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Food ReviewsRamen Sense: Chef Jared Lupin’s Shio So Simple Ramen Recipe
Madison RutherfordJuly 31, 2020
Spice things up with this ramen recipe from an acclaimed Valley culinarian.
From Glendale to Mesa, find fabulous foodstuffs for your next cooking project at these Asian markets specializing in rare spices and uncommon produce.
Here’s a small snapshot of the takeout scene in the Valley this summer.
Your continued support of local craft beer will help these Arizona breweries stay open and allow them to crank out these fresh beauties every single week. Cheers!
We could all use an excuse to drink these days. Conveniently, today is National Tequila Day! Celebrate this boozy occasion with these to-go tipples – and one dine-in treat. We’ll drink to that! Teaspressa Teaspressa provides premixed and premeasured non-alcoholic ingredients in its Green Gold Tequila Cocktail Kit – just add tequila! The kit includes Teaspressa’s signature Green Gold Tea, lime juice, agave syrup and Pellegrino Blood Orange sparking water. Each kit is $9 and...
In our latest look at the Valley’s growing beer scene, we’re headed to Chandler to check out the Helluva Brewing.
Desert DigestThirsty Thursday for July 23: New Craft Beer Releases from Arizona Breweries
Matthew JohnsonJuly 23, 2020
Raise a glass to toast with one or more of these tasty new craft beer offerings from breweries across Arizona.
Desert DigestThe PHX Sampler Packages Provide Local Products to the Community
Marilyn HawkesJuly 22, 2020
Looking for a good way to boost the local economy? Alexhandra Hotko of Hotko Bread Co. has put together The PHX Sampler, a selection of local products that you can order online and have delivered to your door. Hotko’s mission is to get local products into the hands of residents and visitors who may not be leaving home because of the pandemic or don’t know where to shop for them. The samplers come in three...
Desert DigestHappy Hour at Home: Postino’s Spritz Kitz & Food for the Crew
Leah LeMoineJuly 16, 2020
As the pandemic plods along and I continue to largely self-quarantine at home with my partner, our dogs and my mother, I have been coming up with imaginative and increasingly desperate ways to pretend like I’m somewhere else. I know I’m not the only one. I’ve read articles about parents setting up in-home “pub crawls” for their newly 21-year-olds, Zoom dance parties for milestone birthdays and virtual tours of tropical isles. I read a great essay by a kindred spirit who opened a “pretend restaurant” for...
Many people know Alex Stratta as a Michelin-starred, James Beard award-winning chef. His storied career includes stints at Mary Elaine’s at The Phoenician, the eponymous Alex restaurant inside the Wynn Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, and most recently as executive chef of Wright’s at Arizona Biltmore. After enjoying top billing at many fine dining restaurants locally and in Las Vegas, Stratta is pivoting and opening a casual restaurant, Stratta Kitchen in Scottsdale. The restaurant,...
Desert DigestThirsty Thursday: New Craft Beer Releases from AZ Breweries
Matthew JohnsonJuly 9, 2020
Here's all the new craft beers released from Arizona breweries for this week.
Desert DigestBeer of the Month: Top Secret Battle Monkey from The Beer Research Institute
Craig OuthierJuly 7, 2020
100 international bitterness units (IBUs) in a double IPA? That must translate into some face-melting hops bitterness, right? Magically, it does not with this superbly tuned hammer of a beer from Mesa-based The Beer Research Institute. Employing Citra and Denali hops for a citrus-pineapple punch, the brewers employ “zero-second,” after-boil late hopping to “avoid that overpowering bitterness,” according to manager Zack Forsythe. “It’s an amazingly balanced beer for how heavy it is.” Now available in...
Temporarily closing FnB, the little gin joint I help run in Scottsdale, due to COVID-19 was challenging and sad. In stark contrast, my other life in Baja Arizona has never been busier. The vineyards don’t stop growing at Los Milics, our nascent winery in Sonoita, so my wife and I have been hard at work. For the last couple of months, we’ve been finalizing trellis architecture. In 2019, we finally put our own vines in...