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n the Lifestyle family, when it comes to the month of February there’s only one thing that’s on everyone’s mind...

FOOD! With Valentine’s Day right around the corner we have everything from romantic recipes to table placements and decor if you decide to stay in. Or for an unconventional Valentine’s Day breakfast, visit Arcadia Farms; it’s a great place with a really big heart that just happens to be celebrating 25 AMAZING years of serving our community with fabulous food.

To complement all this talk of food, Dr. Julie Anné shares the importance of healthy weight loss and how to prevent emotional eating. Dr. Anné is the clinical director of A New Beginning, a renowned treatment center for eating disorders, depression, anxiety and marital/relationship issues. A New Beginning has created an innovative program for emotional eaters who want to lose weight. Check out this article and more on page 12.

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My good friend Nancy Backues also offers some advice in our parenting article, 3 Simple Steps to Healthy Lunches. She has learned a lot over the years of raising her girls and I'm excited that she gets to share some helpful tips in our food issue.

I hope you and your family enjoy this issue. Please share your thoughts with our team. Email me at Bmulder@LifestylePubs.com.

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Good Times

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Healthy Lifestyle

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Parent's Corner

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Real Wives

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Lifestyle Calendar

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Parting Thoughts

14 3 Simple Steps to Healthy Lunches

Ideas for packing healthy lunches.

16 The Arcadia Farms Restaurant Celebrates

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24 Meet Farrah Greeson

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Around Town LOCAL CHEFS TAKE ON ULTIMATE CHALLENGE – CUSTOM GIRL SCOUT COOKIE DESSERTS

JUST IN TIME FOR VALENTINE’S DAY, SPRINKLES ANNOUNCES THE XOX BOX The Sprinkles Cupcakes XOX box is sweeter than a heart-shaped box of chocolates and arrives just in time for Valentine’s Day. Topped with XOX and heart decorations, each dozen box contains the perfect mix of flavors for your special someone: chocolate marshmallow and red velvet cupcakes as well as classics dark chocolate and vanilla.

The Sprinkles XOX box is available February 6-15. Along with the XOX box, Sprinkles is also bringing back raspberry chocolate chip cupcakes through February 26. The specialty cupcake flavor is a chocolate chip-studded Belgian dark chocolate cake with luscious raspberry frosting adorned with an edible sugar heart.

Also, as one of their most popular rollouts throughout the year, Sprinkles will bring back their salty caramel cupcakes that will leave cupcake enthusiasts wanting more. The decadent cupcake uses fleur de sel crystals hand harvested from the pristine seas off Brittany, France. These fleur de sel granules are a delightful complement to the sweet, buttery caramel that flavors both the cake and the frosting. The salty caramel cupcakes will also be available through February 26. Valley residents can pick up their Sprinkles XOX boxes at the Scottsdale location Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. To place an order, call 480.970.4321 or visit Sprinkles.com. Sprinkles is located at 4501 N. Scottsdale Rd. on the northeast corner of Scottsdale and Camelback roads, across from Scottsdale Fashion Square.

THE CITY OF SCOTTSDALE MEMORIAL ACTION COMMITTEE SEEKING DONATIONS The City of Scottsdale Memorial Action Committee (COSMAC) is planning to design and instal a memorial on the mall near the downtown City offices by Memorial Day 2015. The memorial will individually honor citizens of Scottsdale who lost their lives while serving our country on active duty. To date, COSMAC has identified 37 individuals who will be honored on the memorial. To submit a name for consideration, email marshall.trimble@scottsdalecc.edu. To make a donation, send a check made out to COSMAC to P.O. Box 28308, Scottsdale, 85255-8308.

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Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council is pleased to announce the return of its award-winning Girl Scout Cookie Dessert Challenge. For the second year in a row, participating chefs from top restaurants in metro Phoenix and Flagstaff will go head-to-head to create a winning dessert with one of the Girl Scouts’ cookie flavors.

