Arizona Oddities

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Your Guides
  • Departments
    • Art
    • Dose of History
    • Culture
    • Natural Surroundings
    • Odd Observations
    • Weather Talk
    • Food & Dining
    • Small Town Scene
    • Recreation
    • Only in Arizona
  • Get the Books
  • Contact Us

logo

Arizona Oddities

  • Home
  • Your Guides
  • Departments
    • Art
    • Dose of History
    • Culture
    • Natural Surroundings
    • Odd Observations
    • Weather Talk
    • Food & Dining
    • Small Town Scene
    • Recreation
    • Only in Arizona
  • Get the Books
  • Contact Us

Tag: food

Home›Posts Tagged "food"
  • Arizona State Sign
    Food & Dining
    By Andrea Aker
    September 11, 2014
    1680
    0

    Quirky Haunts to Eat Your Way Through Arizona

    While Arizona is home to several upscale dining establishments that meet the most discriminating palates, the state is also home to several fun and kitschy places to nosh at as well. Whether diners are on a road trip or just seeking out the unusual, below are some suggestions for AAA One and Two Diamond ...
    Read More
  • Food & DiningNatural Surroundings
    By Andrea Aker
    November 5, 2013
    2249
    1

    The Making Of Olive Oil Slippery Job

    Q: Being Canadian and never having seen real olive trees, I am delighted to find one on my daughter’s property in Paradise Valley. What do you do with them? I have visions of dancing and crushing them beneath our callused Canadian feet for the first press of a famous new olive oil. A: One day ...
    Read More
  • CultureFood & DiningSouthern Arizona
    By Sam Lowe
    September 21, 2013
    1076
    0

    A Stompin’ Good Time at the Harvesting of the Vine Festival

    ELGIN - Deep within the souls of most human beings, there lies this urge to jump into a vat of freshly picked grapes and stomp. Most never get to satisfy this yearning, but occasionally a small window of opportunity arises. One is the Harvesting of the Vine Festival, scheduled this year for Sept. 28-29.
    Read More
  • Food & DiningOnly in ArizonaValley of the Sun
    By Andrea Aker
    July 5, 2013
    3848
    4

    World’s Largest Pipe Organ Delights Pizza Lovers in Mesa

    MESA – Organ Stop Pizza possesses all the ingredients of a great pizza parlor, yet people aren’t just drawn here for the Spicy Italian or Hawaiian pies. They are mesmerized by the melodies of The Mighty Wurlitzer – the world’s largest pipe organ.
    Read More
  • Food & Dining
    By Andrea Aker
    October 25, 2012
    3413
    4

    Quick Facts About Tamales

    Mmmm, tamales. I wonder if my neighbor is going to make tamales this year. She brought some over last year, and they were great. I should start buttering her up. Maybe I’ll wash her car or something like that. Anyway, eating a tamale is pretty simple, really. You just unwrap it and eat it. Whatever ...
    Read More
  • Food & Dining
    By Andrea Aker
    October 2, 2012
    2057
    2

    What’s the Origin of Chili?

    ​Q: A friend of mine and I are having a disagreement on the origins of chili.I say chili came from Mexico and contains chile peppers and beans. She says chili originated in the Southwest and contains chile peppers and meat. Can you let us know which one of us is correct?
    Read More
  • Food & Dining
    By Andrea Aker
    May 24, 2012
    1199
    1

    Quick and Easy Salsa Recipe

    About once a month, we’re bringing you a scrumptious and doable recipe with a southwestern flare. This salsa recipe was originally published in Clay Thompson’s Enormously Big Official Valley 101 Cookbook. Do you have a recipe you’d like to share? Whether you’re a professional chef or home cook, we want to hear from you. Submit ...
    Read More
  • Green Chiles
    Food & DiningWeather Talk
    By Andrea Aker
    May 7, 2012
    2361
    2

    Eat Spicy Foods to Cool Off?

    Q: My husband insists that eating hot, spicy food during hot weather actually helps you cool off. He is wrong about so many things. Please tell him he is wrong about this. I think he’s going to give himself a stroke.
    Read More
  • Food & DiningSmall Town SceneSouthern Arizona
    By Andrea Aker
    January 15, 2012
    3372
    0

    Move Over Chicago, Best Franks Found at Jimmy’s Hot Dog Company in Bisbee

    BISBEE - The iconic Chicago hot dog: an all-beef frank topped with tomato, pickles, relish, onions, sport peppers, mustard and celery salt, all encased in a poppy seed bun. Seems simple enough, but any Chicagoan will tell you that us Arizonans just can't master this highly acclaimed recipe. Yet unbeknownst to most Windy City transplants
    Read More
  • Food & DiningValley of the Sun
    By Andrea Aker
    December 9, 2011
    1852
    0

    Four Seasons Chef Shares Chilaquiles Recipe

    Meliton “Mel” Mecinas, executive chef of the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North, cooks breakfast for his two boys nearly every morning. Often, they are treated with chilaquiles, a Mexican dish traditionally served with fried tortilla chips, eggs, salsa and cheese.
    Read More
1 2

Arizona Oddities Archive

Most Popular Posts

  • How to Keep Scorpions Away from Your Home
  • How to Keep Javelinas Away from Your Yard
  • What’s With All the Backyard Concrete-Block Fences…
  • Did You Know it’s Against the Law to Grow…
  • Four Deserts, One State

This Week Past Years

2018

  • The Anthem Hitchhiker Waits for a Ride to Nowhere

2017

  • Biosphere 2 Brings a Rainforest to the Arizona Desert

2016

  • Yuma's Bridge to Nowhere

2013

  • Winslow Chamber of Commerce Housed in Old Arizona Trading Post
  • Sculpture Garden at Yavapai College Features a Fancy, 5-Foot Frog

2012

  • What is Orange Stringy Substance Covering Desert Plants?
  • Arizona History Trivia 4: Can You Pass?

2011

  • What Causes "Pool of Water" Reflections on the Road?

2010

  • The Case of The Vanishing Train Robbers
  • Recent

  • Popular

  • Comments

  • Find a Famous Writer and Explorer's Mountain Retreat in Greer

    Find a Famous Writer and Explorer’s Historic Mountain Retreat in Greer

    By Taylor Haynes
    July 31, 2020
  • thousands of Mexican free tail bats make Phoenix tunnel their summer home

    Thousands of Mexican Free-Tail Bats Make Phoenix Tunnel Their Summer Home

    By Taylor Haynes
    July 17, 2020
  • How to Keep Scorpions Away from Your Home

    By Andrea Aker
    January 3, 2011
  • Javelina

    How to Keep Javelinas Away from Your Yard

    By Andrea Aker
    November 23, 2011
  • Phil Motta
    on
    August 27, 2021

    Why Does Downtown Phoenix Seem to Have Two Downtowns?

    I know this post ...
  • Carol
    on
    October 17, 2020

    The Tucson Artifacts are the Southwest’s Greatest Hoax

    lol ... these "clues" ...

Follow us

© Copyright 2009 – 2023 Aker Ink, LLC :: Arizona Oddities is published by Aker Ink.