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Tucson, AZ—Slow Food Tucson announces its third annual food and film festival to be held January 10-13, 2008. 
Classic food films, meals at premier restaurants, guest speakers/entertainers and international new food film screenings will be featured.
This year’s program includes three classic food films:
●  “Like Water for Chocolate” (Mexican)—the magical realism saga of Tita, a young girl [more...]

Mark your calendar for the 5th annual food and wine festival hosted by Tucson Originals, Tucson’s independent restaurant organization. 
The event happens October 5-7 at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort. On October 4, the world margarita competition kick starts the event at Cuvee World Bistro.
The entire event encompasses spirits, reserve wine tasting, sampling from 40 local restaurants, [more...]

ARIZONA–Carnivores rejoice! As part of its ongoing commitment to helping family farms, on Tuesday, August 29, Chipotle Mexican Grill will donate proceeds from sales of items made with naturally raised pork, beef, and chicken to Farm Aid, a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes family farming and sustainable agriculture. Chipotle will contribute up to $50,000 [more...]

Doesn’t it seem like the whole world is suddenly populated by wine bars?
The wine bar craze started about five years ago but it took awhile to get to Tucson and within the year, we seem to be inundated with them.
On one corner in the toney Foothills (Skyline & Campbell) there is VinTabla, Armitage Wine Lounge [more...]

Last week I joined a travel writer on a jaunt on the Salsa Trail in Graham County and Greeley County in Arizona.
Most of the action is in and around Safford. What can I say about Safford?
Let’s see: Cotton and hay are grown there and the current plentiful Gila River is the reason the agricultural palette [more...]