Category: Guides
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Refresh Glass: Upcycling at its Finest
Happy Earth Day Foodies! I wanted to write a blog that was food based, topical and not preachy. There is so much negativity floating around the culinary world in regards to sustainability, GMOs, etc. I decided that I wanted to write about something positive and recently at Devoured Phoenix, Mister and I received some amazing…
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Check Out the Fresh Caprese Sandwich at Downtown Disney’s La Brea Bakery Express
Quick, simple and delicious. That is something you might be keeping in mind when running around all day at the Disneyland Resort. You know you will be hungry and if you have a day jam packed with things to do, finding food that is ready to go is key. Over at the La Brea Bakery in…
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Culinary Cameo- Chef Nobuo Fukuda
Greetings Foodies! Welcome to Culinary Cameos! This week we are featuring James Beard award winning chef Nobuo Fukuda owner of Nobuo at Teeter House. I met Chef Fukuda at Check, Please! Arizona Festival and was instantly drawn to his charismatic yet humble demeanor. My love of Japanese food also increased my desire to speak with…
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Portobello & Vegetable Sandwich Lands at Disneyland Park’s Tomorrowland Terrace
3…2…1…Blast off! Out there in the wonderful land of Tomorrowland at the Disneyland Resort, there is some scrumptious food awaiting to be explored. More specifically, Tomorrowland Terrace. This quick service dining location offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Items such as hamburgers, chicken salads and more can be found at this dining location. For vegetarians, here…
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The Great Arizona Picnic Shows Why The Phoenix Food Scene is Great!
Greetings Foodies! The Scottsdale Culinary Festival wrapped up this weekend! As I mentioned in my recap of the Wine and Chocolate Event, this year they celebrated their 37th anniversary, which makes it the longest running event of its type in the nation. The Festival hosted over 35,000 guests, 20 events, 100 restaurants, dozens of top…
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Culinary Cameo- Chef Christopher Gross
Greetings Foodies! Welcome to our latest Culinary Cameo featuring James Beard award winner Chef Christopher Gross. I had the pleasure of meeting Chef Gross at Check, Please! Arizona Festival after his panel with other James Beard award winners from Arizona. His unique attitude towards food, the culinary industry and life in general intrigued me (not…
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Olive Blossom Festival Comes to Queen Creek Olive Mill
Queen Creek Olive Mill, 25062 S. Meridian Road, Queen Creek, AZ 85142 is hosting their annual Olive Blossom Festival with special weekend events, live music, and great food April 11 – May 10. “April is the best time to visit the Olive Mill – the weather is great, it’s our 10th anniversary and the festival…
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Decadent Delights Wow at Scottsdale Culinary Festival’s Wine and Chocolate Event
Greetings Foodies! The Scottsdale Culinary Festival has begun! This year they are celebrating their 37th anniversary, which makes it the longest running event of its type in the nation. The Festival hosts over 35,000 guests, 20 events, 100 restaurants, dozens of top chefs and countless fine wine and spirit selections. The six day festival offers…
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The most Sparkly shoes in all the land! Artist Spotlight with Sparkle with Steph
One of my most favorite things is meeting and getting to know other artists who share the same passion for Disney. I was most privileged to interview the lovely Stephanie aka “Sparkle with Steph” about her absolutely stunning line of glitter shoes. I first spotted her on instagram by chance, and fell instantaneously in love with…
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Which Sense Is Strongest At Disney Parks?
The Disney Parks are great for the senses of a person. The theme parks are known for great smells and taste of food, and notorious odors of rides. There are sounds galore, whether it’s music from a parade or the background noise of the windows on Main Street. Then there’s sight. It’s been known that…
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Disneyland’s Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante Spices Up Your Typical Salad With a Vegetarian Tostada Salad
If you are looking to add a little flavor to your typical salad, how about a Tostada Salad with Sautéed Vegetables? Located at the Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante in Disneyland Park, this item will surely take your taste-buds on an adventure. This salad comes with a variety of toppings and will leave you feeling full. The Tostada…
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Update with Amanda Jane
Things have been moving along pretty quickly for Amanda Jane Designs since we last checked in on her. This last week we chatted with her and got some awesome updates to what’s been going on in her shop! A couple of updates since my last interview! I created a new Cinderella necklace after the…
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Avengers Half Marathon Registration is Open!
