Don’t mind me. I’m just sitting here by my pool.

Drinking wine.

From a can.

The latest Arizona winery to join the canning craze is Aridus Wine Company, and as I report in this week’s Inside Tucson Business, their winemaker suggests that the craze is about more than just convenience.

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It’s doubtful that Garee Gai, Tua Pik Khing, and other staples of Thai cuisine are on the kitchen menu at St. Mary’s Hospital, but 100 hospital employees recently enjoyed an authentic taste of Thailand without stepping foot off hospital grounds.

In this week’s Inside Tucson Business, you’ll read that the best way to introduce people to Thai culture is through its food, and how the food at Senae Thai Bistro has therapeutic properties that go far beyond merely satisfying hunger.

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I never thought I’d have anything good to say about plant-based burgers. But here I am with lots to say about my recent vegan burger breakthrough.

In this week’s Inside Tucson Business, I reveal a secret that I’ve been keeping for weeks. And it will come as a shock to my comrades in the carnivore community.

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Leave it to Chris Squires and his brew crew to find a delicious way to bridge the gap between Tucson and Phoenix.

In this week’s Inside Tucson Business, I tell the story of a limited-edition brew that united Tucsonans and Phoenicians in a way that dispels any illusions that the gulf between the two cities is more than simply geographic.

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A delicious game of hide and seek has turned up Tucson’s lost tacos!

In this week’s Inside Tucson Business, I reveal the whereabouts of some tacos and other “shares and schwag” that were otherwise hard to find….until now. See what happens at the Lost Taco Shop after the Sonoran Brunch Company wraps up its breakfast and lunch service.

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If there’s a greater honor than having a meat box named after you, I know not of it.

In this week’s Inside Tucson Business, I trace the “Russell Box” history back to Newport Beach in the 1980s. It’s a story of wood floors, sawdust, whiskey, and carcass-cutting, following the journey of celebrity butcher Ben Forbes.

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The purple-shirted and suspendered Chef Ken Foy with his mom and brother

With social distance guidelines still in regular practice by most, how can you responsibly dote on mom this Sunday over a memorable, chef-prepared meal?

In this week’s Inside Tucson Business, I caught up with a local chef whose basket-based strategy sounds like a must for Mother’s Day!

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He’s been called half man, half amazing.

His enthusiasm for serving the community was boundless and the love that he showed for his patrons went far beyond the assembly of a memorable pizza pie.

In this week’s Inside Tucson Business, I reflect on my rewarding, yet all-too-brief, relationship with pizza pioneer Dino Chonis who passed away recently.

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If you follow the local food and beverage scene on social media, you’ve probably seen the public service video that challenges us all to do take out once a week as a way to support our struggling restaurant community.

In this week’s Inside Tucson Business, I tell the story about this video that’s been viewed more than 16,000 times since it was posted last week.

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