Roy’s Restaurant – Phoenix, Arizona
“Viejo El Viento,” one of my favorite songs during my youth in Peñasco asked “como vas a comparar el original…
Pomo Pizzeria – Scottsdale, Arizona
When you visit the Valley of the Sun, the very last thing you expect is a record-setting, all-day rain that…
Tapas Papa Frita – Scottsdale, Arizona
While dining at a restaurant in Phoenix, our stomachs roiled a bit as a pesky fly took a nosedive into…
Barrio Cafe – Phoenix, Arizona
A neighborhood should never be defined solely by grids and lines on a map or by a physical area where…
TONY CAPUTO’S MARKET & DELI – Salt Lake City, Utah
Most of us know someone like Lucy Van Pelt, the irascible, bossy, highly opinionated diva in the syndicated Peanuts comic…
Banbury Cross Donuts – Salt Lake City, Utah
“Ride a cockhorse to Banbury Cross, To see a fine lady upon a white horse; Rings on her fingers and…
Nomad East – Salt Lake City, Utah
A-Team leader “Hannibal” Smith (George Peppard) used to say, “I love it when a plan comes together.” We learned during…
Harvest – Park City, Utah
Park City consistently ranks as Utah’s most expensive place to live with a $1.4 million median home price (as of…
Freshie’s Lobster Co. – Salt Lake City, Utah
The best lobster in the world? In Salt Lake City? That’s as improbable as the Detroit Lions winning a Super…
Proper Burger – Salt Lake City, Utah
Television would have you believe Mars and Venus have different ideas as to what constitutes the proper way to eat…
Les Madeleine’s Patisserie Cafe – Salt Lake City, Utah
About fifteen years ago, Becky Mercuri, a highly-regarded food writer from upstate New York contacted me about a book she…
Sweet Lake Biscuits & Limeaid
In 2008, Natchez, Mississippi, was officially named the Biscuit Capital of the World, a process which took three years of…
Desert Bistro – Moab, Utah
My Kim didn’t buy my explanation that Moab is an acronym standing for “Mother Of All Buffets.” She did find…
Delvin’s Restaurant & Catering – Amarillo, Texas
Throughout its storied history, Amarillo’s culinary reputation has been based primarily on one kind of food: beef. That’s no surprise…
It’s A Punjabi Affair – Amarillo, Texas
During our last full year at Intel, my friend Bill Resnik and I had the distinct honor and privilege of…
The Big Texan Steak Ranch – Amarillo, Texas
If you’ve ever wondered about the meaning of the line “I’ll be lookin’ for eight when they pull that gate”…