Yotaka Martin grew up cooking alongside her mother in Thailand. Today, she strives to create authentic food that her Thai ...

Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong restaurant in Phoenix grew up cooking alongside her mother in Thailand. She won her 1st James Beard ...

Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong in downtown Phoenix was awarded the "best chef" prize for the region representing Arizona, Nevada, ...

The James Beard Award is like the Oscars for food and beverages, with only the best of the best selected as finalists.

PHOENIX – The chef at a downtown Phoenix Thai restaurant won a 2025 James Beard Award on Monday. Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong kept the title of best chef in the Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and ...

Multiple fire units are responding to a brush fire on North Mountain, near 19th Avenue and Cholla, not far from Peoria Avenue in Phoenix.

A metro Phoenix city was named a top city for bachelorette parties, even drawing in groups from all over. Here's where to ...

Kass isn’t the only Phoenix chef up for an award. Lom Wong’s Yotaka “Sunny” Martin is a nominee for Best Chef Southwest. Martin and her husband Alex cooked alongside the Valentine team for ...

The James Beard awards are next week. Monday, June 16, 2025, will be the 35th annual James Beard Award ceremony. The James Beard Foundation was established in 1990 and has been bestowed since 1991.

If you’re looking for things to do in the Valley, you’re in the right place. Our metro Phoenix events calendar keeps you up to date on the wide variety of festivals and other activities across ...

Wailin Wong is a long-time business and economics journalist who's reported from a Chilean mountaintop, an embalming fluid factory and lots of places in between. She is a host of The Indicator ...