The participating restaurants include 5th & Wine, Binks Scottsdale, Kelly’s at Southbridge, Olive + Ivy, Second Story Liquor Bar, Sushi Roku, Tom’s Thumb Marketplace—all in Scottsdale, and many others throughout the state. Throughout the month of February, the desserts will be sold in participating restaurants with a portion of the proceeds from each dessert sold going toward Girl Scouts’ Camp Sombrero. The Council hopes the Girl Scout Cookie Dessert Challenge helps to increase cookie sales to 3.4 million packages in 2015. When the Girl Scouts reach their 2015 cookie sales goal, with the help of the chefs, they will have raised more than $1 million for the Campaign for Girls—the largest donation made to the Campaign to date. For more information, please visit GirlScoutsAZ.org.

CELTIC THEMED SPORTS PUB UPDATES HAPPY HOUR Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery, a sports bar that pays homage to the old public houses of America, England, Scotland and Ireland, is offering some new items for its Hoppy Hour Menu. The dishes range in price from $2 to $5 and are offered daily, between 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and then again from 9 p.m. to close. The menu features dishes like Pint O’Fries in flavors like sea salt and cracked pepper, cajun or sriracha.

The fries are served with a side of spicy mustard, spicy ketchup or ranch . Another popular option is called Slider Town—order one, two, three or more and choose from meatball marinara with provolone or pulled pork and barbecue. Local pubs will also be offering a new Hoppy Hour drink menu focused on their extensive craft beer line up and some other fun beer and spirit specials. Tilted Kilt is located throughout the Valley, including in Scottsdale. For more information, visit TiltedKilt.com

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RA Sushi Introduces Redesigned Menu and More than a Dozen Brand New Menu Items RA Sushi Bar Restaurant has rolled out a streamlined new menu that combines all food, cocktail and limited time offerings into one redesigned, organized book. The user-friendly, sleek new menu contains category tabs, labeled items, creative icons and tantalizing photographs for easy navigation. The new menu features a wide variety of creative appetizers, sushi rolls, hand rolls, and more. The perfect starter to any meal, the Agedashi Tofu features lightly fried tofu topped with sautĂŠed garlic, mushrooms and snow peas with kinoko sauce. Another tempting appetizer, the Edamame Wontons are crispy wontons filled with a creamy edamame cheese mix.

For a light lunch or dinner option, RA Sushi has introduced several refreshing salads. The Asian Chicken Salad features chicken with mixed greens, cucumber, onion and tomato in a seasoned soy vinaigrette, topped with sweet cayenne cashews, fried ramen noodles and sesame seeds. The Sashimi Salad showcases tuna, yellowtail, salmon and shrimp tossed with mixed greens, seaweed, cucumber, avocado and lobok in poke dressing, topped with sesame seeds, wonton chips and shredded red pepper. A wide selection of new sushi rolls has also been added to the menu. The Chili Ponzu Yellowtail Roll features a spicy yellowtail mix rolled with cucumber, avocado, jalapeĂąo and cilantro, served with chili ponzu sauce. The new menu items can be enjoyed at any Valley RA Sushi location in the Valley, including those at 7012 E. Greenway Pkwy. and 3815 N. Scottsdale Rd., both in Scottsdale. For more information, visit RASushi.com.

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Healthy Lifestyle

Emotional Eating Verses Healthy Weight Loss Article Dr. Julie Anné

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t’s Saturday night, the kids are in bed, and it’s been a long hard day. Soccer camp, a burst pipe in the laundry room, and that comment by the neighbor. Your spouse won’t be home for at least another hour, and that ice cream is looking really good.

You struggle with the thought, as the neighbor’s comment was about you having broken your date to walk the previous night, and you remind yourself it was just this morning that you renewed your commitment to stop overeating and to start being “good.” The familiar internal battle begins and you don’t want to think about it anymore.

Working to push aside that imposing sense of “knowing” and rising pang of

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guilt, you reach for the mint chocolate chip ice cream and lie as you promise, “Just one scoop.”

