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Recipe: Costantino’s Pasta Salad

May 10, 12 Recipe: Costantino’s Pasta Salad

Posted by in Featured, Products & Gadgets, Recipes

Local resident Christopher Costantino recently added three new spice blends to his line of gourmet food products – Costantino’s Kitchen. You may remember our write-up about his Grandma Angie’s Tomato Basil Italian Pasta Sauce and garlic oils here. The new spice blends include: The Tuscan Steak Rub – described as “A perfect...

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Recap: Distrito’s Catena Winery Dinner

May 08, 12 Recap: Distrito’s Catena Winery Dinner

Posted by in Featured, Restaurants, Scottsdale

April 25th, The Saguaro’s Distrito held a winemaker dinner featuring Catena Winery from Mendoza. The evening began in the restaurant’s private dining room, which opens up to the patio for al fresco dining. Tables were set elegantly, each with a lone cactus as its centerpiece and take-home info about the winery. Wine glasses and...

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Arizona Stronghold Centennial White: A blend to celebrate Arizona

May 07, 12 Arizona Stronghold Centennial White: A blend to celebrate Arizona

Posted by in Drinks, Featured

If you’re searching out a wine to go with that seafood spread, it’s hard to beat our own Arizona blends. Of course, just to make things interesting, Arizona’s white blends not only jump all over our state’s map, but also all over the taste chart. Their bouquets can be one or a combination of citrusy, flowery, bready, stony,...

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Piqued by the ‘Peaks’

May 02, 12 Piqued by the ‘Peaks’

Posted by in Featured, Opinion, Scottsdale

With the recent news that restaurant chain Twin Peaks is set to open three more Valley locations, I thought I might take a guess at where the new locations could go: Gilbert – Instead of 19 and 20 year college girls, the ‘Real Housewives of Gilbert’ can take center stage as the Lumber-Jills. Cen-Pho/So-Pho Corridor...

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Save the date: 3rd Annual Bite Nite scheduled for June 9 at Arizona Biltmore

May 02, 12 Save the date: 3rd Annual Bite Nite scheduled for June 9 at Arizona Biltmore

Posted by in Featured, Festivals

Mark your calendars: The 3rd annual Bite Night culinary fundraiser and competition is set for Saturday, June 9th at 6pm at the Arizona Biltmore. Guests are invited to fill their breadbaskets with bites from participating restaurants including appetizers, entree samples, desserts and drinks, all while raising money for a great cause....

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Whoop it up!

May 01, 12 Whoop it up!

Posted by in Featured, Products & Gadgets

What is a whoopie pie? Besides deliciousness, it’s basically part cookie and part cupcake transformed into a ridiculously good sweet-treat that, if done right, can turn any bad day to good. Jennifer Brya and Karen Linkins whip up these tasty little delights on nights and weekends when they aren’t busy with their day jobs –...

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