Caprese Pasta Salad
This potluck standout combines two of summer’s most iconic salads: the caprese salad and pasta salad. Tender pasta is tossed with pillows of pearl …
From Saguaro to Shaman: Brian Johnson
I’m a different kind of artist,” Brian Johnson tells me, laughing. I can’t help but agree.
Scottsdale’s next Golf Phenom
During the spring, most teenagers are probably thinking about the end of the school year and the endless carefree days of summer ahead.
Singin’ in the Big Apple
With the school year ending, many students excitedly anticipate the coming summer months filled with fun and memorable vacations. However, one group of high schoolers…
Mariposa Chef Lisa Dahl
There is an old saying that life imitates art; yet experience would humbly but audaciously suggest that the adage is insufficient. Life does not imitate art so much as it is art.
Where to Find the Summertime Blues
As if soaring temperatures aren’t enough incentive to leave town, Flagstaff is all-the-more more enticing this month as it hosts the Blues and Brews Festival.
Boom, Bang and Pop! Fourth of July Celebrations in the Valley
The sky lights up as dazzling fireworks fly high and bright, while onlookers voice their merriment with oohs and aahs. With a boom, bang and pop, Fourth of July…
IdaKatherine Graver Reemerges with “One Lived Life”
A picture tells a thousand words, but for artist IdaKatherine Graver, it is a thousand dots that tell a life story.
Recharging at the Ranch
The romanticization of the Wild West is long and storied, and while much of the Western lifestyle has disappeared over the years, the ideal lives on in cultural vernacular, both in the United States and abroad.
Grilled Cajun Shrimp Foil Packets
Writer and photographer Monica Longenbaker [dropcap]T[/dropcap]his easy summer dinner packs all of the delicious flavors of a Cajun shrimp boil into a convenient packet. Succulent shrimp, sausage, corn on the cob, and tender red potatoes are seasoned and packaged in foil. Once prepped, they cook on the grill in less than 15 minutes, making…