Yards Brewing Company is going to be at London Grill on February 12th to host a pairing of their Love Stout and oysters. Yards owner Tom Kehoe will be there to regale attendees not only of the finer points of the roasty ale but also of his “carny past,” whatever that means. According to [...]
Archive for January, 2009
If You Don’t Know, You Better Know: Matthew Zagorski Is The New ‘Soup Nazi’
Aired January 28th, 2009 on Bars, Celebrity Chefs and Lunch.1 CommentSo, we recently sat down and lamented our lack of a true soup auteur in the city limits. There are definitely good bowls to be had in various spots around town, but we never felt anyone suffered for their liquid wares. That all changed after a Recession Lunch (2 courses for $16) at Rouge. We found our new Soup-er Friend, Chef Matthew [...]
ADVERTISEMENT
Phoodie.info’s Collin Flatt sat down to talk with Philly native Adam Gertler about his new show on the Food Network, Will Work For Food. In this freewheeling discussion, Gertler touches on his new show, the restaurant scene in Philly, his old BBQ spot The Smoked Joint, and how he’d totally house Stephen Starr in a [...]
Food Trend We Are All About: Pre-Hispanic
Aired January 27th, 2009 on Events, Mexican and New Menu.1 CommentClick here to view as PDF.
We’ve been hearing great things about Xochitl for too long without showing up there: How cute the bartenders are, how delightful yet relatively inexpensive the food is, and so on, but this pretty much cinches it for us: From March 17 to March 21, in honor of Mexico’s most beloved [...]
ADVERTISEMENT
For those of you who got as mad as we did about the whole Whopper Virgins thing.
Oscars Be Damned, The Top 10 Heirloom Tomato Votes Are In
Aired January 26th, 2009 on Farming and Vegetarian/Vegan.0 CommentsIt’s almost planting season for all you green-thumbers out there. If you’ve been nervously biting your green fingernails in anticipation of the Top 10 Heirloom Tomatoes for ‘09 List, fret no more. TomatoFest Garden Seeds of Carmel, California just released their picks, based on the most popular varietals of 2008. With no further adieu, the [...]
During this, the Chinese New Year, there’s a little Chinese in all of us, right? Here at Phoodie, we professed our love for Philly’s Chinatown back in September, and today’s New Year’s Kickoff is rekindling our passion. It’s the Year of the Ox, which sounds pretty tough, so if you’re dusting off your dragon costume [...]
Be Patriotic By Drinking Wine And Eating Cheese At Le Bec Fin. No, Really.
Aired January 26th, 2009 on Celebrity Chefs, Cheese and Events.0 CommentsYou know that guilty feeling in your gut that is the product of always consuming foreign cheese and not eating any American cheese that isn’t actually called “American Cheese”? Well, George Perrier and DiBruno Bros. are getting all kinds of Joey Vento up in this steez and teaming up to showcase some wine and cheese [...]
Readers Write: It’s Not All Bad News At The Craft Beer Festival
Aired January 26th, 2009 on Beer, Events and Readers Write.0 CommentsSo last week we let you good folks know that we felt some sketchy vibes from the I’m-Sorta-Part-Of-Beer-Week-But-Not-Run-By-A-Brewer Philly Craft Beer Festival. Because there are ducats being spent, and of course, ducats to be had, there’s been a bit of a stir in local beer circles. There’s a solid split down the middle from those who are [...]
