Southern kitchen star? Yeah, we’re talking about Honey Boo Boo’s mother, Mama June. You better redneckognize!…
If you didn’t make it to Quiessence, the destination restaurant at the Farm at South Mountain, before chefs Greg LaPrad and Tony Andiario left at the end of the season, you’re in luck. In the not-so-far-off future, you’ll be able to taste LePrad’s talents at Overland Trout in Sonoita. And…
Just because the weekend is over doesn’t mean you have to starve. Here’s what we’ve got on our plate this week. Beyond Frybread – Discovering Diné Nuevo Cuisine This Thursday, July 18, Tertio winebar chef Renetto-Mario Etsitty will create a one-of-a-kind Navajo-influenced menu for “Beyond Frybread — Discovering Diné Nuevo…
For all you swanky food lovers out there, one luxury travel agency is offering a hot deal on the dining excursion of a lifetime. No really, it costs, like, a lifetime’s worth of savings. If you can afford to shell out £182,000 per couple (or $274,547), they’ll take you and…
Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? We’ve got you covered. Check out what’s on our plate. Bastille Day On Sunday, July 14, the French and francophiles around the world will celebrate the national French holiday, Bastille Day. Mostly, we’ll be using it as a good excuse…
Because apparently there’s no justice in this world, the powers that be have brought together the cast of Grown Ups 2 (a perfect example of why sequels are almost always a horrible idea) and the world’s most famous blond goatee, Guy Fieri. That scary combination resulted in a Grown Ups…
Get excited, golfers, people who hang out with golfers, or date golfers, or, well, you get the idea. Because TopGolf, the driving range meets bar/lounge golf entertainment center, is coming to the Valley. The 12th TopGolf location, called TopGolf at Riverwalk, breaks ground on July 19 and is expected to…
It’s been a few years since many cities enacted laws allowing urban “farmers” to have chickens in their backyards. It seemed like a good enough idea at the time, but a mere two to three years later, animal shelters and chicken rescues say people are abandoning their chickens when they…
It’s the time of year for extended vacations to anywhere that’s not quite as hot as here. And luckily, “getaways” of the culinary persuasion – where you can experience the flavors of a different culture without having to buy a pricey plane ticket – are everywhere you look.On Monday, July…
It’s not every day that fire meets samba meets Caribbean-infused electronica. But then again, Flam Chen isn’t your average performance troupe. For years they’ve been creating one-of-a-kind shows that fuse dance, stilt, and aerial performance. On Saturday, July 13, the troupe will première Caribbean Technology, a quintessential circus fire show…
We love everything about The Newsroom, so don’t even start to try to tell us that it’s unrealistic or that the characters are all too witty. The HBO series, created by Aaron Sorkin (Moneyball, The Social Network, and The West Wing), follows the crew of Atlantic Cable News who are…
This time of year, conversations at Chow Bella staff meetings tend to turn to who’s eaten what and where. With the summer travel season in full swing, we bring you Food Tours, our writers’ suggestions of what to eat and drink out of town. Though Houston is better known as…
Oh, what’s that? You’re sick of hearing about impossible-to-get, creme-filled croissant/doughnut hybrids? Well, good news! The next must-have pastry mash up has arrived courtesy of Toronto bakery, Clafouti Patisserie & Café. Meet, the Crookie…
Monday night at Roka Akor in Scottsdale, James Bread Award-winning chef Nobuo Fukuda and Roka Akor executive chef German Sega prepared an omakase dinner for guests on the restaurant’s impressive robata grill…
This is part two of our interview with Brad and Kat Moore, the owners of Short Leash Hot Dogs and the soon-to-open brick and mortar restaurant, Sit…Stay, named after their weekly Friday night dinner events. If you missed part one, you can read it here…
There are those who say that Truebies (a.k.a. fans of the HBO series True Blood) only watch the show for its plentiful, raunchy, and often blood-soaked sex scenes. While in plenty of cases that’s not entirely true, no one seems to be complaining about seeing Nordic hottie Alexander Skarsgård, who…
In celebration of the fifth anniversary of the Apple App store, the company is giving away five games and five apps for a limited time. The list of popular apps available right now at no cost includes a download of the iPhone or iPad app for Mark Bittman’s famous kitchen…
If you thought healthy, plant-based eating was for sissies, Thug Kitchen is here to change your mind. The website offers lots of F-bomb-laden advice to “help your narrow dietary-minded ass explore some fucking options so that you can look and feel like a fucking champ.”…
