Fernando Hernández moved to Arizona from Parral, Mexico when he was only 10 years old. At the time, he was an undocumented immigrant.
“I wasn’t able to travel back to Chihuahua. I never had the opportunity to connect with my culture,” Hernández said.…

This new restaurant serves vegan burritos on Phoenix's Grand Avenue. Here's what to order

Thanks to Rena Kang, Arizona can now experience South Korea's popular street food sensation: Corn dogs.
These aren't the typical state fair corn dogs many Americans may be used to, though. Breaded dogs with sugary, crunchy coatings and spicy sauces…

Sweet-savory corn dogs are a popular Korean street food. Now you can get them in Arizona

'Tis the season for deep fried egg nog and gingerbread funnel cakes at the Arizona State Fair drive-thru.
After the success of the fair food drive-thru earlier this year, deep fried sugary offerings will continue for the holiday season on two…

Arizona State Fair's drive-thru food is back for the holidays with deep fried egg nog

After an eight-month delay, the new southeast Asian-influenced restaurant Belly is open, albeit in a slightly different format than previously planned.
The two-story restaurant on the southeast corner of Camelback Road and Seventh Avenue was…

Your guide to the Vietnamese-inspired menu at Belly, Phoenix's new takeout-only restaurant

The weekend before Thanksgiving is a great time to have a Friendsgiving feast, but this year, with people staying in to avoid spreading COVID-19, it’s a perfect moment for an at-home pizza night.
Enter two big-name chefs and a few popular cartoons:…

For Friendsgiving, you can order a Disney-themed pizza from Chris Bianco and Roy Choi

Pick your poison: pumpkin, pecan or apple? This Thanksgiving, you won’t actually need to choose with the variety of pies and other desserts available from local Valley bakeries and restaurants.
There’s still time to preorder a pie or cake for pick-up…

It's not too late! Here are 6 places to order Thanksgiving pie or dessert in metro Phoenix

This year, kids can still head to the mall to tell Santa what gifts they want for the holidays— but they’ll have to do it from 6 feet away with a mask on.
In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, sitting on Santa’s lap has been canceled and replaced…

Photos with Santa: Places in metro Phoenix to see and take pictures with Santa Claus

Jenny Le’s career in the restaurant industry started in Boston and brought her to Phoenix. But her journey to the United States started decades ago in a boat that set out from Vietnam.
Le, the owner of Pho Laveen in Phoenix, said her father fought…

Pho you can 'feel the love from': What to try at this south Phoenix Vietnamese restaurant

Eggplant parmigiana may not be a staple of most drive-thru menus, but the owner of a popular Phoenix pizzeria is looking to change that.
Luca Gagliano, owner of Forno 301, is set to serve wood-fired pizza and Italian food to Valley customers in the…

Scottsdale is getting an Italian drive-thru from one of Phoenix's best pizza restaurants

November means turkey, mashed potatoes and bright orange candied yams or, depending on who you ask, candied sweet potatoes.
While some may use sweet potato and yam interchangeably, botanically speaking, they are completely different vegetables. Even…

Are yams and sweet potatoes the same? 5 questions answered about the favorite fall food

While the leaves changing colors and temperatures cooling down are unpredictable events in Arizona, the arrival of fall products at Trader Joe's is something you can set your clock to.
Every year, the number of seasonal fall-themed items at the…

Here are the 5 best Trader Joe's products for fall from pumpkin butter to pasta sauce

When Jazmin Sears quit her job to focus on her catering business earlier this year, she was excited to unleash her passion for cooking. She had been catering parties and events for a few years and wanted to make it her full-time gig.
Then the…

She quit her job to pursue her passion. Now her Phoenix taco restaurant is an instant hit

Missing out on rides and fried food isn't the only thing that comes with the cancellation of the Arizona State Fair. Fairgoers typically donate 100,000 pounds of food to St. Mary's Food Bank during the fair's food drive.
Well, this year, there is no…

Without the fair, this Arizona food bank is way behind on donations. How you can help

A fantastical story about a young girl with an adorable animal sidekick building her own rocket ship and flying to the moon to cope with the loss of her mother has all of the makings of a Disney classic.
This time, though, it isn't Disney that's…

Inspired by a Chinese legend, Netflix movie 'Over the Moon' is stunning and psychedelic

For those looking to have a break from Earth for an hour, PBS has got you covered.
On Tuesday, Oct. 20, if all goes according to plan, a spacecraft called OSIRIS-REx will do something no U.S. mission has ever accomplished: It will gather a sample…

If you'd like a break from Earth for an hour, we recommend this PBS asteroid documentary

It’s not hard to imagine why a catering business might not be lucrative during a pandemic. No office lunches. Few celebrations. Postponed weddings.
This is why Freddy Renstrom, the owner of Fat Freddy’s Catering, decided to try something new and…

Why you shouldn't skip the chicken fried spare ribs at this new Phoenix barbecue spot

The votes are in: Over 715,000 readers voted in Condé Nast Traveler's 33rd Readers' Choice Awards for 2020 and 14 Arizona hotels, resorts and spa resorts made the cut.
The city of Tucson also grabbed an accolade this year, ranking ninth on the list…

These 15 Arizona destinations landed on a prestigious list of the best places to travel

Flix Brewhouse Chandler, an outpost of the movie theater chain that features dine-in food service and an in-house brewery, announced online on Oct. 13 that it would close its doors yet again due to pandemic-related pressures.
"We're disappointed to…

This downtown Chandler movie theater is closing again due to COVID-19

Sibil Fox Richardson and her six children waited 21 years for Rob Richardson, husband and father, to get out of Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola.
It may seem like a tall order to condense a 21-year-long experience of loneliness and…

'Time' is an artful, emotional look at a family's journey through years of incarceration

The deadline draws near: Anyone looking to adopt a desert tortoise this year from the Arizona Game and Fish Department needs to get their application in soon before it is time for the reptiles to hibernate for the winter.
Tegan Wolf, the desert…