For a while now, friends in New York have been telling us about this 99 Miles To Philly place, a sandwich shop in midtown Manhattan that specializes in all things Cheesesteak and Tastykake. Well, a loyal Phoodie reader happened by today, and lo, it is no dream. They even rock the payday lunch special, known [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Letter From NYC: That Tastykake/Cheesesteak Place Actually Exists
Aired February 19th, 2009 on Cheesesteak.3 CommentsHow To: The World Is Your Bagel, You Make The Cream Cheese.
Aired February 18th, 2009 on Breakfast, Cheese and How To.3 CommentsCream cheese and Philadelphia go pudgy hand in pudgy hand, right? Actually according to Kraft Foods’ website, the first cream cheese was made in New York in 1872 by a genius dairyman/glutton named William Lawrence (Never trust a man with two first names unless he makes cream cheese.) It was branded Philadelphia Cream Cheese because [...]
Sang Jang Lee, We Do Not Know Who You Are, But This Is The Baddest-Ass Rice Cooker We’ve Ever Seen
Aired February 18th, 2009 on Phoodies and Tools.0 CommentsGo ahead, say it, we know you want to: This thing could do for rice what the iPod did for the mp3. Unplggd: World’s Sexiest Rice Cooker Now In Prototype Stages
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Phoodie’s Guide To The Philly Noms For The 2009 James Beard Awards
Aired February 17th, 2009 on Awards, Celebrity Chefs and Phoodies.0 CommentsOnce again, Philadelphia is all over the list of nominees for the 2009 James Beard Awards, the most prestigious award a chef or restaurant could ever wish to receive, like some sort of food topping that’s all over another sort of food thing. We covered Philly’s place in the awards last year, and this year, [...]
We wrote about VendyTV last week, right before it launched this past Sunday with its first webisode. However, right before the planned the launch, VendyTV was scrapped and VendrTV emerged in its place. See what they did with the “Y” and the “R” there? There has been no public announcement for the name change; however, [...]
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Even though restaurant week is far gone, Le Bec-Fin is keeping the spirit alive with its new $35 pre-fixe menu. But before you rush over, beware of the strategically planned hours that apply to the deal. You can only get the $35 deal Monday through Thursday from 5:30-6:30 and then again from 9-10pm. So either [...]
Pod Welcomes Recession Diners With Gold Leaf And A Framed Portrait Of Liz Lemon’s Boss
Aired February 17th, 2009 on Asian Fusion and Stephen Starr.0 CommentsAs long as we can remember, Pod has had more or less the same Asian-fusion menu since it did on day one, back when Moby was the rage and we still had dial-up. So finally, Pod’s beverage, lunch and dinner menus have all been given a make-over. And if yellow martinis were not enough to [...]
Wawa Enters Soda Market; Sadly, No “Fried Ravoli” Flavor Yet
Aired February 17th, 2009 on Wawa.3 CommentsSuck it, Faygo. Seems like every time we turn around, there’s some weird new Wawa product that nobody asked for but we got anyway. In the last months alone, we’ve been the proud recipients of The Wawa Gobbler, Wawa Vitamin Water and not least, The Wawa Beatles. Now? Wawa Soda, which comes in an assortment [...]
I’m Not Lovin’ It!
Aired February 17th, 2009 on Animal Rights, Farming, Fast Food and Vegetarian/Vegan.0 CommentsEver wonder what goes into McNuggets? Sure you have. Ever wonder about the senselessly cruel slaughter that the poor chickens go through in the service of their forthcoming McNuggetry? Neither did we, but we’re species-ist. But we also hate chains, so today, vegans, freegans, and Bass Weejuns, we stand with you: McCruelty sucks.
Baby says that gin makes us mean. Baby’s giving the gin too much credit. About a month ago, an elaborately wrapped parcel showed up on our doorstep — it was a care package from Philly ad agency Red Tettemer‘s new brand, Tub Gin. And seeing as how we can’t get enough of the spirit they [...]
