2017 Restaurant Bucket List
A Phoenix food writer, Dana Vollmer with cocktailsandcactus.com, encouraged a group of local food writers to come up with a restaurant “bucket list” for 2017. These would include a list…
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Explore Arizona: Sunrise Park and Navajo County
When Hubby and I were courting some 25-odd years ago, we spent many weekends exploring the beauty and diversity of this great state of Arizona. It is not all cacti…
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It’s a Sunday Affair
During our Harvest Dinner (https://www.texaztaste.com/harvest-dinner/), Aaron Chamberlin, chef and owner of St. Francis and Phoenix Public Market, and I hatched a plan to collaborate on a Sunday brunch. We called…
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Marcella Dreams of Uchi
With the closing of ShinBay in Scottsdale, I have been eagerly searching for sushi of the same caliber. As luck would have it, we had plans to travel to Dallas…
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Char Kitchen + Bar Scottsdale
Father/Son duo, Peter and Pal Micakaj, have taken over the space in Hilton Village vacated by Bink’s Kitchen +Bar. Peter, Albanian by birth, immigrated to the US in the 60’s…
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Harvest Dinner
I am constantly amazed by the fact that I cannot remember where I placed my coffee mug, yet I can remember the exact details from a meal of ratatouille I…
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Fair Fare
I experienced a “first” last weekend…my “first State Fair”. And not just any State Fair, but the State Fair of Texas. I cannot believe I went to college in Dallas and…
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Santa Maria-Style Barbecue
You may recall in my post, Aspen Food & Wine Classic 2016 (https://www.texaztaste.com/aspen-food-wine-classic-2016/), I attended a class where Tyler Florence extolled the virtues of Santa Maria-style barbecue. Santa Maria-style barbecue…
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Entertaining in the Desert, Part Three
While I am adding the finishing touches to some longer posts, I will share with you photos from a dinner party I hosted over the weekend. We were celebrating two milestone…
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BBVA – El Celler de Can Roca Tour 2016
My first thought when I was invited to this dinner was, “What does a bank and (quite literally) one of the best restaurants in the world, El Celler de Can…
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