But that one scoop looks so small, so you add some more, and then the chocolate syrup and those yummy candy sprinkles you’ve been avoiding in the pantry. Hmmm, that “one scoop” tastes so good. And feels so good. And somehow, wonderfully, soothes the edges off of a really rough day.

And you deserve it. Right? Even though that “one scoop” is leading to another, and then another and... then there’s the cookie dough for Christmas in the freezer.

Followed by the guilt.

Emotional eating is a seldom acknowledged, albeit primary factor, in the creation of weight issues and body-image concerns. Taken to the extreme, emotional eating can turn into Binge Eating Dis-

order, which is the most common form of eating disorder in America, affecting more than 4 million men and women.

Emotional eaters turn to food to help comfort or soothe difficult emotions and/ or feelings. Quite frequently, emotional eaters have a difficult time tolerating distressing emotions and interpersonal conflicts. They utilize food as both a coping mechanism and as a means to avoid feeling stressful emotions in the moment.

What are some of the feelings that typically drive emotional eaters to food? At A New Beginning / TheHealthyWeighOut, clients most typically cite struggles with stress, loneliness, loss (or fear of loss), sadness, anxiety and boredom as primary emotional struggles which frequently drive them to overeat.

Emotional Eating and Weight

Two thirds of American adults are now considered to be overweight or obese.

While factors such as processed foods, inactivity and genetic factors are frequently targeted as causal factors, the presence of emotional eating is seldom mentioned.

Overweight individuals who emotionally eat oftentimes attempt to curb their overeating by dieting, which can fuel a vicious diet-overeat-diet-overeat problematic eating

cycle. Research repeatedly shows that the more people diet, the more they tend to overeat, leading to significant weight gain. This diet-overeat-weight gain cycle ironically makes dieting a consistent and reliable predictor of future weight gain.

How do you know if you are an emotional eater? The following are a few of the most significant signs that you might be struggling with this prevalent form of disordered eating: • Do you frequently eat when you are not physically hungry?

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• Do you feel powerless to stop overeating?

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Parent's Corner

3 Simple Steps to Healthy Lunches Article Nancy Backues

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walked into the kitchen exhausted. After endless cries of “Mommy,” drinks had been brought, questions answered, extra snuggles given, bedtime fears kissed away, and both kids were finally asleep. I looked around the kitchen. I had been working hard at motherhood for 15 hours straight, and I was nowhere near done. There were dishes to be done, counters to be wiped, floors to be swept, permission slips to be signed, and coffee to be prepped for the next morning. Then my weary eyes fell on a familiar sight.

Two empty lunch boxes. UGH! In addition to everything else that stood between me and my bed that night, there were still two lunches to be made.

As a mom of two school-aged children, I have a passionate love-hate relationship with packed lunches. I LOVE providing healthy, nourishing food for my children, but I dread the process of packing them every…single….day. Whether it’s the night before or the morning of, it seems there’s never a convenient time for lunch packing. We’re either rushed to get to bed or hurried to get out the door, so we grab anything that’s handy with no thought to what’s nutritious.

I vowed to make a change. Right then and there, in that kitchen, I swore things would be different in our home—at least on the lunch-making front. And with a few small changes, that’s exactly what happened.

1. Make it simple. I wanted to bring my kids on board and teach them to be responsible for making their lunches. After all, if they made it, they would be more likely to eat it, I rationalized. But at 7 and 9 years old, it would have to be a pretty simple plan. That meant a lot of easy-to-grab foods: granola bars, applesauce packets, cheese sticks, individual-sized yogurt, etc. As a general rule, prepackaged

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food is not my first choice, but I had to allow some exceptions for this to work. I eased my guilt by searching for products with the fewest ingredients (for example cheese sticks and applesauce) and without dyes and preservatives (organic yogurt and granola bars).

2. Make it fun. In a rare, not-like-Mom move, the new system allowed for a treat every day. Sometimes the kids were allowed to choose the treat (a cookie or piece of candy, fruit chews, etc.) and sometimes I threw something in as a surprise (a note from mom, a silly drawing from dad, etc.). We pack lunches together as often as possible, and it’s fun to brainstorm new and creative “treats” to include.

