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Posts Tagged ‘James Porter’

Notorious P.I.G. Wine Dinner

By Melissa • Apr 23rd, 2009 • Category: Food & Restaurant News

This Sunday, Savor Scottsdale, the non-profit member organization supporting Arizona chefs, local farmers and sustainable agriculture, will host a five-course wine dinner starring–you guessed it–a prized pig. Notorious P.I.G. (props on the event name, Savor Scottsdale) will include dishes by five chefs including chef James Porter from Tapino, chef Aaron May from Sol y Sombra [...]



LocavoreAZ Tour

By Melissa • Apr 2nd, 2009 • Category: Food & Restaurant News

LocavoreAZ is hitting the road. Chef James Porter has hosted several popular farm-to-table dinners at his Scottsdale restaurant, Tapino Kitchen & Wine Bar, featuring food and drink from Arizona independent farmers, ranchers and wine makers. However, starting Saturday and through September, chef Porter and LocavoreAZ is hosting these wonderful, home-grown meals from various farms, ranches [...]



Recap of West of Western Culinary Festival

By Melissa • Mar 18th, 2009 • Category: Food & Restaurant News

On Sunday afternoon, my husband and I headed out to the West of Western Culinary Festival at Phoenix Art Museum. (We unfortunately had to miss Saturday’s festivities.) We soaked up some sun thanks to the glorious weather, and sampled food and drink from many of the Valley’s most impressive eateries. The Dorrance Sculpture Garden was [...]