One of my favorite things about the holiday season are the festive cooking classes that bombard Valley restaurants and stores–especially affordable culinary classes that promise yummy nibbles. One to put on your calendar is Feast of Seven Fishes. Students get to learn to create a traditional Italian holiday dinner, Feast of the Seven Fishes, with [...]

To give a big, tasty thanks to veterans and members of the U.S. military, Scottsdale’s Sassi restaurant is offering them a complimentary dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 11 (Veteran’s Day).
Sassi will provide a three-course dinner comprised of any three offerings from its menu such as a spuntini of wood-grilled shrimp with prosciutto, an antipasti of Roman-style [...]

Next week is my wedding anniversary (I can already hear your “aww’s”). For this special day, these are a few of my favorite romantic Valley restaurants that I’ll be name-dropping around my husband this weekend.
Different Pointe of View This resort restaurant, at Phoenix’s Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs, is perched 1,800 feet above the Valley. Therefore, [...]

Infused Pear Martini

Our favorite romantic dining destination, North Scottsdale’s Sassi, has unleashed a few new cocktails for fall and we can’t wait to give them a sip. The ever-autumnal Infused Pear Martini looks utterly refreshing (isn’t it pretty?). And we can’t help but daydream about the Sicilian Iced Tea paired with Sassi’s pasta dishes or [...]

Scottsdale eatery Sassi is dishing up some delicious happy hour deals. From 5 to 7 p.m. nightly (Sassi is closed on Mondays), stop by for $25 off wine bottles and $7 glasses of vino and standard cocktails. During happy hour, you can also fill your belly with items off the antipasti and spuntini menus, like [...]