Chow Bella has a valentine for you. For the rest of February, we’re handing out Candy Hearts — stories of food and love from some of our favorite writers. Enjoy. In a decent childhood, someone feeds you routinely, from the very first day. How can there not be at least…
Fans of adult beverages and the events in which they’re celebrated are going to have a tricky time filling out their calendars from Saturday, February 16, through Saturday, February 23, this year. That’s when Arizona Beer Week and Arizona Cocktail Week, two of the Valley’s major events hailing craft beer…
AndyTalk: Salt – It’s So Much More Than Sodium Chloride It’s Valentine’s Day and that means stress, especially if you’re a bit of a procrastinator and/or you think that the card you bought just isn’t enough. If you’ve got some chocolate on hand, even in bar form, you can make…
Dish of Death | Laurie Notaro I place the bowl of spaghetti on the table directly in front of my husband. Then I stand there for a moment and give him a dirty look, just like I do every time I make spaghetti. “So,” I say in a completely serious…
The Guilty Pleasure: Dessert and Coffee Where To Get It: Compass Arizona Grill, atop the Hyatt Regency Phoenix downtown Price: $8 for dessert, $3 for coffee What It Really Costs: The only regret is that you didn’t think of it sooner. On a recent dining excursion to downtown Phoenix, I…
Restaurants touting fresh salads and sandwiches are nothing new, but if you’re on the go and want to eat healthy, it’s nice to know when there’s a new one in the neighborhood. And (bonus) this one stays up late. See also: – Quick Service Pan-Asian Restaurant Chain from Canada Opens…
After Portland’s sometimes-vegan doughnut mecca, Voodoo Donuts, made a maple bacon doughnut, pretty much every doughnut shop with any sense jumped on the bacon bandwagon. Two local shops, Oink Café and Rainbow Donuts, have followed suit. Using either a cake or raised doughnut base to paint on richly sweet maple…
So the pope quit, President Obama said something last night, and the latest travel craze involves pooping into bags on a cruise ship. Now that the small stuff’s taken care of, we can get onto what the world’s really talking about: The three finalists in the Lay’s potato chips “Do…
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. When you’re in the food business, holidays can mean big money. What’s the worst one…
Chow Bella has a valentine for you. For the rest of February, we’re handing out Candy Hearts — stories of food and love from some of our favorite writers. Enjoy. I place the bowl of spaghetti on the table directly in front of my husband. Then I stand there for…
Hey sugar slingers — you have just a few more days left to enter the most fabulous caramel tasting event (well, okay, the only caramel tasting event) of the year. See also: – Caramelpalooza 2012: The Winners!…
If you’ve driven past Coach & Willie’s near the stadiums downtown recently you may have noticed the banners covering the old signage that say Legends Sports Bar and Restaurant. While the official grand opening celebration isn’t until February 15, Legends has been busy repainting, remodeling and generally sprucing up the…
If there seems to be an increase of pitas, laffas, and kabobs in the Valley over the next few months, look to the northeast — they’re coming from Denver, kind of. See also: – Sam Fox’s The Yard, Featuring Culinary Dropout, to Open February 11: Think Live Music, Tetherball, and…
Chef Salad takes a detour this week and next, interviewing four of the country’s leading beverage industry experts, all of them speakers at upcoming seminars held at the Hotel Valley Ho for the second annual Arizona Cocktail Week, February 16-22. See also: –6 Don’t Miss Events During AZ Cocktail Week…
Tis’ the season of the grilled sandwich — or at least, it would seem. We’ve got L.A.’s famous grillin’ mobile, a grilled cheese throwdown and now, yet another grilled sandwich truck. That’s right, the Valley’s original grilled sandwich food truck has chosen now as the time to make a return…
For many, 2011 was a year of planking, Rebecca Black’s ear-bleeding hell of a horrible song called “Friday,” and Junderpants. But if you were a doughnut lover living in Arizona, you might most remember 2011 as the year every Krispy Kreme in the state (save for one in Mesa) shut…
Do you enjoy drooling over newly remodeled kitchens? How about donating money to a good cause? Well, you can check both off your list on February 23 at the 1st Annual Kitchen & Tasting Tour, hosted by the Arizona Chapter of the Lymphoma Research Foundation in Scottsdale. See Also: “Celebrate…
Steve Olson Chef Salad is taking a detour this week and next, interviewing four of the country’s leading beverage industry experts, all of whom will be speakers at seminars held at the Hotel Valley Ho for the second annual Arizona Cocktail Week, February 16-22. Their excitement about cocktail culture is…
Soon, Tempe fans of fast Indian eats will be able to add a new restaurant to their list — and if you’re an ASU student too, well, convenience just doesn’t get any more, “Bro, it’s right there.” See also: – Tempe’s Cartel Coffee Lab to Release First Craft Beer &…
Welcome to Minervaland. In Minervaland, all food is Mexican — or should be — and tostadas are easily consumed all the way through without breaking. Strawberry ice creams bars can be found on every corner, every cup of coffee is face-smackingly strong and is always served with a concha; those…
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Phoenix is becoming a bona-fide food-town, “becoming” (present progressive) being the operative word. Exhibit A, for your consideration: the second annual Arizona Cocktail Week, a seven-day series of boozy events — some educational, others not so much — bringing some of…
There’s something uniquely English about enjoying a dainty scone and a piping hot cup of tea. So while we may not be able to actually get to the Yorkshire country house of the Earl and Countess of Grantham — mainly because it’s a fictional place — we can channel our…
