This week Chow Bella takes a look at the culinary options available to Spring Training fans outside of the stadiums. Today we’ll feature dining and drinking options for all games held in the East Valley. Phoenix Municipal Stadium 599 E. Van Buren Street, Phoenix Inside the Ballpark: Phoenix Municipal Stadium,…
With spring training around the corner, our thoughts have turned to stadium foods: hot dogs, Cracker Jacks, brats. Made from ground pork, beef or veal, the bratwurst somehow managed to cross worlds from German foodstuff to ballpark treat. Maybe it was the fact they’re traditionally soaked in beer. For this week’s…
Yesterday we sat down with Jeremy Pacheco of Lon’s at the Hermosa. Today, the conversation continues.Want to hear about Pacheco’s aversion to Bobby Flay? Read on … Favorite food show?I like watching Iron Chef and I’ve been watching a lot of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. I also like Alton Brown…
We know more than a few people addicted to food-related Facebook games (Restaurant City, really?), but now there’s one that has an actual pay-off for becoming an expert, and you’ll learn a few cool recipes while playing.Pei Wei Asian Diner is currently hosting a “Wok Chef” game on their Facebook…
Chef-restaurateur Joseph Gutierrez told me this afternoon that as of yesterday, Tutto is no more. The SouthBridge restaurant barely lasted half a year. Not-so-coincidentally, I spoke with one of the potential new owners yesterday, and was told off-the-record about the deal. …
I know a lot of you were simultaneously happy and heartbroken when master baker Ben Hershberger moved to NYC to work for Thomas Keller and took his Old Town Farmers Market cult-fave chocolate cherry sourdough bread along with him. (And I know many of you still have a stash of…
Three weeks after his takeover, Jeremy Pacheco has reinvented the breakfast and lunch menus of Lon’s at the Hermosa. Who said Rome wasn’t polished in a day? The Tucson native spent seven years in the former Terrace Dining Room at the Phoenician. Opportunity then knocked, and Pacheco packed and left…
Juan Ortiz, the meat cutter at Texas Roadhouse in Gilbert, is heading to Texas for the semi-finals in a meat cutting challenge that could ultimately land him $20,000. Ortiz was the regional winner, carving out 2 sirloins, 1 ribeye and 1 filet with the highest yield in the shortest time. …
Why am I so curious about new RnR, opening on March 11? Country-fried chicken and waffle sliders. Need I say more? Probably not, but there will also be Philly cheesesteak sliders, chicken and schnitzel, mini corndogs on a stick, gourmet burgers, and other sharable plates. For breakfast, I’m eyeing up…
Justin Beckett has lately become of the most social media-savvy chefs in the whole metro area, and he doesn’t even have a restaurant right now. Which is why his online musings are so clever. The former chef at the defunct Canal restaurant in Scottsdale is making good use of his free time…
While shopping for nerdy gifts at a local Game Daze shop, I stumbled on What’s Cookin’, a party game created specifically for foodies. Yes, you can now impress your chef friends or foodie Meetup groups with a board game that is based on your love of a good meal. Sigh. Unfortunately, it…
To eat them or not to eat them? News has spread of a recall of some Lemon Chalet Creme Girl Scout cookies. Frankly, this is not as upsetting as, say, news regarding Thin Mints or Tagalongs. Still, those lemon cookies have their fans. Yesterday we got some bad information from…
How well do you know your favorite cookhouse contraptions? See if you can guess today’s gadget and check back next week for the answer. Here are a few shots at the answer, add yours to the comment box below: – The Chopsticks Workout – No-Touch Penis Handler – Ol’ Peg…
JRC The co-owner of The Trunk Space and Art Space in downtown Phoenix runs OneWordLong, a media imprint that produces CDs and other items based on storytelling and “labors of love”. What’d you eat for dinner last night? A bowl of Shredded Wheat with raisins–I was too sick to leave…
It’s hard enough to come by restaurants in CenPho that are open on Mondays, let alone ones doing special events. Hula’s Modern Tiki was, until recently, one of those places that was usually dark at the start of the week, but now it’s back open on Mondays, from 11 a.m…
How long does it take for an international culinary trend to hit Arizona? I’m always curious about the trickle-down effect. In the case of gastropubs, the trend du jour, it’s about six years, if you consider the 2004 debut of The Spotted Pig in Manhattan’s West Village to be any major milestone…
Gone the way of the Dodo, we must sadly say goodbye to the following restaurants that have shut their doors during the month of February… Asia De Cuba Backstreet Wine Salon Bad to the Bone BBQ Uno’s on Mill Ave Pie Zano’s Town and Country location — Arrowhead is still…
February brought a revamped El Chorro, a new location for Long Wongs and another America’s Taco Shop. Here is a quick look back on what’s new Cielo at the Mondrian America’s Taco Shop on 7th ave Mabel’s on Main Lobbys Beef, Burgers and Dogs Robbie Fox’s Public House Cartel Coffee…
Looking for the latest in tasty television? Need to know the need-to-watch episodes of your favorite foodie shows? Chow Bella is here to help. We’re reviewing the most delectable and dreadful with a handy, must-see schedule so you won’t miss a thing. Sure, the Oscars feature “brave” actors and actresses…
Another week has come and gone leaving us to ponder the upcoming events that will shape our lives and, more importantly, our dinners out. But before we move on, let’s have one last look at the blog posts from this week: Tempe Farmers’ Markets Suffering From Identity Crisis The Ritz-Carlton’s…
5.) Pizza Vending Machine: Italy Who needs to watch a pizza being hand-tossed by a chef when they can watch Roberto the Pizza-Producing Robot slide it out of his exit chute? After choosing one of four varieties (Margherita, bacon, ham, or fresh veggies), hungry-for-crap patrons watch through a window as…
Molecular gastronomy (not the after-effect of eating too many black bean, spicy sausage and cheese nachos) is a scientific discipline that studies the physical and chemical processes that occur while cooking. Wonder what it tastes like? Find out in this seven-part series. Blundering down the slippery slope of last week’s…
