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Arizona Restaurant Week is May 19-27th

Saving room for dessert might be easier said than done this month, given the impressive lineup of establishments cooking up their finest cuisine for Arizona’s Spring Restaurant Week.

With more than 100 participating restaurants statewide offering three-course meals for $20, $30 or $40 per person, May 19th – 27th will give foodies in Central and Southern Arizona the rare opportunity to exercise their palates – but not their wallets – while noshing on the state’s finest fare. Read More »

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    Just a decade or two ago, even in Japan sushi was reserved for celebratory occasions or for entertaining important guests. Nowadays, this food is so readily available that it can be found, premade, in many local supermarkets throughout the United States. With affordable sushi so readily available, it is no wonder that this cuisine has swept across the States so quickly but its roots can be connected back to the influx of Japanese immigrants to California where the first restaurants catered to Japanese expats and visiting businessmen. Sushi restaurants first opened in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles and the crazy spread from there. Read More »

  • Spring Vegetables

    With the days staying brighter longer, signs of growth are popping up in local gardens around every corner. Because some areas are still affected by frost while others are already basking in warmer weather, different vegetables hit their ripeness at different times throughout the United States. Here is a list of a few of the more common springtime vegetables. Read More »

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bobby Fitzgerald

Bobby Fitzgerald is a 20 year restaurant veteran and passionate foodie. He grew up in Washington, D.C. and began working at the legendary Dancing Crab as a teenager. After studying culinary arts and food management at Johnson & Wales University, Bobby was a chef in Napa Valley and spent six years with Houston's Restaurants opening restaurants in five U.S. cities. In 1999 he started his company which today has locations in four states under The White Chocolate Grill and Cinzetti's Italian Market brands, serving 25,000 meals a week in from-scratch kitchens. All-the-while Bobby has dined in more restaurants then most food critics and creating fresh recipe ideas is a big part of his life. Bobby lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife and three children and serves on the Board of Directors of The Arizona Restaurant Association as well as the Phoenix-Metro American Cancer Society. His current projects include Restaurants Against Cancer where Bobby is rallying the restaurant community to support camps for kids with cancer by donating the food and supplies needed to run the camps.  Bobby is the author of "The Customer First Manager" available at Amazon.com.