Devoured Culinary Classic is the Premier Annual two day always sold out event that took place at the Phoenix Art Museum March 4th and 5th 2017. This is Arizona’s Biggest Food Festival. Over a hundred Food Artisans, Wine and Beer Merchants and more!
Sunday was the day to be at Devoured for me this year.
Walking into the Art Museum was a fun Vibe that wasn’t here yesterday.
A fun Food Truck with a band giving out Bourbon Filled Doughnuts.
Yesterday the Great Hall where you wait before the Devoured Gates open up sort of seemed like a library. Today it was a banging with music filled and treats that might have been prize winning just yesterday.
This Corn CORN Corn and Sweet Corn Ice Cream from Tammy Coe Cakes was Forking Amazing and is up there with the best of what I tried in the two days. Sometimes something is so good you can’t describe it and this is that. That mix of textures and all corn is incredible with a sliver of light as air blueberry cake to add interest.
The other prize winning worthy foods I tried in the Great Hall were from 25 Carrots.
There’s a Lavender frosted cake, A really exotically spiced soup and this most AMAZING 24 Carrot Shooker. A Papadum Shell filled with Carrot Avocado Soup and Spiced Pom Date Molasses that you eat in one bite….So good. I have to travel to this Vegetarian Restaurant sometime. The flavors were life changing.
I had more favorites on day two…I ate as much as I could but couldn’t try everything. My husband gets to eat much more at these festivals so I get his opinion of the stuff I can’t fit in.
Maybe my top pick of the two days came from Bitter and Twisted Cafe Tranquilo@ The Clarendon Hotel and Spa.
They called it Cabeza Dim Sum Pho. It was made of fresh made on the spot Chinese Rice Noodle Crepes, Tacos Chiwas Mexican Barbacoa Beef, Three Day Vietnamese Beef Broth, Thai Basil Puree, Citrus Hoisin and Panda Sriracha. It was complex in all kinds of directions and most importantly FORKING AMAZING DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!
Day two offered many other delicious delights and an array of amazing desserts.
The Phoenix Public Market Cafe prepared not only eye-catching but a delicious Carrot Soup. The parsnip cake looks and sounds awesome but my piece is very cold and very hard so it was next to impossible to eat.
The soup contained local carrots, cumin oil, English Peas, Pea Shoots, and colorful Cauliflower.
Another tiny but pretty darn amazing dessert came from Shift Restaurant from Flagstaff.
White Chocolate Spring Pea with Pea Shoot Cannoli. Who knew something like this could be great?
My husband said that this Grilled Cheese with Foie Gras was really interesting and good from House of Tricks.
The Parlor prepared Black (maybe said ink) Cavatelli with White Bolognese, Radicchio, Spring Peas and Lemon Thyme. Was among my husbands favorites.
My husband also tried The Pork Taco from Mariposa Latin Inspired Grill and said, “This is REALLY Good!”
I liked this Sweet Corn Risotto with Squash Blossoms, Micro Purple Basil and Chive Oil from Federal Pizza.
Another one of my husband’s favorites was the Shrimp from Cafe Tranquilo@The Clarendon Hotel and Spa.
These little Floats from the District Kitchen were quite a treat. They were a joyride of textures in the mouth and were quite tasty.
Plenty of other things were good or great but these were the stand outs to us.
Here is some more of Devoured Day 2
Whimsical Cute Cauliflower Pops from St Francis
Duck Hotdog from Shift Flagstaff
The Sort Rib with Purple Polenta from Litchfield’s at the Wigwam was good too.
Lamb over Lentils from Different Point of View was very tender but sort of rare
My husband enjoyed these fries with pork belly and cheese curds from Frites Street
My husband said the shrimp from The Breadfruit were the spiciest thing ever served at any Devoured he also said they were among his favorites.
That was Day Two 3-5-2017 Devoured.
Hope to make it at least one day next year at the Desert Botanical Gardens!
The Forking Truth
