Tag: Geek Eats
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Culinary Cameo- Perry Rea
Greetings Foodies! Welcome to Culinary Cameos! In a slight change of pace, today’s cameo will not feature a chef, but a different type of member of the culinary community. Today’s interview is with Perry Rea, olive oil sommelier and owner of the Queen Creek Olive Mill. As many of you know, I absolutely adore the…
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Creating Yummy Star Wars Shaped Jell-O Treats
Star Wars and Jell-O? Odd combination, right? Just the other day I thought the same thing too until I saw a set of Star War Jell-O molds at my local grocery store. It took me a few moments to figure out if I indeed really need this product and the answer was obviously yes! Before…
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Eat Well: Spring Arizona Restaurant Week Returns May 15-25
Spring Arizona Restaurant Week (ARW), held May 15-25 will be a prime opportunity to check out hot new restaurants or rediscover old favorites. During the Spring edition of ARW, over 100 Phoenix restaurants will offer a selection of chef-curated, specialty menus priced at $33 or $44 per person, excluding beverages, tax and gratuity unless otherwise…
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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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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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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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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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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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Spring Has Sprung – Geeks Corner – Episode 425
Spring has sprung at the Disneyland Resort…and the rest of Southern California (perhaps not everywhere else though). With the coming of spring, we’ve also done some rearranging and changing in the Corner. This is the first of several changes that will be coming to Geeks Corner, nothing insanely big but we think it’ll make for…
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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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4th Annual AZ Wine & Dine Returns to Scottsdale Quarter April 2nd 2015
SCOTTSDALE, AZ (March 13, 2015) — The Valley’s stars of the culinary scene will gather at the hip, urban setting of Scottsdale Quarter, for a high-energy and upscale celebration of food and wine, at the fourth annual AZ Wine & Dine, hosted by the Arizona Lodging & Tourism Association, Thursday, April 2, from 5:00-8:00 pm.…
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Pretty Little Bakers – Geeks Corner – Episode 423
Welcome to this week’s very special edition of Geeks Corner! We are joined this week by special guest Kellie Knezovich from Pretty Little Bakers! Before we get to the baked goods, let’s take a look at what is going on in the news. Disney in Geek News: Disney California Adventure Park to Open ‘Smokejumpers Grill’…
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Third Annual Eight’s Check, Please! Arizona Festival Set for Sunday March 22, 2015
Phoenix, Ariz. (Feb. 18, 2015) – While the Emmy Award-winning television hit, Eight’s, Check, Please! Arizona continues unabated, its culinary cousin, Eight’s Check, Please! Arizona Festival continues on its own glorious path for a third straight year of pleasing fans of local, independent eateries, celebrated once again, Sun., March 22, 2015, 11am-3pm at CityScape in…
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Culinary Cameo- Chef Ivan Flowers
Greetings Foodies! We are very lucky to be joined by one of my newest Twitter followers, who happens to not only be a very prestigious chef but also spent time teaching in my town in Arizona! I’m speaking of none other than Chef Ivan Flowers, of Top of the Market Restaurant. Chef Ivan Flowers brings…
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Foodie Adventures- Queen Creek Olive Mill
Greetings Foodies! Welcome to the first of the newly dubbed Foodie Adventures! Today I’m going to write about a trip that Mister and I took to the Queen Creek Olive Mill a few weekends ago. Located in Queen Creek, Arizona (about an hour outside of Phoenix) the Queen Creek Olive Mill boasts 16 varieties of…
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Culinary Cameo- Food Hero Mimi Kozma
Greetings Foodies! Welcome to the newly named Culinary Cameos! In these blogs we will feature interviews with people from various areas of the culinary world. We are fortunate to have had the opportunity to interview Mimi Kozma. Mimi is the host of a web show called “Food Hero Mimi Kozma”. “Food Hero Mimi Kozma” is…
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Yelp Snack Stadium Fascinates and Feeds
Greetings Foodies and Happy Super Bowl Sunday! Today’s Geek Eats is close to home, literally! Glendale Arizona is the host of this year’s Super Bowl. That means that my home of Scottsdale Arizona was the host of a Fan Fest event. One of the highlights of this was the Yelp Snack Stadium. The Yelp Snack…
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Boudin Bakery Tour Returns to Disney California Adventure
Fans of sourdough bread will be happy to hear that the Boudin Bakery Tour has reopened at Disney California Adventure. With a mix of old and new, the tour is now themed more in line with an older time period with an older panel truck in front and some other theming details that take guests…
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Geek Eats- Super Bowl Treats (plus Crab Spinach Artichoke Dip Recipe)
Greetings Foodies! Its Super Bowl week! Am I excited because it is being played here in Arizona? Nope. Am I excited because I like the Seattle Seahawks or the New England Patriots? Nope. I’m excited because of all of the great Super Bowl party food! Super Bowl parties are pretty much the only reason I…
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Geek Eats- Spam Musubi (plus Spam Musubi Taco Recipe)
Aloha Foodies! Welcome to the newest Geek Eats! You may have noticed by my greeting that there is a definite theme to today’s blog. Today’s blog features on of my newest food loves, Spam Musubi! For those of you who have never had it, Spam musubi is a shaped block of rice (about the size…
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Geek Eats- DC's 2015 Food Resolutions
Greetings Foodies! Happy 2015! Every New Year, people make resolutions on things what want to do or change during that year. I thought to myself what types of resolutions would I make and not surprisingly most involved food. So here are my food resolutions for this year: 1. Cook at least 10 new recipes- I…
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Delicious Veggie Plate at Disney California Adventure Park's Carthay Circle Restaurant Will Make Your Mouth Water
Dining at the Disneyland Resort is always a fun experience. You are able to try so many different types and styles of food. As a vegetarian, eating at the resort is not as hard as you think. There are plenty of options to try, just like everyone else. If you see something on the menu…