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A Sandwich a Day: Caprese Sandwich from Pane Bianco in Phoenix

When Robyn and I were in Phoenix, we stopped at Pane Bianco before our dinnertime pizzas at Pizzeria Bianco. The caprese sandwich sounded unnecessary in theory given our tomato-cheese-starch-based meal in just a few hours, but that was so entirely false. The slices of bright tomato slices from a local Arizona farm are paired with crisp basil leaves and freshly pulled mozzarella. And no matter which sandwich you get, the bread is one of the best parts: the straight-from-the-wood-fired-oven circular loaves have just the right chew, dotted with charred crispy spots on top.

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Street Food Profiles: Truckin' Good Food in Phoenix, Arizona

It's time for another street food profile. This time we chat with Truckin' Good Food in Phoenix, Arizona. Local watermelon and feta salad and chickpea frites with anchovy and lemon, from a truck? Yes please.

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NFL Playoffs Serious Eats-Style: Which Food Cities Rule Off the Field?

We'll let the players settle football bragging rights on the field, but we can judge which city reigns supreme when it comes to serious vittles. So without further adieu, here's the NFL playoffs, Serious Eats style.

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Phoenix: Impossibly Airy, Amazingly Awesome Pancakes at Matt's Big Breakfast

[Photographs: Adam Kuban] Matt's Big Breakfast 801 North 1st Street, Phoenix AZ 85004 (at East McKinley; map); 602-254-1074; mattsbigbreakfast.com My recent pizza tour of the West Coast included a quick, 22-hour stop in Phoenix, where, before leaving town, I visited Matt's Big Breakfast. The eponymous owner is Matt Pool, who started this popular breakfast spot shortly after leaving Bar Bianco. Bar Bianco is the watering hole that pizzaman Chris Bianco opened next door to his legendary Pizzeria Bianco, where the thinking has always been use only the best ingredients and prepare them in a simple manner that lets them shine on their own. Unsurprisingly, Pool learned this lesson well and employs the same philosophy at Big Breakfast. So along...

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Phoenix: Best Restaurants and Other Places to Eat

There's more to Phoenix than blindingly bright sunlight, flat, grid-like roads and an abundance of cacti—there's also lots of great food! With the help of some friends in Phoenix I made a list of recommended restaurants, bakeries, grocery stores and other eateries in the Phoenix area.

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Stuffing My Face at Pane Bianco

Two days after having a pizza epiphany at Pizzeria Bianco, I visited Chris Bianco's other outpost of unearthly good food, Pane Bianco. Unlike Pizzeria Bianco, there's no need to be afraid of a two-hour wait. Nor is there anywhere to sit inside, since the sandwich shop is take-out only. However, there's a perfectly good shaded seating area right outside the entrance where you can semi-beat the Arizona heat under the cooling droplets of the misters that line the canopy....

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Rockin' Robyn

If you're missing Robyn's posts around here and you're wondering where she went, well, she's on vacation in Phoenix, where she's been since Sunday afternoon. We're all having a blast reading her loooooong and detailed posts on The Girl Who Ate Everything. (Here and here, so far.) And lest you think that that blog title is hyperbole, you should get a loada her Flickr photostream, which has been a river of food photos since her touchdown in Arizona. So far, it looks like she's visited a fancy-pants grocery store, eaten pizza, had an In-N-Out burger, helped cook homemade spring rolls (pictured), and eaten gelato. I'm sure there's more to come, and we're all looking forward to Day 2 ... Robyn—are...

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