3. Make it healthy. If left to their own devices, my kids’ lunches would consist of foods high in taste, but low on nutrition. After gathering ideas from Pinterest, I came up with a simple list to help them create a nutritious lunch. They simply needed to choose one from each of the following categories: protein & grain (nutbutter or turkey/ham sandwich), cheese and crackers or pretzels, chips and hummus, trail mix, yogurt with muffin or granola bar), veggie (carrot or celery sticks, mini peppers, broccoli or cauliflower florets with dip or dressing), fruit (apple/applesauce, mandarin orange, raisins or other dried fruit, banana), treat (cookie, piece of candy, fruit snacks, fruit leather/strip), and a drink (water bottle, juice box, or milk).

We still encounter nights when we’re rushed and I end up making lunches long after everyone’s tucked into bed. And there are some nights when the options are limited, because I haven’t been to the store in a while. On those nights, we do the best we can with what we have, and we do better once I’ve had time to restock. It’s not a perfect system, but slowly—little by little—my love-hate relationship with lunch-packing is leaning a little heavier on the LOVE side.

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Arcadia Farms Turns

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his coming Valentine’s Day marks a significant anniversary for Arcadia Farms, the popular café and catering business in downtown Scottsdale. Little did owner Carolyn Ellis realize when she opened the restaurant in 1990 how successful her restaurant and catering business would become. Or, that after 25 years she’d continue to expand her business.

The Woman Behind The Scenes

Carolyn Ellis is a delightful lady with a wonderful vision and work ethic. She grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and spent the summers at her aunt and uncle’s farm. There she learned about the term “farm fresh,” which was prominent at family celebrations and included many varieties. Ellis incorporated this concept as one of the main components of her business by using local, organic produce since she opened.

Ellis began her career in the banking industry with Continental Bank working in Virginia then moved to Colorado. In 1977, her job moved her to Arizona and she later switched careers to the real estate industry, opening her own real estate firm. At the same time she decided to go to culinary school. Later, she purchased the building her restaurant is in. With the down turn in the real estate market, Ellis was prompted to switch careers again. So, in 1990 she opened a bakery and carry out market. Her customers 16

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soon requested that she serve lunch, and within two months, she was serving lunches. For a number of years, she ran the cafés at many local museums, including the Heard Museum, the Botanical Gardens and the Arizona Science Center.

The restaurant and the catering are two separate businesses she equally enjoys. On the catering side of her business, they serve 800 lunches daily to corporations and 400 bridal showers a year.

“The women in the community kept us in mind when they entertained,” Ellis says. “I’ve been blessed to have had that support and it has continued. I’ve watched their children grow as we catered their baby shower, graduation party, bridal shower, rehearsal dinner and wedding. Our business has grown one client at a time. We know exactly what items they like and we make sure we provide them.”

One of her biggest supporter is her husband of 30 years Howard Sullivan, a retired Arizona State University professor. She has one child and three stepchildren who all live out of state.

Winning Combinations

Presently, the café is located in three small buildings. It has a quaint, cottage-life feeling with small, separate rooms which create a cozy atmosphere and there’s a wonderful patio that wraps around the restaurant and seats 100. A small marketplace is across

the street; it carrues baked goods and items to go. Modern American cuisine is offered in the restaurant and all varieties of cuisines are offered on the catering side - Mexican, Latin, Chinese, Italian, Thai, Asian, French, etc.

I was delighted to see a wide variety of menu items that will please the most discerning palette. The breakfast menu includes fresh baked goods from their bakery. Eggs, grilled chicken apple sausage, applewood smoked bacon, breakfast potatoes and seasonal fruit are just the beginners. Choices of eggs; omelets; crepes; French toast; breakfast bruschetta; egg strata cobbler; smoked salmon; breakfast Panini; wild mushroom, spinach and leek tart; and a breakfast quesadilla can make it difficult to decide what to order.

