Putting the plant in planet: Earth Plant Based Cuisine
By Jeff Kronenfeld, December 2020 Issue. Ironically, Keyla Aguilar’s journey to veganism began when she worked at a burger joint. Her then manager was a proud vegetarian, [...]
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Valley chefs share their home holiday favorites
By Jeff Kronenfeld, November 2020 Issue. Is there a holiday dish that transports you back in time? For me, it’s my Dad’s latkes. There’s the sound of the oil popping [...]
Turkey hacks: Area Thanksgiving takeout options
By Jeff Kronenfeld, November 2020 Issue. In the play A Woman of No Importance, Oscar Wilde quipped you can forgive anyone after a good meal, even your family. Whether your [...]
Honestly good pie: Pizzería Virtù
By Jeff Kronenfeld, October 2020 Issue. If you’re seeking a slice of pizza that can transport you to the sun-soaked hills of southern Italy, look no further than Pizzería [...]
Seafood in a snap: Trolling Mr. Claws
By Jeff Kronenfeld, September 2020 Issue. Any one of the three combos from Mr. Claws — the East Valley’s newest purveyor of affordable seafood — is a feast in a bag. [...]
COVID-19 LGBTQ business update: Ripple PHX
By Jeff Kronenfeld In this new online column, we catch up with local LGBTQ business owners to see how COVID-19 is affecting them, employees, and customers. If there’s a [...]
COVID-19 LGBTQ business update: Kobalt
By Jeff Kronenfeld In this new online column, we catch up with local LGBTQ business owners to see how COVID-19 is affecting them, employees, and customers. If there’s a [...]
A Hint of Soul and a whole lot of soul food
By Jeff Kronenfeld, August 2020 Issue. Tempe’s newest hidden gem might be called Hint of Soul, but we found an abundance of both flavor and heart in every bite. Tucked into [...]
COVID-19 LGBTQ Business Update: Stacy’s @ Melrose
In this new online column, we catch up with local LGBTQ business owners to see how COVID-19 is affecting them, employees, and customers. If there’s a business serving the [...]
Tailgating with Shameless Burger
By Jeff Kronenfeld, July 2020 Issue. Pink lightening exploded above the McDowell Mountains as we pulled into the parking lot of a nondescript office complex in North [...]
Phoenix Rises Friday, June 19 to benefit Black-led Phoenix charities
By Jeff Kronenfeld For over fifty years, LGBTQ people and their supporters gathered each June at Pride events to demand equal rights and celebrate together. While COVID-19 [...]
Mass movement confronts police violence and structural racism
Story and photos by Jeff Kronenfeld Widescale outrage over the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black father of two, by a Minneapolis Police Department officer on May [...]
Phoenix’s inland sea: diving into Chula Seafood Uptown
By Jeff Kronenfeld, June 2020 Issue. When Chula Seafood Uptown opened last February, it brought the ocean a little closer to Phoenix. This is something of a mission for its [...]
Pair of booking brands and political organizations run emergency rent drive
By Jeff Kronenfeld Briannin Gross loves the Valley’s music and art scenes almost as much the people that make them up. Gross, who uses the pronoun they/them, volunteers as [...]
Baring it all: Dining in with NakedQ
By Jeff Kronenfeld, May 2020 Issue. Two men held an impromptu tailgate party as I pulled into the parking lot for NakedQ in Scottsdale. Don’t worry, they were more than six [...]
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