The best thing about being the judge for the 2012 Chow Bella Halloween Candy Showdown is, well, being the judge for the 2012 Chow Bella Halloween Candy Showdown. Bring on the sugar rush, Baby. With the challenge being to whip up a dessert incorporating their favorite Halloween candy, my fellow…
You may be completely over bacon (it’s certainly fashionable to say so), but if you’re any kind of pork-lover at all, it’s pretty hard not to get excited about whole roasted pig. With its crispy skin and falling-apart meat — ultra-flavorful for being cooked on the bone with all the…
Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? We’ve got you covered. Check out what’s on our plate. See also: – Forget Candy! Five Way to Celebrate Halloween in Metro Phoenix with Food and Alcohol – Eight Best Neighborhood Bars: Best of Phoenix 2012 Cibo Hallowine Can’t celebrate…
Bruegger’s Bagels may be just another national chain adding new locations throughout the Valley this year, but chances are it’s the only one holding a Guinness World Record. See also: Best Bagels 2012 — New York Bagels ‘N Bialys In 2004, the Vermont-based company with over 300 locations in 26…
Friends and family swear you’re a champion cook, but do you have the chops to make it on MasterChef, Season 4? My 103.9 Morning DJ and former MasterChef contestant Monti Carlo has partnered with Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Scottsdale (Sky Bridge Campus) to hold a MasterChef…
Park your butt on a bar stool at any decent bar in town, and you’ll see a whole lot of shaking going on. These days (the third wave of the American Cocktail Revolution), lots of cocktails are shaken, though few are stirred. Questions are: why and how? See also: James…
Just because Bar Louie wasn’t right for Mill Avenue in the 1990s doesn’t mean it’s not right for Tempe Marketplace in 2012 — right? Maybe. The national chain, which debuted in Chicago in 1991 and refers to itself as a “urban bar,” is trying the Valley again after failed attempts…
The key to a successful Halloween party, aside from the tasty beverages and costumes (of course), is in the details. While there will be plenty of opportunity for experiencing fright the next several days, feeling unprepared for your Halloween festivities should not be one of them. See also: Five Terrifyingly…
Cork restaurant in Chandler has the new distinction of being the only Arizona restaurant to make OpenTable’s 2012 “Top 100 Restaurants with the Most Notable Wine Lists.” The honor, given by the San Francisco-based service, is part of OpenTable’s 2012 Diners’ Choice Awards. See also: -Cork Answers Foie Gras Debate…
Trick… or treat? For the latest Chow Bella showdown, our writers whipped up a dessert reminiscent of, or incorporating, their favorite Halloween candy. Check back all week for recipes; tomorrow our critic Laura Hahnefeld will pick her favorite. Today: Claire Lawton’s Chocolate Chip Heath Bars See also: – Make Your…
Stanley’s Homemade Polish Sausage Company may have moved out of its location on 2201 East McDowell Road this spring, but the tiny brick structure in Central Phoenix soon will be occupied by another meaty establishment with a rather, er, cheesy name. See also: Stanley’s Sausage Company on McDowell Moving So…
El Chiltepin is as much a restaurant as it is a mad scientist’s laboratory. Perfect given that Halloween is less than a week away. And at this offbeat eatery, you’ll find “treats” consisting of tasty traditional Mexcian favorites as well as a parade of Frankenstein-style street food that’s fun and…
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El Chiltepin is as much a restaurant as it is a mad scientist’s laboratory: an offbeat little place where Mexican and American ingredients and flavors are pieced together to create a parade of Frankenstein-style street food the likes of which the tortured doctor himself might be hardpressed not to try…
Given the many television shows that have returned or are returning for the fall season, one thing, it seems, has been missing: “breastaurants,” an actual term used to describe restaurants that employ scantily clad women as waitresses. Well, push pause on that remote control, my friend, ’cause these breastaurant ta-tas…
Trick… or treat? For the latest Chow Bella showdown, our writers whipped up a dessert reminiscent of, or incorporating, their favorite Halloween candy. Check back all week for recipes; on Friday our critic Laura Hahnefeld will pick her favorite. Today: Katie Johnson’s Twix Cheesecake Pie I’ve never been much of…
Remember the 2000s, when cupcakes were just another bakery treat to enjoy on special occasions like birthdays and holidays? Yeah, so do we. But since those long gone days the little, frosted cakes have become America’s sweetheart of sweet treats. They’re everywhere we look it seems and have spawned a…
Hooray for food! Yes, we love food. We talk about it all day every day here on Chow Bella, but what exactly is Food Day? In short, Food Day is about supporting clean, fair food through community-driven events and reenergizing the conversation on the same day, every year. The Center…
We’ve spent the last year in the laboratory putting Phoenix under the microscope to reveal hundreds of specimens of the best culture, outdoor adventures, shopping, dining, and nightlife the city has to offer. And we’re finally ready to publish our results. Nerd alert! Now presenting Scientific Phoenix…
Over a year has passed since former luxury hotel executives Tom Kelly and Brian Pierce opened TK’s Urban Tavern in the Scottsdale Quarter in January of last year. Now, the two have embarked on their second, tavern-y Scottsdale venture: Tavern Americana. At 20469 North Hayden Road (North Hayden and Thompson…
Trick… or treat? For the latest Chow Bella showdown, our writers whipped up a dessert reminiscent of, or incorporating, their favorite Halloween candy. Check back all week for recipes; on Friday our critic Laura Hahnefeld will pick her favorite. Today: Ando Muneno’s candy sushi For this competition I wanted to…
The Valley already claims one rock-and-roll cupcake dealing food truck and soon will be welcoming a savory counterpart to the scene. Enter: Goodness Gracious Great Balls & Sliders – expected to hit the streets late next month. See also: – The Slider: Delicious Burger Innovation or Small, Sad Excuse for…