I started my tasting with the egg strata cobbler served with grilled vegetables, sausage and cheddar cheese. It’s a generous portion and was very good. Next, I sampled the French toast that is served with fresh strawberries and chicken apple sausage. Very yummy! I really enjoyed the wild mushroom, spinach, leek tart as well as the crepes, “Croque Monsieur,” made with rosemary, ham, cheese and a delicious Béchamel sauce. Definitely a repeat for me on a future visit!

A popular item on the lunch menu is the strawberry chicken salad served with fresh strawberries, toasted almond, mixed greens and poppy seed dressing. Other items include a wonderful selection of cheeses from the artisanal cheese plate which is served with fruit, almonds and assorted toasts; a crab and avocado

tower; trio of bruschetta; a grilled chicken and vegetable quesadilla; crab cakes; five gourmet sandwiches including a turkey and brie and a warm grilled ham; plus seven fresh organic salads which include a pesto grilled shrimp salad; and a Arcadia Greek salad.

Save room for dessert. The dessert menu includes a warm apple-cranberry crisp, chocolate pecan pie; salted caramel budino; and a few others. But, if you haven’t tried their popular baby cakes, which come in eight flavors, you really must. I tasted the Chocolate Raspberry, the Coconut and the Tuxedo and each was very moist and oh, so good! They are larger than a cupcake, perfectly decorated and enough to share. Being a chocolate lover, I really enjoyed the Chocolate Raspberry and plan on making it part of my future birthday treat for friends. Other flavors are Strawberries and Cream, 24 Carrot, Red Velvet, German Chocolate and Lemon-Raspberry Good Ingredients, Good People, Delivering Genuine Hospitality

Ellis is committed to finding and using wholesome, natural, organic and local products in her business. Some of the featured purveyors are Crow’s dairy, Duncan Trading Company, Sphinx Date Ranch and Taste of Paradise Garden. She has grown her business by being dedicated to bringing her clientele a healthy, and imaginative dining experience.

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ake one chocolate lover with an idea, add it to a great city with passionate entrepreneurs, mix them together and you get a new business called Chocolate Tour of Scottsdale. It’s a chocoholic’s dream of taking an afternoon to discover new locations that will fulfill their craving of wonderfully rich tastes of chocolate in multiple varieties.

How It All Began Ofelia Montelongo, CEO and founder, was born and raised in Mexico and moved to Arizona seven years ago. She earned her MBA in leadership from a university in Spain and recently left her career in the financial industry as a portfolio manager to dedicate herself to her new business.

It was while studying in England this past summer that Montelongo discovered a Chocolate Tour of London. Being a true chocoholic, she went on the tour and realized it was an awesome idea. So, she decided that when she returned back to the states, she was going to take this 20

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idea and expand on it. Upon her return, she contacted many small business owners in the downtown Scottsdale area to share her vision. On October 30th, the Chocolate Tour of Scottsdale held its first tour. In just a few short months, it has grown in popularity.

Bottled water is provide along with a pretty, small bag for items you may want to share later or for those items you may decide to purchase. A photo is taken of the group as well as small signs to hold when taking your own personal photos that mark any special occasion.

What to Expect?

The two and a half hour walking tour is approximately two miles long and consists of eight stops. Presently, the tours are held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday starting promptly at 3 p.m. Groups are limited to 12 as many of the stops are in small establishments. Stops include Gloria’s Café, Chocolade van Brugge, Paula Jacqueline Cakes, Petersen’s Old Fashion Ice Cream, Classic Cakes & Confections Bakery, Caketini, Godiva Chocolate, and Sprinkles Cupcakes. On the tour Montelongo shares the history of chocolate and how it was considered a “food of the gods,” enjoyed only by the affluent and you sample truffles, cupcakes, baked goods, gelato and hot chocolate.

