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All content by Ali Freedman
Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Wildcat The new Mama's Hawaiian BBQ, 850 E. Speedway Blvd., offers up tasty island cuisine like Chicken Katsu and the "Loco Moco" plate. Mama's is open from 10 a.m. to 3 a.m.

Escape from the mainland with Mama’s

Ali Freedman
December 8, 2010
The Winter Squash Stew is a new seasonal dish at Feast, on 3719 E Speedway Blvd., featuring candied hazelnuts, spinach and sweet potatoes. Feast also features a seasonal Warm Autumn Vegetable Salad with roasted cauliflower, toasted pumpkin seeds and Buttercup squash.

Holiday foods take hold in Tucson

Ali Freedman
December 1, 2010

Pie of the Week: Chocolate Pecan

Ali Freedman
November 17, 2010

Pie of the Week: Wilcox Apple Pie

Ali Freedman
November 10, 2010
Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Wildcat Pete Hoge, left, of Kingfisher, and Harold Garland of Cup Cafe celebrate their "People's Choice" and "Judge's Choice" (respectively)awards at the World Margarita Championships Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010, at Maynard's in downtown Tucson, Ariz. The championships were part of the larger Tucson Culinary Festival that featured some of the city's finest food and wine with proceeds benefitting Diamond Children's Research Hospital at UMC.

Foodies rejoice at culinary festival

Ali Freedman
November 3, 2010

Allegro brings natural taste of Italy to Tucson

Ali Freedman
November 3, 2010

A feast fit for Frankenstein: The creepiest munchies for monsters

Ali Freedman
October 27, 2010

Foodies to unite at culinary festival

Ali Freedman
October 20, 2010
Erich Healy/ Arizona Daily Wildcat Penny Ridgdill, a Mathematics Ph.D. Candidate and Teaching Assistant, trys the Two Poached Eggs on Toast with a side of bacon and fruit from Wilko's new breakfast menu.

New a.m. Wilko menu full of simple pleasures

Ali Freedman
September 20, 2010

Chicken and waffles find a home in Tucson

Ali Freedman
September 15, 2010

Taco Showdown

Ali Freedman
September 15, 2010

Local shops offer decorating resources

Ali Freedman
September 8, 2010
Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Wildcat Sushi chef Terry Chin prepares a plate of vegetarian rolls Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, at Om Modern Asian Kitche in Tucson, Ariz. Located just north of campus at River Road and Campbell Avenue, good sushi is just a short drive away for students.

Dine and unwind at Om

Ali Freedman
September 1, 2010
Gordon Bates / Arizona Daily Wildcat John Harrington, the 31 year old general manager, opened Empire Pizza and Pub in Downtown Tucson on July 15th 2010. John has been in the pizza business for about 16 years and he designed the recipes that are used at Empire.

Tucson gets a taste of the Big Apple

Ali Freedman
August 25, 2010
Valentina Martinelli/ Arizona Daily Wildcat Large cookies from Paradise Bakery are one of the many gifts that can be purchased as graduation gifts from local venders.

Edible gifts for graduates

Ali Freedman
May 5, 2010

Humorist Sedaris brings fables to Tucson Music Hall

Ali Freedman
April 28, 2010
Tim Glass / Arizona Daily Wildcat

Downing the Double Down

Ali Freedman
April 28, 2010
Lisa Beth Earle/ Arizona Daily Wildcat Pizza Plus #1, the restaurant that replaced Los Betos at Speedway Boulevard and Park Avenue, offers a mixture of all-you-can-eat buffets, specialty items, late hours, and low prices for their decent tasting food.

Pizza Plus #1 OK

Ali Freedman
April 14, 2010
Lisa Beth Earle/ Arizona Daily Wildcat Steve Hughes cooks behind a plate blueberry and banana pancakes at Bobo's Restaurant on Tuesday, April 6. The restaurant is known for serving pancakes that flow over the plates.

Local flavor served fresh at Bobo’s

Ali Freedman
April 7, 2010
Lisa Beth Earle/Arizona Daily Wildcat Acai berry yogurt with kiwi, gummy bears, mango, pomegranate, and a cherry on top.

“I scream, you scream for yogurt”

Ali Freedman
March 31, 2010
Lisa Beth Earle/ Arizona Daily Wildcat Carla Pursel and her daughter Krystal Adams, owners of Cafe Italiano, serve up some fresh gelato on Tuesday, March 23. The cafe, located on the NW corner of Swan and Grant, makes all of its gelato and sorbeto in-house from fresh local ingredients.