Avengers Assemble! Today marked the open registration call for the runDisney Avengers Super Hero Half Marathon Weekend! Active.com opened up for participants at 9am PST to try to grab a spot before the individual races sold out. As of the time of this posting here are the stats…
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6th Annual Arizona BBQ Festival Returns to Salt River Fields
Scottsdale, Ariz. (March 26, 2015) – The 6th Annual Arizona BBQ Festival azbbqfestival.com returns to Salt River Fields Sat., May 2, from 12-10pm. The more than 25 top barbecue purveyors are only part of what’s expected to draw the 15,000-plus people, making it the “Biggest Honky Tonk in Town.” REDNECK GAMES. Back by popular demand…
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Disneyland's Innoventions – The Top Floor – Daps From the Past
In 1998 a revamp of Tomorrowland was completed at Disneyland. Among the changes that occurred was taking the Carousel Theater, which once housed attractions such as the Carousel of Progress and America Sings, and turned it into a west coast version of Innoventions. Innoventions has been a longtime pavilion at Epcot, and it made its…
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Disney California Adventure's Lucky Fortune Cookery Dishes Out Vegetarian Asian Cuisine
The Disneyland Resort offers a variety of flavors when it comes to food. We all know that the resort holds some pretty yummy veggie burgers, pasta and more, but one vegetarian item I would like to share today is something you might be missing. Located at the Lucky Fortune Cookery at Disney California Adventure Park,…
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Culinary Cameo- Chef Justin Beckett
Greetings Foodies! Welcome to our newest Culinary Cameo! Today’s interview is with my local food hero, Chef Justin Beckett, owner of Beckett’s Table and Southern Rail. You might remember Beckett’s Table from my Arizona Restaurant Week review. I was fortunate to meet him at Devoured Phoenix. After embarrassing myself by volunteering to peel eggs with…
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Should Disneyland Tickets Have Tax?
OC Register has an article discussing a 20 year pact that Anaheim and Disney has on tickets not being charged a tax (the article is found here). But, this next year the ban could be lifted. The article explains that the ban was enacted as part of a pact that Disney had to improve a…
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Disney California Adventure's Smokejumpers Grill Serving Up Fresh Garden Burgers
Smokejumpers Grill is now officially open in the Grizzly Peak Airfield area of Disney California Adventure Park. With this re-themed land to fully open soon, guests have been able to visit this quick service dining location since that of last week. To see a recap of how this location looks, Mr. DAPs did a great…
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Crowds Flock to CityScape Phoenix for Check, Please! Arizona Festival
Greetings Foodies! Welcome to my recap of the Check, Please! Arizona Festival. The event took place yesterday, Sunday March 22nd 2015 at CityScape in downtown Phoenix Arizona. The event is in its third year and featured 25 restaurants and beverage purveyors. Among them were Frashers, Switch Wine Bar, Durant’s and Cowboy Ciao. In addition to…
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Smokejumpers Grill Now Open at Disney California Adventure's Grizzly Peak Airfield
Today Grizzly Peak Airfield opened its first location in the newly re-themed area: Smokejumpers Grill. This quick serve dining location now serves Bacon Cheddar Burgers, Grilled Chicken & Jack Sandwiches and Chili Cheeseburgers to name a few of the options. The decorations showcases the work of the California Forest Service as it fights forest fires. Grizzly Peak Airfield replaces…
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Early runDisney Registration for Annual Passholders
Great news for Annual Passholders who are ready to start (or already have started) their racing adventures complete with Disney magic! Disney allows a certain amount of early registers for each runDisney event, usually about 2 weeks in advance to regular registration. This helps TREMENDOUSLY when a race is sure to sell out in record time!…
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runDisney Announces New Avengers 10K and Challenge
Some awesome news for all our Disney runners out there! RunDisney released a new video today previewing some exciting changes to the Avengers Half Marathon Weekend. Joining up with the Avengers Super Heroes Half Marathon and the popular 5k, is now a third race: The Captain America 10K! This is super exciting because not only is…