Desert DigestCheck Out the 22 Arizona Chefs and Restaurants That Are Nominated for James Beard Awards This Year
If they weren’t over already, the days of Arizona being remotely regarded as a culinary backwater are demonstrably in the past. Or should be, at least. Don’t believe me? Check out the semifinalists for this year’s James Beard Awards. There’s at least one Arizona nominee in every delicious category (not counting the regional categories, obviously). Check them out, then make reservations: Best New Restaurant: Vecina, Phoenix Outstanding Baker: Don Guerra; Barrio Bread, Tucson Outstanding Bar...


















