Food and travel. Writer, former dining critic, enthusiast. Past bylines: @PhoenixMagazine @MLScottsdale @phxhomegarden @Phaidon @mlscottsdale
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Fun to contribute! @youngandfoodish, @Phaidon's go-to slice guide @wheretoeatpizza out soon: bit.ly/WXEP
The Michelin Guide is coming to Arizona (and more states in the SW), via @phoenixnewtimes phoenixnewtimes.com/food-dri… @MichelinGuideNA
Congrats to Mister Pio on making @Eater’s Best New Restaurants 2025. Phoenix proud; well deserved. 🌵 youtu.be/DytI6AwqYHw?si=x_Dc…
“It’s a reflection of us falling in love…and collecting recipes along the way,” says Yotaka. “We just want to show what we like.” Congrats to @foodandwine Best New Chef Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong in #Phoenix #fwbnc foodandwine.com/2025-best-ne…
World’s 50 Best Restaurants list for 2025 announced last week. Read full list: theworlds50best.com/stories/… #Worlds50Best #50BestRestaurants
Congrats and lots of local #Phoenix love for chef Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong! 🌵❤️ James @beardfoundation’s 2025 “Best Chef Southwest”.
From @phoenixnewtimes: phoenixnewtimes.com/restaura… #dtphx #myphx
“…Wine retail shop, wine bar and casual French bistro all under one roof.” [at Jamie’s Bottle Shop in #Scottsdale] phoenixnewtimes.com/restaura… (Cc: @georgannyara, @phoenixnewtimes)
For my F&B/hospitality friends in search of a worthy, industry-specific organization to help those affected/displaced by the #LosAngeles fires, see link below. 🖤 (*also follow @AnotherRoundAR on X/IG)
👉 Info + donate: give.anotherroundanotherrall…
A little #Phoenix dining love from the @nytimes today in their annual list of top restaurants in America. Big congrats to #MrBaans (and the larger Lom Wong’s team)! 🌵🖤
Full list: nytimes.com/interactive/2024…
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BREAKING: The World's 50 Best Hotels 2024 have been revealed! Learn more here: bit.ly/W50BH24
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Michelin Guide awards 7 Arizona hotels with new Key designations — 1 with top honors azcentral.com/story/travel/a…
Cheers to the final weeks of (another) summer in the desert at a new and delicious favorite, @kidsisterphx. 🌵
More on #Switzerland soon, too, on my IG/TT. The sheer magnitude of this tiny country left me both thrilled and stunned—in all the best ways.🇨🇭
Big congrats and ample Arizona love to Phoenix’s two 2024 @beardfoundation finalists announced today - #ReneAndrade of Bacanora (“Best Chef Southwest”) and #CrystalKass of Valentine (“Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker”). Huge honors to have made it this far and well-deserved. 🌵🖤 #JBFA – at Phoenix, AZ
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Congratulations to the Restaurant and Chef nominees, Leadership Award honorees, and Lifetime Achievement and Humanitarian of the Year honorees for the 2024 James Beard Awards presented by @CapitalOne! View this year’s list: bit.ly/3J1VlcG
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'That was my opus': Phoenix's most iconic chef is closing her historic Mexican restaurant azcentral.com/story/entertai…
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Chef behind Otro Cafe and Gallo Blanco to open new Phoenix restaurant. Everything to know azcentral.com/story/entertai…
