Category: Media

West Alley BBQ in downtown Chandler makes an appearance on the Cooking Channel’s ‘‘Man Fire Food’’ at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28 (although the showtime may vary depending on your TV provider). According to the cable network’s description of the episode:

Happy New Year! Before we roll onward into 2018, let’s take one last look at what made news in the East Valley food and beverage scene in 2017. Here are last year’s top 10 posts, ranked by the number of

‘‘Gonormous Food,’’ a new Food Network show that seeks out ‘‘the biggest and tastiest foods in America,’’ filmed for nearly eight hours today at El Palacio Mexican Restaurant & Cantina in Chandler. The show, which debuted in January, focused its spotlight on El

Former Arizona Republic restaurant critic Howard Seftel, who parted ways with the newspaper in 2015, has returned to the Valley food scene with a new online video series. Entitled ‘‘Turning the Tables with Howard Seftel,’’ the five-minute videos are intended to give

Kudos to Valley food writer Gwen Ashley Walters, who won one of the top awards Wednesday at the annual Association of Food Journalists conference in Seattle. Walters took first place for Best Non-Newspaper Food Feature for ‘‘Saintly Stockers,’’ which appeared in

When Channel 8’s popular ‘‘Check, Please! Arizona’’ returns in January, the TV show will have a new host – Mark Tarbell. The longtime Valley chef and restaurateur (pictured above), best-known for his eponymous Tarbell’s at 32nd Street and Camelback, will replace

If you’re a fan of train-wreck television, you’ll probably want to check out this weekend’s episode of ‘‘Bar Rescue’’ on Spike TV. The show, hosted by nightlife expert and Frankenstein’s monster lookalike Jon Taffer, visited the former Baseline Sports Pub