Archive for May, 2012
Posted on: May 29th, 2012
by Amy Martin
Scottsdale Fashion Square has a new retail store for food and cooking enthusiasts: Sur La Table. The store’s collection of cookware and specialty products includes the world’s finest cookware, bakeware,...
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Posted on: May 29th, 2012
by Tom Peiffer
When an Oregon Pinot is good, it’s really good. Although many of these demand a price, there are some examples that provide much of the bang without having the shell...
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Posted on: May 25th, 2012
by Taryn Jeffries
There are so many phrases that come to mind when trying to describe what I have found in Olive Creations: Hidden Gem, Best Kept Secret, Quiet Genius. Olive Creations embodies...
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Posted on: May 22nd, 2012
by Tom Peiffer
To many people, a wine is all about the label. Some like labels that feature animals, others like clever graphics, while still others are attracted to pictures of the winery....
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Posted on: May 22nd, 2012
by Amy Martin
Local corporation and designer/manufacturer of innovative infant and baby products, Boon Inc., is making snack time more fun for your kiddos with its newly released feeding items for 2012. We’ve...
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Posted on: May 15th, 2012
by Tom Peiffer
It’s Syrahs like this that gives the Aussies serious competition for the casual red wine of choice. With a good price and easy-to-swallow character, Charles Smith Wines’ “Boom Boom” is...
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Posted on: May 10th, 2012
by Amy Martin
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...
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Posted on: May 8th, 2012
by Amy Martin
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...
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Posted on: May 7th, 2012
by Tom Peiffer
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...
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Posted on: May 2nd, 2012
by Rodney Hartwig
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...
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