Sampling the Chocolate It was last November that Fred Verbeke and his wife Christine left their jobs and opened a small candy store on Marshall Way called Chocolade van Brugge. Here you will find more than 100 chocolate selections, chocolate coffee drinks and hot chocolate. Verbeke is a true chocolatier and his Belgium chocolates are made of only the purest ingredients, not with preservatives like those found in American chocolate, creating a smooth and creamy chocolate. I enjoyed four small pieces dark chocolate lavender, ganache with sea salt, crème brulee and one that had crushed ice cream cone added to the chocolate – it turned out to be my favorite. Each

bite was heavenly. Verbeke also made me a cup of hot chocolate to sample and it was without a doubt the best hot chocolate I’ve ever tasted. He combined dark and bitter chocolate with a few more ingredients and, wow, it was wonderful.

Verbeke supports Montelongo’s new business.

“It’s the sweetest way to discover old town Scottsdale,” says Verbeke.

At Classic Cakes, owned by Neil and Ella Levinson, I sampled the Divinity Cake, which is crumble cake that is mixed with Kahlua, coffee and butter cream then rolled in dark Swiss chocolate. It was scrumptious!

Another stop is at Petersen’s Old Fashion Ice Cream store, which gives samples to clean your palette before venturing on to other chocolate destinations. The ice cream shop started in Chicago back in 1919 and has some wonderful flavors such as “Superman,” “Cappuccino” and “Mackinac Island Fudge.”

At Caketini, owners Cathy and her husband Mike have a store in Fashion Square

mall. Here you’ll have a chance to sample a cannoli. At Sprinkles Cupcakes you’ll get a mini cupcake to enjoy. Godiva Chocolatier provides you one of their decadent Godiva Truffles to savor. And, at Paula Jacqueline, she enjoys offering different items that may include a brownie with mint ganache or cake balls filled with chocolate mousse.

As you end the tour you’ve enjoyed a wonderful afternoon of discovering new places to revisit and your taste buds satisfied by the lingering taste of fine chocolates.

“Any chocolate lover will truly enjoy our tour,” states Montelongo. “They arrive happy and excited about discovering new chocolate destinations. And, at the end of the tour, they’re hugging and thanking me for sharing this experience with them.”

Montelongo wants everyone to experience the Chocolate Tour of Scottsdale and offers a discount on your first tour. To receive 50 percent off your ticket when purchased online, enter the code “Chocolate Lover.” continued >

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At Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, New York City Ballet star Wendy Whelan will perform duets with four dynamic choreographers. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show are $3569. For more information, call 480.499.8587 or ScottsdalePerformingArts.org.

The Desert Foothills Woman’s Club is hosting its annual fundraiser at Grayhawk Golf Club Fairway House at 8620 E. Thompson Peak Pkwy. Attendees may don their beads and masks and enjoy a lively afternoon of Mardi Gras fun, food and entertainment. A silent auction and lots of raffle prizes add to the afternoon’s excitement. The social hour begins at 10:30am with Hurricanes and King Cakes to fire up the madness. Tickets are $55, with proceeds benefitting student scholarships and area nonprofits. For tickets, call tickets, call Nedra Williams at 480.773.3753.

FEBRUARY 4 GREG FISHMAN – THE GENIUS OF GETZ SCOTTSDALE

The Kerr Cultural Center will feature brilliant saxophonist and leading authority on Stan Getz, Greg Fishman, along with Judy Roberts on piano and vocals, Scott Black on bass and Pete Swan on drums. The show, which is part of Jazz in AZ Concert Series, starts at $10-36, 7:30 p.m., and tickets are $10-36. For information, call 480.596. 2660 or visit ASUKerr.com.

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Held at McDowell Mountain Regional Park, the event is obstacle racing at its toughest.

It includes chip timing, international rankings, insane obstacles, and post race party with live music, food and Spartan activities.

The event starts at 8a.m. and waves of 200 athletes will be released every 15 minutes across five groups. Cost is $20 for spectators online, $25 cash onsite. For more information, visit SpartanRace.com.

Held west of Central Avenue between Thomas and McDowell Rds. from 1st to 7th Aves., the tour features variety of homes from Tudor to Spanish Revival, Bungalow to Ranch, from the 1920-1940’s. Trolley cars provide transportation, or people may walk, also a street fair. Tickets to the event, which is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. are $18. For more information, visit WilloHistoricDistrict.com.

