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Desert DigestHappy Hour: Los Sombreros
Leah LeMoineJune 15, 2020
A few months ago, I asked my colleagues which local restaurants they’d always wanted to try but never got around to visiting. Our answers were varied, interesting and at times a little embarrassing (I don’t want to “out” anyone, but some were jaw-droppers). One of many on my long list was Los Sombreros, which I’d read about years ago as a budding foodie hanging on every word Howard Seftel wrote in The Arizona Republic. That was back when Jeff Smedstad (pre-Elote Café...
Next week, Hulu is releasing a series hosted by Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi, about the search for true American food. Taste the Nation follows Lakshmi as she travels across the country to learn about different styles of American cooking, with a focus on immigrant and indigenous cultures and foods. Lakshmi says, in the official trailer, that “everything that the American cuisine is today is because all these different people and different cultures contributed to it.”...
Desert DigestPHXTogetherLocal Nonprofit Musically Fed Provides Meals to Food Insecure Amid the Pandemic
Madison RutherfordJune 12, 2020
Musically Fed’s mission is simple – to feed the hungry. The Scottsdale-based nonprofit works with musicians, promoters and venues to donate excess tour and backstage catering to the food insecure, homeless and veteran community. Musically Fed’s work is personal for its founder, Maria Brunner, whose late husband was a Vietnam vet. “When he passed away, it became very evident that we should all know more about our vets,” Brunner says. “I felt that in the...
Desert DigestPHXTogether3 Immunity-Boosting Recipes from MIXT Owner Leslie Silverglide
Madison RutherfordJune 9, 2020
According to its owner, health and wellness expert Leslie Silverglide, Scottsdale’s MIXT has been “bringing better eating to everyone” since 2005. That means bringing delicious, healthy meals to its guests, supporting environmental sustainability and contributing to its employees and communities however possible, Silverglide says. MIXT has donated more than 100 meals each week to local first responders, hospitals and to the JoyBus Diner, a local nonprofit that delivers meals to homebound cancer patients. Through the...
Desert DigestPhoenix Black Collective’s Guide to Black-Owned Restaurants in Greater Phoenix
Madison RutherfordJune 5, 2020
Buying from black-owned businesses is a simple, yet important way to show your support to the black community. The Phoenix Black Collective put together a helpful guide to black-owned restaurants in the greater Phoenix area so Valley residents can stand in solidarity with its black community members. You can find the restaurant list on Local First Arizona’s website, as well as other helpful resources. “You can start today, you can start tomorrow — the important thing is...
I don’t normally drink during the day. Certainly not on weekdays, at least. But after a particularly long and stressful “ship week,” the time each month that we proof and edit every page of the magazine multiple times before shipping it to the printer, I couldn’t find it within myself to decline the offer of a media Mid-Day Happy Hour from Daily Dose Kitchen & Bar, which has locations in Old Town Scottsdale, Midtown Phoenix and Tempe. “Hopefully day drinking is a part of your quarantine lifestyle,” Daily...
The first week of June brings us a variety of new releases from craft breweries across Arizona -- from thirst quenching sours to hard hitting stouts and more IPA's than you could try in a weekend. Challenge accepted!
Depending on your sensitivity, it can burn like downing a shot of hot lava and you might feel it tingling in your esophagus for several minutes. But the bright orange Dragon Detox shot at Giving Tree Café ultimately brings more gain than pain, according to owner David Warr. The potent spicy herbal elixir was concocted to provide a quick kick in the proverbial pants for the human immune system – especially important during a pandemic. Warr’s...
Thursday, May 28 is #NationalHamburgerDay according to the National Day Calendar and everyone using that hashtag across social media. That gives us an opportunity to look closer at the ten burger joints nominated for Best of the Valley 2020. (Voting ends May 31 at noon)
Every Tuesday and Wednesday after 3 p.m., Whyld Ass Grill owner Keith Wyatt sets several quarts of soup outside the door of his vegan restaurant in Phoenix for anyone to take. It’s a gesture of gastronomic goodwill from someone who knows what it’s like to struggle. Wyatt had barely reopened after recovering from flooding when he shuttered amid coronavirus concerns. Since the pandemic, he’s had to lay off 85 percent of the staff at his...
CocktailsDesert DigestNational Craft Distillery Day: Best Distilleries in Arizona
Matthew JohnsonMay 22, 2020
May 22 is designated as “National Craft Distillery Day” and in Arizona, it’s easy to find a local spirit maker to lift a glass to and support. Here are 14 distillers we’ve written about over the years. Read responsibly. Cheers! Adventurous Stills 2125 E. 5th St. Tempe 480-292-8770, adventstills.com Winner of ‘Best Distillery’ in the 2019 Best of the Valley from PHOENIX magazine. *Vote for Best of the Valley 2020 here* Arizona Distilling Co. 601...
Desert DigestThirsty Thursday: New Craft Beer Releases for Memorial Day Weekend
Matthew JohnsonMay 21, 2020
Head into the long holiday weekend as a beer boss, a suds stud or an IPA MVP by picking up one of these brand new craft beer releases from breweries around Arizona.