“Cozy, cool treats at CafǸ Italiano”

Ali Freedman
March 24, 2010

“Peace, Love and the RX Bandits”

Ali Freedman
March 12, 2010

Timeless wisdom and joy

Ali Freedman
February 26, 2010
Rodney Haas / Arizona Daily Wildcat The Grilled Chicken is served with roasted red pepper roasted pineapple salsa,cilantro lime aioli and the cost $8.

Revamped Wilko classes up dinner

Ali Freedman
February 17, 2010
'Wicked' to cast a spell in Tucson next year

‘Wicked’ to cast a spell in Tucson next year

Ali Freedman
February 11, 2010

Bite-sized brawl: The cupcake showdown

Ali Freedman
February 10, 2010
Rodney Haas / Arizona Daily Wildcat The Grilled Chicken is served with roasted red pepper roasted pineapple salsa,cilantro lime aioli and the cost $8.

Wilko creates upscale versions of classic food

Ali Freedman
February 10, 2010

Unremarkable Amici hidden for a reason

Ali Freedman
February 3, 2010
Tim Glass / Arizona Daily Wildcat

Opa! a plate-smashing good time

Ali Freedman
February 3, 2010

Before you graduate

Ali Freedman
January 27, 2010

Unremarkable Amici hidden for a reason

Ali Freedman
January 27, 2010
Ashlee Salamon / Arizona Daily Wildcat Alex Panousos Cook sends a greek salad out for the waiting customers at Fronimos restaurant on Tuesday Dec. 1st. Fronimos is located on 3242 E Speedway Blvd.

“Fronimo’s serves quick, delicious Mediterranean fare”

Ali Freedman
December 2, 2009

Livening up your leftovers

Ali Freedman
November 25, 2009
Ashlee Salamon / Arizona Daily Wildcat Raj Singh, a cook at Shere Punjab Indian Restaurant on the northeast corner of 1st Ave. and Grant makes bread called 'naan' for the dinner crowd on Tuesday Nov. 24th.

Sher-e Punjab serves up flavorful Indian cuisine

Ali Freedman
November 25, 2009

Students to march for babies’ sake

Ali Freedman
November 19, 2009
Timothy Galaz / Arizona Daily Wildcat 1702

Campus-area pizza joint 1702 offers a lot of crust for your buck

Ali Freedman
November 18, 2009
A sweet treat: The pleasures of pumpkin-flavored foods

A sweet treat: The pleasures of pumpkin-flavored foods

Ali Freedman
October 28, 2009
Ashlee Salamon / Arizona Daily Wildcat

50 years of fresh pasta

Ali Freedman
October 14, 2009
Where The Wild Things Are

“‘Wild Things’ a giddy, dreamy modern classic”

Ali Freedman
October 14, 2009

Poetry brings ‘pleasure’ at Congress party

Ali Freedman
September 29, 2009
Jacob Rader / Arizona Daily Wildcat Peach Pancakes Strawberry French Toast

Phil’s CafǸ does breakfast right

Ali Freedman
September 23, 2009
Grandiose Wolf delivers with 'Bachelor'

Grandiose Wolf delivers with ‘Bachelor’

Ali Freedman
September 16, 2009

Grandice Wolf Delivers with Bachelor

Ali Freedman
September 16, 2009
Grandiose Wolf delivers with 'Bachelor'

Grandiose Wolf delivers with ‘Bachelor’

Ali Freedman
September 9, 2009

“Zona 78 offers tasty entrees, drab desserts”

Ali Freedman
September 2, 2009

“Owl City offer sugary, derivative pop”

Ali Freedman
August 26, 2009
Owl City offer sugary sweet pop to mainstream

Owl City offer sugary sweet pop to mainstream

Ali Freedman
August 26, 2009

Where can you get great food?

Ali Freedman
August 13, 2009
Christina Lauvly, 19, scoops a watermelon Eegee slushy for a customer at the Eegee's at the northeast Campbell Avenue and Grant Road.

Where can you get great food?

Ali Freedman
July 29, 2009
"'Away We Go' a good departure for Rudolph, Krasinski"

“‘Away We Go’ a good departure for Rudolph, Krasinski”

Ali Freedman
July 22, 2009
Photo courtesy of RX Bandits. From left, Mathew Embree, Steve Choi, Joseph Troy, Christopher Tsagakis.

Spend a night with the RX Bandits

Ali Freedman
July 8, 2009

Marana’s Star-Spangled Spectacular set to dazzle Fourth of July crowd

Ali Freedman
July 1, 2009
Ivan Copado, server at CafǸ Roca Cosa on 110 E. Pennington St., changes the menu on Saturday. CafǸ Roca Cosa changes the menu twice a day and has been in business for 25 years, the last three years at the current location.