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Scorpius Dance Theatre presents An Unusual Love Story: David+Lisa at Phoenix Theatre’s Hormel Theatre. The show is an intense fairy-tale of sorts that follows two people who meet in a mental institution. After a series of events, an unlikely attachment is developed between the volatile individuals. Show times are Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Hormel Theatre at Phoenix Theatre is located at 100 E. McDowell Rd., Phoenix. To purchase tickets, call 602.254.2151or visit ScorpiusDance.com.

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WATERFRONT FINE ART, WINE & CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL SCOTTSDALE

The 4th Annual Waterfront Fine Art, Wine & Chocolate Festival on the Scottsdale Waterfront features more than 125 juried fine artists along with wineries, food and live musical entertainment. Tickets to the event, which is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. are $3. For more information, call 480.837.5637 or ThunderbirdArtists.com.

FEBRUARY 14 LOVE IN THE HILLS FOUNTAIN HILLS

*Must be 18 years of age or older. Must have valid local ID. Other conditions apply. See club for details. Offer expires soon.

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The 3rd Annual Love in the Hills is at Fountain Park. Organizers of the wedding vow renewal

ceremony hope to make it the largest wedding vow renewal ceremony in the world. For more information, visit LoveInTheHills.com.

FEBRUARY 19 BIKE, LUNCH AND LEARN AT TAGGIA SCOTTSDALE

On the third Saturday of every month through April, Taggia Scottsdale at 4925 N. Scottsdale Rd. will offer hotel guests and local diners the chance to bike to Old Town Scottsdale Farmer’s Market with Chef Massimo De Francesca. He will shop with them for fresh produce and other gourmet items and return to FireSky and Taggia where he will use these ingredients to prepare a three course lunch with local Arizona wines for $75 per person.

Reservations required. For information, call 480.424.6095 or visit TaggiaScottsdale.com.

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Non-profit organization Through Each Others Eyes is hosting their largest annual fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. at The Heard Museum.

The event will feature live music, cocktails, and hors d’oeuvres. Guests will mingle with Through Each Others Eyes associate photographers, which include more than 20 internationally recognized professionals. Tickets to the event are $100. The Heard Museum is located at 2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix. For more information, visit TEOE.org.

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SCOTTSDALE PHILHARMONIC CONCERT SCOTTSDALE

The Scottsdale Philharmonic Concert at Scottsdale Bible Church, includes selections

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Business Directory Art & Photography Bonner David Art Galleries (480) 941-8500 bonnerdavid.com

Child Camps, Care & Tutoringv

Daydreams Drop-in Child Care (480) 659-4423 daydreamsdroppin.com

Dentists & Orthodontics Market Street Dental (480) 563-0069 marketstreetdental.com Pinnacle Peak Dentistry PC (480) 585-3065 marshallclayton.com

Edward Jones Michael T. Feeney (480) 502-0091

Let There Be Light (480) 575-3204 lettherebelightllc.com

CRISSY G. COMPANY (480) 988-6964 crissyg.com

First Choice Loan Services, Inc (602) 230-4300 FCBHomeLoans.com

Maids to Order Of Maricopa County,AZ (480) 607-3330 maidstoorder.com

Nothing Bundt Cakes (480) 502-8900 nothingbundtcakes.com

Health & Wellness Pulse Fitness (480) 907-5900 pulsefitnessaz.com

Home Design & Furnishings Buttercup Interiors (480) 522-0209 buttercupinteriors.com

