Food & Drink
Posted on: November 22nd, 2010
by Amy Martin
This week, a new restaurant opens its doors in Scottsdale on November 24th: Local Bistro. Local Bistro will celebrate the flavors of Italy, France and Spain through its chic, yet...
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Posted on: November 19th, 2010
by Amy Martin
Who doesn’t like ice cream? Who doesn’t like arcade game? No one… right? The grown-up stresses of life make us all secretly wish that we could be a kid again, enjoying...
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Posted on: November 15th, 2010
by Amy Martin
These two herbs are kissing cousins, they are so closely related. They are native to the Mediterranean region and appear in Italian, French and Greek cooking with great frequency. They...
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Posted on: November 15th, 2010
by Amy Martin
Phoenix is smack dab in the Southwest, so any respectable kitchen herb garden needs to have some herbs native to the Southwest. I’ve already talked about Mediterranean oregano which is...
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Posted on: November 15th, 2010
by Amy Martin
Don’t you just love those names? Delicata sounds like a classical music direction (as in soto voce) and dumplings sound like, well, soft, round, pillowy things. What they are really,...
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Posted on: November 12th, 2010
by PhoenixBites
The holiday season is quickly approaching us! In many Italian American homes, an absolute staple during the holidays is the pasta dish, which is served before your main. The thought...
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Posted on: November 12th, 2010
by Tom Peiffer
Most people know about “road beers”, those bottles and cans you carefully select for the picnic cooler, or to pass around to celebrate once you’re checked into the hotel. Just...
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Posted on: November 12th, 2010
by Amy Martin
Saturday, November 6th, PhoenixBites headed out to The Festival at The Farm in hopes of tasting some of the greatest wines we’ve ever encountered. And we did. We were lucky...
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Posted on: November 9th, 2010
by Tom Peiffer
Most of us will agree that wines made from the Chardonnay grape are the most popular whites on the market. Nearly every wine growing region in the world offers them...
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Posted on: September 13th, 2010
by Amy Martin
One morning, much like every other morning, I found myself without breakfast and needing a quick pick-me-up. Einstein’s, at 7th street and McDowell was on my path and a bagel...
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