Exceptional food at Café Poca Cosa

Ali Freedman
July 1, 2009
Photo courtesy of Rhino Entertainment Company.

‘Dinner’ trip back in time

Ali Freedman
July 1, 2009
Tucson band Here We Go Magic performs at the Rialto Theatre on June 18 as part of the Wilco concert afterparty.

Wilco dazzles Tucson audience

Ali Freedman
June 24, 2009

Glazed goodness arrives in Marana

Ali Freedman
June 24, 2009

Guadalajara Grill brings salsa to the table

Ali Freedman
June 17, 2009

Matisyahu brings the beat to Tucson

Ali Freedman
June 14, 2009

“New costs, director for UApresents”

Ali Freedman
June 10, 2009

Late night king Leno hands over ‘reigns’ to Conan

Ali Freedman
June 10, 2009

Working on vacation

Ali Freedman
May 6, 2009

Death Cab goes mainstream

Ali Freedman
April 29, 2009

Craigslist commandments: rules for avoiding scams

Ali Freedman
April 15, 2009

Blind Pilot ready for Plush

Ali Freedman
April 8, 2009

Opera revives story from the past

Ali Freedman
April 1, 2009

Conquer the Kitchen – Vegan Snickerdoodles

Ali Freedman
March 25, 2009
Sheldon Smith / Arizona Daily Wildcat Bob Rafelson

Oscar-nominated director visits the loft cinema

Ali Freedman
March 4, 2009
Mediterranean dining at Zayna's

Mediterranean dining at Zayna’s

Ali Freedman
March 4, 2009

Still standing

Ali Freedman
February 26, 2009
Raucous revelry at the Renaissance Festival

Raucous revelry at the Renaissance Festival

Ali Freedman
February 11, 2009

Roses are red

Ali Freedman
February 10, 2009

Eat It: Conquer the Kitchen

Ali Freedman
January 28, 2009

Stuff White People Like

Ali Freedman
January 21, 2009

Genius duo

Ali Freedman
January 21, 2009
More than skin revealed in 'Hair'

More than skin revealed in ‘Hair’

Ali Freedman
December 10, 2008

Sock monkeys for all

Ali Freedman
December 10, 2008
Pastry Captain Amanda Hepler weighs cookie dough before baking at Beyond Bread on North Campbell Avenue.

Just desserts abound in t-town

Ali Freedman
December 3, 2008

Seasonal squash not just for sweets

Ali Freedman
November 26, 2008
Jen Valenzuela, a graduate history student, relaxes with a cup of coffee at Caff

Step away from the Starbucks

Ali Freedman
November 12, 2008

Sklar to set film into your hands in a whole new way

Ali Freedman
November 11, 2008

Kings and Goats fill Congress with talent

Ali Freedman
November 5, 2008

Going beyond abstinence on campus

Ali Freedman
November 5, 2008

Miso hungry I’m on a roll

Ali Freedman
October 29, 2008
Jessica Ellis, daughter of Zachary's Pizza owner Dave Ellis, displays one of the famous pies that Zachary's is known for.

When in Tucson… eat pizza

Ali Freedman
October 28, 2008

Serving up a healthy dose of downtown culture

Ali Freedman
October 24, 2008
Flex your food muscle

Flex your food muscle

Ali Freedman
October 17, 2008

Organic food infiltrates Tucson

Ali Freedman
October 8, 2008

Drama Review: Use ‘Cigarettes and Chocolate’ to get the discussion flowing

Ali Freedman
October 3, 2008

Film Review

Ali Freedman
October 1, 2008

Concert Preview

Ali Freedman
October 1, 2008
Calexico's Joey Burns performs at the Rialto Theatre on Saturday.

Politics and music collide with Calexico

Ali Freedman
September 24, 2008

Gaslight Theatre’s latest musical comedy a delectable delight

Ali Freedman
September 17, 2008
Scottsdale resident Denise Mitchell enjoys an entrǸe from the Mi Nidito Mexican restaurant. Mitchell says that her favorite dish are the shredded beef flautas.

The little nest offers big charm

Ali Freedman
September 17, 2008

Downtown imports purveyors don’t disappoint

Ali Freedman
September 11, 2008

Okkervil River’s album an indie gem

Ali Freedman
September 5, 2008

Zemam’s ethnic eats to spice up your day

Ali Freedman
August 27, 2008
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