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Archive for March, 2008
It’s Vintastic! Turkey Flat Grenache 2005
Aired March 31st, 2008 on Uncategorized, Wine and It's Vintastic. 0 CommentsCity Paper Cut-And-Paste Of Devil’s Den Menu Inspires 3-Month-Long Argument
Aired March 31st, 2008 on Uncategorized and Phoodies. 0 CommentsBack in January, the City Paper posted a menu exclusive for the (still) yet-to-open Devil’s Den bar/restaurant in South Philly. The resulting comments had everyone arguing over who is more fit to play devil’s advocate- “hip, urban” parents who aren’t ready to turn in their scene points for Chuck E. Cheese tokens just because they’ve […]
Seeing Coors Banquet on the beer menu at National Mechanics recently, we were like ‘Banquet’? WTF? Did Coors team up with Bloc Party or something? Turns out it’s a retro repackaging of the first-known Coors. We’re talking pre-Coors Light. We’re talking your grandpa’s Coors, once known as “Coors Original.” So never mind that for […]
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· Beer Week: Did it all really happen, or was it just a wonderful dream? ‘Twas no dream, says the Inky: “A conservative estimate of 15,000 people attended nearly 300 beer-themed events in the city and suburbs from March 7 through 16.” That is a LOT of awful microbrews quaffed, folks. Hopefully, you all went […]
Curry Egg Challenge: The Readers Respond!
Aired March 27th, 2008 on Uncategorized, Indian and The Phoodie Challenge. 1 CommentEarlier this week, Phoodie.info challenged readers to dish on curry eggs: How to make them, where to get them, and can we have some. (Well, not the last one, but hey, if you wanna email us some curry eggs, go nuts.) Today, reader Upma sorta bunts the challenge, but comes up with a homer nonetheless: […]
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Condiment Kingdom: Cranberry Mustard
Aired March 27th, 2008 on Superfoods and Condiment Kingdom. 0 CommentsSure, Thanksgiving is long gone, but fans of Boston Market and McNally’s Dickens sandwich know the joy of eating Turkey Day cuisine year-round. And what better condiment for this pursuit than cranberry mustard? Big in New England and of course ideal on turkey, it works with most any meat, including beef and lamb. There […]
Andy Capp Death Match: Hot Fries Vs. Cheddar Fries
Aired March 26th, 2008 on Uncategorized. 2 CommentsThe story of how the Sunday comics’ resident wife-beating drunk evolved into a junk-food mogul is one for the ages, but what we’ve been wondering is: How do Andy Capp’s Cheddar Fries hold up against his empire-making Hot Fries? Sure, there’s also Hot Chili Cheese Steak Fries and White Cheddar Steak Fries, but who […]
It’s Vintastic! Cristalino Cava Brut NV
Aired March 26th, 2008 on Uncategorized, Wine and It's Vintastic. 0 CommentsWhat could be better on this fine spring day than a sip of some fine sparklin’ wine? Nothing, says Collin Flatt, but nothing.
For When “Hot Delicious Pizza” Does Not Quite Say It All
Aired March 26th, 2008 on Phoodies and Pizza. 0 CommentsSooner or later, we’re going to get around to posting about the trend of advertising on pizza boxes — one place in our ‘hood has these disturbing blue boxes that shill for Washington Mutual, which have the odd effect of making getting a pizza feel like getting a bank statement. But on the way flipside […]
New For ‘08: Chickie’s & Pete’s Crab Fries Now Available In 1.5 Innings Instead Of 3
Aired March 25th, 2008 on Uncategorized and Junk Food. 0 CommentsThere is a rather fantastic post over at The Illadelph about the greening this year of Citizen’s Bank Park, which is quite handily one of the country’s best places to eat your way to a heart-cloggin’-good death while enjoying America’s Pastime. Among other things, CBP is going hog wild for recycling this year, and there […]