Steel Shield Security Doors (480) 219-9009 steelshieldsecurity.com

Insurance

Property & Real Estate

Re/Max Platinum Living rmxplatinumliving.com

Restaurants, Food & Beverage Grabbagreen (773) 368-0511 grabbagreen.com

Schubert Insurance & Financial Services (480) 515-6259 fschubert@allstate.com

Lorenzos Pizza & Pasta (480) 502-1111 lorenzospizzaandpasta.com

Arizona Blinds, Shutters & Drapery (480) 419-3432 azblinds.com

State Farm Insurance Jeremy Mueller (480) 515-5223

Nail &Spa Troon North (480) 585-3630

DIVA DIVINE BOUTIQUE (480) 585-2570 scottsdalediva.com

Arizona Garage Design (480) 751-4228 arizonagaragedesign.com

Dickson-Wright (313) 223-3002 Dickson-Wright.com

London Gold Jeweler (480) 367-1717 londongold.com

Carefree Coverings (480) 595-2920 carefreecoverings.com

Sherre’s (480) 991-1320 shopsherres.com

Closet Masters (480) 991-4399 closetmasters.net

Financial Services & Planning

Eco Blu Pools (602) 524-6076 ecoblupools.com

Education

El Dorado Private School (480) 502-6878 eldoradops.com

Fashion & Accessories

Amer CPA Accounting & Tax PC (480) 376-8218 amermcpa.com

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PV Rugs (480) 483-9116 PVRugs.com

Molly Maid of North Scottsdale (480) 719-3043 mollymaid.com

Home Services

Evergreen Floor Care (480) 540-5840 evergreenfloorcare.com

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Medical Clinics & Facilities

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Parting Thoughts

You Say Potato, I Say Love at First Bite Words Denise Snodell

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ne day, when you least expect it, you might walk into a fine dining establishment and fall in love. It happened to me.

There I was, expecting a nice meal, good company and nothing more. The usual suspects were present: Favorite people and all the trappings of a place where you don’t have to struggle with greasy fingers and a ketchup packet. After a dainty glass of wine and some conversation, I found before me a plate of artfully arranged tenderloin medallions, sprigs of pencil-thin asparagus and what looked like ordinary scalloped potatoes. I took one nonchalant taste of the latter dish, and KAPOW, there was no turning back.

People. These were no ordinary scalloped potatoes.

Let me say here and now, I can’t believe I’m devoting an entire column to a potato experience. I don’t consider myself a foodie, especially when family life gets busy. Sometimes, as the dinner hour approaches, my expletive rolodex spins out of control. I say to myself, “Blankety blank. Why does everybody in this house get hungry every single evening? I just fed them yesterday.”

Most of the time, I’m all about short cuts and freezer diving: “Hey guys, what’ll it be? Stouffer’s tartare, or Mrs. Paul’s au poivre?”

But then one day, out of nowhere, I find myself swooning over spuds. Unbelievable.

Despite it all, even a Zagat rube like me can tell the difference between extruded taters mixed with cream of chicken soup and recently unearthed Yukon Gold baked to a subtle al dente perfection in…what? What exactly were the magical ingredients?

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bites. The dish was heavenly. I knew if I could confirm the cheeses involved, my cooking repertoire would take a new direction. Was that Swiss I tasted? Probably. But I knew there was more, much more than one cheese.

It was time to break a rule and go full-out CSI. Love can do that to a person. My husband has always had a thing for potatoes, and suddenly, apparently, I did too. I had to make this dish at home. They say a way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. In this case, cholesterol would clearly be en route to my guy’s ticker as well, but still.

I flagged down the waiter and whispered, “Would you mind asking the chef what cheeses he used in the scalloped potatoes?”

There might have been a flinch in the waiter’s face, but I didn’t care. My oven back home was already pre-heating in my mind. I was going to make this dish.

The waiter kindly, discretely reported back to me, “Swiss and parmesan.” Then, he took off like a thief in the night.

I suppose at this point you’d like a special scalloped potato recipe. You are, after all, holding a lifestyle magazine in your hands and patiently tolerating this odd tale of passion. Here it is: Simply Google “scalloped potato/Swiss/parmesan.” That’s it. If you can momentarily block out your cardiologist’s face, you’ll find some nice choices. I picked one that also included heavy cream and garlic. Worked like a charm.

Funny. I’ve always known the French call potatoes “pommes de terre,” which translates to “apples of the earth.” But now I understand why.